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WILLIAM 

The  THIRV. 


In  III.  Parts. 


Uoi  deniqoe  Ulna,  cettaqut  Meniiirt  eft,  or  non  td 
pneientcs  Auditores  afpidait  fed  sd  eos  qui  io  pollc* 
liim  in  legcodisScriptisliifce  vtrlkbnntur. 

iMCiMuus^  de  Cfmfcrikendi  Hifimi. 


LONDON: 

Printed  for  A.  I(pfer,  $t  the  Blacl^  Bo^  in  FUetftreet  \ 
K  Qm4n^  in  the  /w^r  TenfU-L^nei  and  ^fTn. 
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To  the  Right  Honourable 

Charles  Howard. 

Earl  </Carlille,  Vif count  Ho- 
ward (?/^  Morpeth,  and  ^a* 
ron  Dacres  of  Gillifland; 
Lord' Lieutenant  of  the  Cottn-r 
ties  of  Weftmorland  and 
Cumberland ;  Cuflos  RotU' 
hrum  0/ Weftmorland ;  Go' 
vemor  of  CarMe ;  Vice^ 
Admiral  of  the  Sea^Coafis  ad* 
jacent ;  Earl'^hAjtrfhall  of 
England ;  and  one  of  Her 
Majeftys   moH  Honourable 

TRIF%COVNCIL. 

My  Uf^i 

IT  bas  ever  bieen  the  Ambiclpn 
^  gil  Writes  to  couft  th^  Pa- 
f ipoags  Qf  fo9^  illuflrio^^  Ferfon : 

hi  And 


»'>r?'~» 


72011 


Th  'Dedication, 

And  this  Guftom  has  been  fo  uni- 
vcrfally  ailow'd  by  the  Xireat  and 
Powerful  in  all  Ages,  that  it  is  be- 
cotxie  a  Piiviledge  by  Prcfcription.  . 

'However^  My  Lord,  'tis^ neither 
the  Concern  1  have  for  my  Works; 
nor  the  great  Figure  your  Lordftiip 
m^kes  in  the  World,  both  by  your 
Titles,  and  as  a  Branch  of  the 
nioft  noble  tamily  of  iheHtwards^ 
(which  is  inferior  to  no  other  in  En^ 
land^  except  tlie  Royal)  chat  has  en> 
CDiaragd  mc  tot  this  Addrefs. 

.  The  a6tiVc  !Zcal  You  have  lately 
/hewn  in  vindicating  the  Honour  of 
your  Royal  Mafter,  King  William^' 
would  not  fufFer  me  to,,  be  long  in 
fufp6nce  about  the  Choice  of  a  Pa- 
tfon^  to  thi  Hiftory  of  his  Reign. 
Others  may  boad  a  larger  ihare  of' 
His  Majefty's  Favours,  but  ali  mud 
yield  to  ydur  Lordftiip  in  point  of 
Gratitude;  a:nd  this  generous  Teni^ 
per  gives  mc  Hopes,  that  You  will 
favourably  accepc  of  this  Dedicadon. 

Pofterity  wiU  cercaioly  i^  With 

In-" 


l^he  Dedication. 

Indignation,  that  King  William  was 
hardly  cold  in  his  Death-bed  when 
MaHcc  cndeavouj'd   to    blaft   his^ 
Name;  but  then  it  wijl  ever  be  grace-, 
fully  remembred,  that  your  Lord- 
fhipwas  the  firll  that  checkd  and 
confounded  that  injurious  Report.  - 
.  And  indeed  never  was  any  Impm*, 
tation  fo  ill-grounded ;  let  King  Wii-^ 
/;Ws  greateit  Enemies  eonfider  but; 
impartially  the  whole  Series  of  his 
Conduct,'! and  his  peribnal  Circun»r 
fiances,  and  they  mull  be  forc'd  cq: 
own  that  he  never  a^ed  out  of  any 
private  inrercft  5  bujc  foldy,.  in  an': 
Uprightnefs  and  Sincerity  of  Confei* : 
ence,  to  do  gocxi  to  all  Mankind  in; 
general,'  and  to  >  his  SubjciSs  in  paK" 
ticular ;  to  pr^feryc  drc  Liberties  o^ 
Chriflendom,    and    maintain   the;; 
Proteftant  Religion  in  all  Parts  o€ 
Eurofe,   God  had  not  bled  His  Mil'*; 
J€fty  with  an  Heir ;   and  thercforev 
when  he  fo  often  expos  d  his  Life- 
to  the  imminent  Hazards  of  War, 
the  Papgpr^  ^f  the  S^^,  and  the  In- 

^  5  clemency 


T^he  dedication. 

clemency  of  Seafons,  'twas  only*  to 
attain  true  Glory,  and  fecurc  to  him- 
felf  an  Immortal  Reputation  j  where- 
as had  he  been  Guilty  of  the  Defign 
whijCh  his  Enemies  lay  to  his  Charge, 
hewouldjby  that  fingle  {liokc,  have 
fuUied  the  Luftrc  of  all  his  noble 
Atchievements. 

This  Calumny  as  it  was  ground- 
Icfs  in  its  Beginning,  fo  it  was  fooliih 
in  its  End  :  Since  none  can,  with 
Juftice,  hope  to  make  their  Court 
to  our  prefent  Gracious  Queen,  by 
afpcrfmg  the  Memory  of  our  late  Sor 
vereign.  Let  People  reflect  as  much 
as  they  pleafe  on  the  Mifmahage, 
fnents  of  fome  private  Perfons ;  and 
life  what  Diflin(5tions  they  think  .fie 
as  to  prevailing  Parties ;  but  ftill  ic 
muft  be  acknowledg'd ,  that  as 
Queen  JNNE  was  eminently  ifi. 
ftrumental  in  the  late  Revolution, 
fo  her  Government  ftands  upon  the  • 
fameBafis  with  that  of  King  WiiUMm, 

This  Part   of  His  Majefty's  Ht 
{lory  Will  go  a  grejlt  lyiay  to  cbnfoce 

his 


\ 


The  Dedicatm, 

his  malicious  Acci^rs :  For  it  will 
/liew,thacche  bringing  th^lUuflrious 
Houfe  of  Bamnfer  into  the  SxxoQd- 
fion,  was  no  new  Project  in  the  Year 
Seventeen  Hundred  ^  Cince  not  only 
his  late  Majefty,  Cwith  Confent  of 
his  Queen,  >  and  our  preient  Gracir 
ous  Sovereign  )  but  mod  of  the 
Lords,  and  many  of  the  Commoos^ 
fticltled  for  it  Eleven  Years  before. 
And  now.  My  Lord,  ihould  I 
follow  the  common  Drift  of  I>edi. 
cationsy  it  would  engage  me  to  at* 
tempt  your  Lordflvp's  Chara<5t€rj 
byt  I  fliaU.purpofely  avoid  it,  both 
becauTe  I  find  my  felf  unequal  to  fo 
great  a  Task  ^  and  becaufe  I  look 
upon  it  as  an  A£(e(5htioxi  which  al- 
ways carriesaFaq^  of  Adulation;  and 
which  therefore  cannot  but  make 
$1  Pcrfon  of  Your  real  Merit  uneafic. 
It, will  fufiice  to  give  the  World  a 
high  and  juft  Idea,  of  your  Liprd- 
fhip,  barely  to  tell  them,  that  no 
Man  was  admitted  deeper  into  his 
late  MajeAy  s  Confidence,  or  was 

A  4  greater 


\      

The  Dedication, 

greater  in  his  Edcem;  that  he  was 
fo  well  (atisfied  in  your  Lordfhip's 
Wifdom,  Loyalty  and  Integrity,  that 
he  had  committed  to  your  Care  the 
chief  Adrainiftration  of  his  Trca- 
fUry,  and  defign  d  to  have  erttrufted 
You  with  the  whole  ;  And  that  as 
^o  Perfon  ever  had  a  tighter  Under- 
ftanding  of  the  true  Intereft  of  Eng- 
Lmd  than  your  Lordfliip ;  fo  none 
ever  /hew'd  a  more  eonf^ant  Zeal 
to  purfue  it« 

I  humbly  beg  your  Lord/hip  to 
excufe  the  Faults  of  this  Hiftory,for 
the  Gbodnefs  of  my  Intention;  which 
Is,  impartially  to  relate  Matters  of 
Fadk ;  And  to  give  me  leav«  to  Sub* 
fcribc  my,  felf,    My  Lord, 


mtiaiMiii      tm • ■■■nwi^— — »ij^— <fcMWi* 


THE 

» 

PREFACE- 

THE  AcJ^oypledgmenis  4H 
Author  makes  for  Fa^ 
vours  reccivd  from  the 
l^uhlicJ^y  have  little  lefs  Vanity 
in  them  than  the  "Braggings  of  a 
happj  Lover y  and  therefore  I 
Jhdl  wave  mentioning  hoT»  J^nJ' 
ly  my  beginning  of  King  Willi- 
am j  Hifiory  has  heen  entertain  J; 
and  hoi»  impatiently  the  Continth 
ation  of  it  hat  been  expeSed. 
'  ^ut  I  cannot  forbear  faying^ 
That  hefides  the  Freedom^  Im^ 
partiality  and  ^ijintereflednefs 
tjfbich  have,  rceorf^mended  my  Ftrji 

rolume^ 


The  Preface. 

Jhw€  ,  this  Second  brings  this 
farther  Advantage  to  an  Eng* 
liih  Reader,  That  it  contains 
TranfaSions  more  intimately  re-^ 
lating  to  this  Nation, 
.  I  dejtgnd  at  firfl  to  have  comr 
frehended  Ki//j^  WilliamV  Reign 
in  one  Volume-^  but  I  have  met 
TUfithfo  much  unexpeBed  Matter 
in  my  way ,  that  I  have  been 
fired  to  divide  it  into  ti^o  l?eri'> 
ods ;  the  firfl  of  i»hich  contains 
the  Six  Years  He  has  Keignd 
naith  his  Queen ;  and  thefecondy 
the  Seven  fears  He  has  R^eignd 
alone. 

"Before  I  fet  about  this  IVorl^^ 
I  had  thefudicious  Monfteur  St. 
Evremont'x  Maxim  in  ViefiDo  ■: 
That  to  write  the  Hiftory  of 
^ngland^oRQ  >©iight  tq-  write  the 

Hiftory 


The  Preface. 
Hiftory  of  Parliaments.  And 
indeed,  whoever  conjiders  T»hat 
a  mighty  and  thorough  Influence 
the  Refolutions  of  both  Houfes, 
efpecially  /^A^  Lower,  have  on 
all  Civil  and  Military  TranfaBi^ 
onSy  will  eafily  ack^owkge  the 
wholefomenefs  of  the  Advice, 

Accordingly y  I  have  related 
the  ^Proceedings  in  ^Parliamenty 
with  fuch  an  ExaBnefs,  as  I 
will  adventure  to  fay^  is  not  to 
he  found  in  any  formerHiflorian ; 
(tnd  fromwhich  this  double  Advan" 
tage  willrefult ;  Firffc,  thatjoun 
Gentlemen  will  thereby  he  ma 
better  acquainted  with  the  Con^ 
ftitution  of  our  Senate,  arid  fit* 
tid  to  fa  in  ^hat  Auguft  Affemlys^ 
iW,  Secondly,  that  both  Natives 
aifd  Porei^rSy  will  firm  to  them 

felves 


The  Preface. 

f elves  a  jujlerand  nobler  li^y 
than  they  generally  entertain^  of 
the  Nobility  and  Gentry  of  Bng^ 
land ;  y»hen  they  fee  vpith  n^hat 
profound  Kjiomp  ledge  of  the  Larps, 
Solidity  ofKeajoningy  and  Force 
cfEtoquence  they  make  Ex^-tem- 
pore  Speeches,  Let  any  Reader 
impartially  examine  this^arti^ 
cuiar^  and  Judge  i»hether  the  Ce*- 
lebrated  Council  of  Areopagus 
in  Athens,  or  the  famous  Senates 
^/^Rome  and  Carthage,  deferve 
to  be  put  in  Competition  Vfith  an 
Englifti  Parliament  ? 

In  thefrfl  Year  of  KxngWiU 
liamV  Reign  Jome  of  the  'Difcon^ 
tentedy  not  daring  openly  to  op* 
pofe  the  neup  Eflablijh'd  Govern^ 
metitf  endeavour  d  fecretly  to  m-. 

4erminc  it  by  the  Relays  they  w^« 

caliond 


The  Preface. 

cafiond  in  f/>^Convention-ParU'» 
ament,  t»hich  ^Particulars  as  they 
Tpere  hy  no  means  to  he  omitted^ 
Jo  they  have  drawn  this  Volume 
into  a  conjiderable  length,  ^ut 
be  fides  thiSy  it  mufi  he  confiderd^ 
that  King  ^ i)\\Qm  having  all 
along  been  the  Head  of  a  great 
Confederacy  againjl  France,  His 
Htfiory  isy  in  a  manner^  the  Hi' 
/lory  of  all  the  CotemporaryTrin" 
ces  of  Europe. 

}n  l^arliamentary  Affairs  I 
have  had  con/lant  Recourfcy  not 
only  to  the  Printed  Votes ^  but  aU 
fo  to  the  Manufcrift  fournals  of 
both  Hof^feSy  uphichfome  'I*ui' 
licK^  Spirited  ^erfons  have  been 
fleas  d  to  communicate  to  mc,  and 
as  for  thelVars  in  Ireland  Flan- 
da^,  and  Piedmont,  I  did  not 

altO' 


The  Preface. 

akogetber  depend  upon  the  Rc" 
lations  already  publtjh' d^hut  hofve 
Hk^fe  confulted  fever al  living 
Eye^'X^itneffes  of  many  Military 
JSions^  mphereof  the  Jf^orldhas 
had  hut  a  lame  and  imperfeU  Ac-^ 
count.  Among  the  refh^  I  muft 
gratefully  oupn  my  Obligations  to 
Aionjieur  Y^yjibomAitxky  for  fome 
Memoirs  concerning  the  Affairs 
of  Italy. 

I  am  not  ignorant  of  the  great 
FaBionSy  'Pphichfor  almoft  thefe 
Seventy  Years  pafi  have  fatally 
divided  this  ^o'^erful  Nation^ 
and  tiphich  have  rag  dy  in  a  more 
violent  manner,  in  King  Willi* 
9m*s  Reim ;  bttt  I  have  care^ 
fuUy  avoided  the  Chara<5teriziog 
not  to  fay  Sdgntatizing,  TartieSy 
by  th&  odious  Names  cj  Wbtgs 

md 


/ 


The  Preface. 

and  T6ries.  I  content  my  felf 
candidly  to  relate  the  JBions  and 
Sentiments  of  hoth-^  let  the 
Reader,  he  as  candid  in  bis  ©f- 
flinUion  and  fttdgment  of  the 
fame, 

I  have  attempted  t9  drai»  the 
CharaUers  offome  feidf  Terfons 
that  ar4  Deady  particularly  of  the 
n»o  late  Jrchhi/hops  of  Cant,er- 
bury,  and  of  Queen  Mary,  of 
glorious  Memory  y  'But  J  im/l 
confefsy  that  i»hen  I  relate  ^af 
fagesy  in  i»hich  feme  of  the  l^i^ 
vinz  have  been  the  principal 
jmors^  I  have  found  my  felf 
equally  embarraft  hm  to  hlame^ 
and  houp  to  approve.  In  the  one 
cafe  an  Hillorian  muft  dread  the 
Kifenpnent  of  Men  in  T^mer^ 
and  in  the  other  he  ought  to  fear 


1 

The  Preface.  i 

leji  his  Commend^im,  though  nenoer  fi 
jfufiy  be  inter freud  Fiatte/ry.  However y 
as  the,prfi  cf  ihefe  ConfiJkrations  has  not 
wholly  deterrd  me  from  marking  the  Mif 
managements  of  Jome  Perjons^  neither 
has  the  Second  djolutely  Inndred  me  from 
doing  jfufiice  to  the  dijiinfftijh'd  Merit  (f 
9thers* 

To  the  Body  of  this  Tart  of  I^ng 
WilliamV  Btfiory^  1  hate  added  an 
Appendix  that  contains  federal  Valuar 
hie  Pieces  and  ^cordsy  none  cf  which 
did  ever  before  appear  in  Prints  except 
the  Articles  of  IJmcnck,  Among  the 
refiy  the  Reader  will  find  here  a  Speech  , 
made  by  the  Marquis  of  Normanby  in 
the  Houfe  tfTeerSy  whieb^  fir  the  fdck, 
nefs  cf  Turn  and  firength  cf^afin^  may 

vie  with  the  beji   f  DemouhcnesV 
Orations 


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THE 


REIGN 


O  F 


King  WILLIAM  IIL 


AND 

Queen  MARY. 

King  IVILLIAM  being  advanc'd  to    .    ^ 
the  Throne,    his  firft   Care   was   to  ^l^V* 
chufca  fet  ot  Trufty  Counfellors  ;  and  ,^JJr. 
next  to  reward  thofe  who  had  moft  ^^^'^^ 
concribured    to  his  Elevation.     The^^.^^^. - 
Perlbiis  with  whom  he  thought  fit  to  (hare  the  Im-  smrnnm  m 
portant  Rcfblutions  of  State  in  his  Pnvf-Councii,  PrivyOn^n. 
were  his  Royal  Highncfi  Prince  George  of  Demnarl^  «7jaR.  14. 
the  Archbilhop  q£  Canterbury^  ihe.Biftlop  of  Lon- 
dm^  the  Duke  of  Kbrfb/i^,  theMarqueffes  of  PKn- 
chifier  and  HaSifyx^  The  Earls  of  Danhj  Lindfey^ 
^""iy  ^brewsbwrjj  1^4ford,  Devon/hire^  ^Anckle^ieid^ 
^^wifcww,  Bath^  and  Dorfct ;  the  Vilcounts  Fdlcon- 
.wj^,  MgrJsnt  and  Nevpfort ;  .the  Lords  iVJmrton. 
p'**^**  Mm^mtef^  Lundey  and  Churchill ;   Mon^ 
rf^^x^^^^*   Mr.i#fj«7  SiJw^,  Mr.  Edward  Huf^ 
/«♦  Mr.  Hewr;  P^//,  Mr. Richard  Hamden,  Sir  ttr»rj» 
^^^^  ^^h  Bofcmen  E(q;  ind  Sir  /^ot^rr  Hov^ard. 
lot  Earl  of  D4ii^  was  xQade    Prefidtnt  oF  the 

B  b  Council^ 


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%  The  Reign  ef  King 

A.  C.  Council ;  the  Marquefi  of  HMfdx^   Lord  Privr 
1 68|-.  Seal ;  the  Earl  of  Oevonjhire.  Steward  of  the  H<xi^ 
%^^'\j  bold  ;   Mr.  Bentinck^^  Oroom  of  the  Stole,  and 
He  dijfjJljnd  Privjjr  Purfc :  Vi(count  NcwHrt.  Trcaforer  rf 
tf  fever  si  the  HoulBold ;  muH^MTton^  Comptroler  of  Hts 
Plscij.      Majcfly's  Houfhold  ;^  Sir  John  Ltmtberyxcc-^Chajn- 
berlain  of  His  Majefty's  Houfhold ;   (  thele  two 
veit  al£>  made  Pnvy-Councellor^  Monfieur  CX- 
verl^rk,^  Great  Matter  of  the  Horfe  to  the  King ; 
Marelchai  ie  Schombetg^  Great  Matter  of  the  Or^ 
dinance :  the  Lord  Mantague^  Matter  of  the  Great 
Wardrobe  ;  Mr.  :^u^Uficin.  Matter  of  the  Robo  ; 
the  Earl  o(  Sbrcwstuiyjl?tmdpsA  Secretary  of  State  ; 
the  Bifliop  of  lAndin.  Dean  of  the  Chappel ;  the 
Lord  Lwelsee^  Capt.oi  die  Gentlemen  Peniioners ; 
the  Duke  of  OrmonJ^  the  Earl  of  Oxford^  the  Lords 
Mordsnty    Lundejf^  and  Churchill^   and  Mr.  Sidney^ 
Gentlemen  of  the  King's  Bed-Chamber ;  the  LonI 
Wiltjhire^  Son  to  the  Marquefi  of  H^nch^er^  LotA 
Chamberlain  to  the  Queen  j  John  How  Efq;  Vice- 
C  hamberlain ;   Mr.  Vitiers^  Great  Matter  of  the 
Horfe ;  and  the  Countefi  of  Darhy^  Sifter  to  the 
Duke  cX  Ormonde  firft  Lady  of  the  Bed-Chamber^ 
and  Groom  of  the  the  Stole  to  her  Majefty. 

Befidcs  the  forementionM  Places  there  remalnM 
one  of  great  Truft,  and  two  of  no  lefi  Importance^ 
and  wimal  of  vaft  Profit,  ttill  undilbos  d  of,  to 
wit,  the  Chancellor's,  the  Lord  Hign  Admiral's, 
and  the  Lord  TreajRirer's :  The  Esu-l  of  NomV 
ghanis  Uprightnels  and  Capacity  entitled  him  to 
tne  firft,  and  his  being  the  ieadinff  Man  amongft 
the  Peers  who  had  protcfted  againff  the  Vacancy  of 
the  Throne   and  the  new  Settlemeht^  made  it  ne- 
cefl&ry  for  the  King  to  fccure  him  to  his  Intereft^ 
by  this  diftinguiihing  mark  of  Confidence.    But 
his  Majefty  kiving  oner*d  bftn  the  Seals,  the  Earl 
excus^dfhimlelf  mm  accenting  the  fime,  alledfiiag 
his  unfitnefs  for  lan  EmpK>3m:ient  that  requlrda 
»  conftant  Application.    The  Marqueft  of  HdBifkx 
had  the  fame  offer  made  him,   which   he  Ae^ 
wife  declined,  whereupon  the  Seals  were  given  to 
Sir  John  Mafmtrd^  Anti^nHf  Kifckf  and  fKMUm  J(f9^ 


^set  m  Arnica  L'an/i^e    0i^^i^  .Amsr  . 
ft  Ti^K^riofuu  Jtt  mFau^l  Jttu.'Uf^er  'Une 


WILLIAM  thenirJ.  3 

iinfan  Efcs;  the  two  laft  of  whom  were  Knighted  A.  O 
byhisMajcfty.  The  Places  of  High  Admiral  and  i<S8f 
Xjord  TreaCurcr  were  likewile  given  to  CommilE- V,xVV. 
oners,   to  wit,  the  firft  to  Admiral  Herbert^  the 

Earl   of  Carbtryy    Sir  Michael  Pf^arton^   Sir  Thonms 
JLee^  Sir  John  Chicheley^  Sir  John  L^wthcr^  and  Mr. 
SMchewril ;  and  the  other  to  the  Lord  Mwrddnt^  the 
Xjord  Delamere^  the  Lord  Godohhin^  Mr.HattuUn^ 
and  Sir  Hemy  Cafel.    As  for  the  Earl  of  Noniftgham^ 
he,  at  laft,  was  prevaii'd  with  to  be  one  of  the  Prin- 
cipal Secretaries  of  State.All  the(eEmployments,and 
ieveral  others  of  lefi  Con&leration  were  difpos'd 
of  at  CeverA  times,  widiin  the  (pace  of  two  Months* 
As  lyr. Burnet  had  been  one  of  the  chief  Promoters 
of  the  Revolution,  <b  likewife  he  was  he  firft  Ecde- 
fiaftick  that  reap'd  the  Fruits  of  it ;  having  been 
Eleded  Bifliop  of  SMrtattj  purCiantto  his  Majefty's 
♦  Cwf  /  if  Eiire^  dire&cd  to  the  Dean  and  Cnapter  ^ 
rf  that  Cathedral ;  and  t  Conlecrated  at  Fulhrnn  by    1"«* 
^he  Btfhops  of  Undon^  iV^ncheJhr^  Lincoln^  ^^t'ucm^u 
dafe^  Sr.  Afiph  and  Carlijk,  by  Virtue  of  a  Com-J ^      ^ 
miiilon  firom  the  Archbifhop  of  CMnterhiry^  vrho 
ftifly  refusM  to  perform  the  Ceremony  himlelf.' 
Three  Days  after  Do^or  humet  was  alio  (worn 
and  admitted  Chancellor  o(  the  Order  of  the  Gar- 
ter. 

The  Day  before  their  Majefties  were  Proclaim'di* 
the  King  writ  a  Letteuo  the  States  of  HoSand,  to 
acquaint  them  with  his  Advancement  to  ifheCrowiL 
afluring  them,  "  That  his  new  Dignity  inftead  ot 
**  diminifhing  the  A&£^ion  he  cver^  had,  or  tl» 
"  Care  be,  ever  took  for  the  Prelervation  and  FroC- 
•^perity  of  their  Republick,  would  only  fervc  to 
^  ensMe  him  to  GiC:hargc  his  Office  oi  Sc&drholder 
"  with  more  height  and  iiiccefi,  towards  the  Good 
"  and  Advantage  of  their  Stare ;  and  that  during 
*^  his  Reign  he  would  make  it  his  conflatit  Bufinefs 
**  and  Endeavour  to  eftiibli(h  and  maintain  a  per*- 
"  fed  Intelligeoce,  Alliance  and  Inviolable  Friend- 
**  (hip  between  his  Kingdoms  and  .the  United  Pro- 
"  vinces,  for  die  Safety,  Weltarc  -and  Repoie  ^ 
•*  both  States,  and  the  Support  of  the  Proteftant 
"  Religion.  The  lame  Exprels  that  was  dispatcVd 

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4  The  Reign  of  King 

A-   C.  away  with  this  Letter,  carried  alio  an  Order  lot 

i<(8|-.   the  Enlargement  of  the  Earl  of  SunderUnd^  who 

K^/^'^r^u  had  been  Arretted  at  Hftterdam :  that  Earl  having 

*  See  the  fuflSciently  juftified  his  pad  Condu<9:  by  a  Letter  * 

^^^eii^/xr«  which  was  made  publicK  in  London, 

tbtSeand      The    firft  timc  the  King    AdvisM  with   his 

^^'         Pirvy-Council  he  proposed  to    them  ,    ^nether 

'4-    ffjg  Convention  mhht  be  fegallj  turnd  into  4  Fmr^ 

liament?  which  his  Majclty  thought  highly   ne- 

ceflary  to  be  done,  both  to  avoid  the  ufiial  Delays 

occafion'd  by  the  calling  a  new  Parliament,  and  to 

preftrve  abundance  of  Members  whom  he  knew 

entirely  fatisfied  with  the  prcfent  Settlement.    The 

Board  was  divided  upon  the  Qucftion,  but  the  N^* 

jority  concluded  in  theAffirmative,  ailed  gin|  (bme 

Examples  of  (iich  aTranfmutation.To  put  this  Pro- 

E'  Gt  in  Execution  the  King  went  to  the  Houfe  of 
ords  in  great  Solemnity,  and  being  feated  on  the 
Throne,  and  the  Conimons  attending  at  the  Bar 
with  their  Speaker,  his  Majefty  made  a  Speech, 
Thi  Kini\  ip/herein  he  told  them,  "  That  he  had  lately  ac- 
Sftech  to  «  quainted  them  how  ftnfible  he  was  of  the  Kind- 
the  P^^'^  "  nefi,  and  how  much  he  valued  the  Confidence 
maa,  Feb.  u  ^j^^y  j^^j  repos'd  in  him.    That  he  was  come 
**  thereto  affure  them,  that  he  fliould  never  do  any 
**  Aing  that  might  leffen  their  good  Opinion  of 
**  him.    That  he  thought  ;t  necefl'ary  to  acouaiot 
**  them,  the  condition  of  Affairs  abroad,  and  par- 
ticularly that  of  Holland  was  fiich,   that  unless 
Ibme  ^edy  care  were  taken  of  them,  they  would 
**  run  a  greater  hazard  than  the  Convention  would 
"  have  them  expos'd  to.     That  they  thcmfcives 
^  muft  be  fenfible,  that  the  Pofture  of  Affairs  here 
•*  would  require  their  ferious  ConCderation,  and 
*'that  a  good  Settlement  was  neceflary,  not  only 
**  for  the  Peace  at  home,  but  for  the  (iipport  of  the 
"  Proccftant  Intercft  both  here  and  abroad.    And 
**  particularly,  that  the  State  of  Ireland  was  fiich, 
"  thawhe  Dangers  were  arown  too  great  to  be  ob- 
**  viated  by  any  flow  Memod.    Therefore  he  muft 
<•  leave  it  to  them  to  confider  of  the  moft  efte6lual 
ways  of  preventing  the  Incomreniences    that 
*'  might  arife  by  delays,  and  to  judge  what  Forms 

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WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  s 

**  might  be  proper  to  bring  thofc  things  to  pafs,  A.   C. 
*'  that  were  for  the  good  of  the  Nation,  which    i6Sj. 
''  he  was  confident  were  in  all  their  Minds,  and  V^V^i 
which  He,  on  his  part,  (hould  be  always  ready 
to  promote. 

This  Speech  was  followed  by  that  general  Hum^  a  Bill  u 
whereby  the  numerons  Affcmoly  of  the  Commons  ^«^»  tin 
of  England  are  ufcd  to  fhe w  their  Applaule ;  and  Owv^ntim 
the  Peers,  purfiiant  to  the  laft  Claulc  of  the  fame'!"^'  *  ^'^ 
Speech,  and  the  Diredions  fome  of  their  Mtrn'^'^T^^* 
bers  had  received  from  the  Privy-Council,  brought 
in  41  Bill  fo  remove  and  prevent  all  Quejiions  and  Dif- 
fuses concerning  fbe  Ajjemhling  and  Sit/ing  of  this 
frefent  Parliament^  which  they  read  twice  that  Af- 
teinoon,  and  having  paft  it,  the  Day  following 
fcnt  it  to  the  Commons  for  their  Concurrence. 

Upon  the  receipt  of  this  Meflage  the  Commons  oehatet 
went  into  a  Committee  of  the  whole  Houfe,  and  upon  it  in 
Mr.  Hawden,   their  Chairman,  put  the  Queftion,*i&tf  Htufe 
ff^jetber   a  Kjng  defied  and  declared  by  the  Lords  ^f  Cow* 
Spiritual  and  Temporal^    and  Commons  ajfembled  at^^^* 
Weftminfter,  the  zxd  ©/January  \6il^  coming  tOy 
and,  confulting  with  the /aid  Lords  and  Commons^  did 
not  make  as  compkat  a  Parliament^  and  Legijlative 
Power  and  Authority^  to  all  Intents  and  Purpojes^  as  if 
.  thejaid  Kjng  fhould  caufc  new  Summons  to  be  given ^and 
4  new  Bleclions  to   be  made  by  PVnts  ?     This  Queftion 
.  occafion'd  a  long  and   warm  Debate,  the  Party 
which  ftood   up  for  the  ftrift  Ancient  Conftiru- 
tion,  and  which  was  headed  by  Sir  Edward  Seymour 
and  Sir  Thomas  Clarges  maintaining,    '*  That,  ac- 
"  cordinc  to  Sir  Edward  Cok^^ .  a  Parliament  confifts 
'*  of  the  King's  Majefty  fitting  there  as  in  hisPo- 
"  litick  Capacity,  and  of  the  three  Eftates  of  the 
"Realm,  that  is  to  fay,  lif.  die  Lords  Spiritual, 
TAly.  the  Lords  Temporal,  and  ^dh.  the  Com- 
mons.   That  as  to  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
**  poral,  every  one  of  th^m  being  of  full  Age  when 
*'  a  Parliament  is  to  be  held,  ought,  of  right,  to. 
**  have  a  Writ  of  Summons  to  come  to  that  Parlia- 
"  nient ;  and  that  as  to  die  Commons,  the  fimc 
"  Author  fiys,   they  arc  relpeftively  Elefted  by 
Jf  the  Shires  or  Counties*  Cities  and  Burroughs  by 

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6  The  Reifm  of  Kint, 

A,  C.  "  fotce  of  the  Kin£*s  Writi.    That  the  Lordt  an<J 
i<J8?.   ''Commons  Aflemblcd  at  fVcftmnfttr  the  xxdof 
"  Jdnuarjf.   wcrc  not   SummonM  thither  by  the 
**  King's  Writ,  and  thnrcforc  that  tlxHii^h  Ac  King 
**  afterwards  came  to  them,  yet  fuch  Ring,  Lords 
*'  and  Comnoons  could  not  be  a  Parliament    The 
prevailing  Party  anlwer'd  '*  That  ir  was  generally 
**'  admitted,  that  in  an  Hereditary  Kingdom,  if  the 
^  KiM  (hould  die  without  an  Heir,  cither  Lineal 
•*  or  Collateral,  the  Crown  in  that  cafe  would  de^ 
•*  volvc,  or,  as  it  were,   cfchcat  to  the  whole  Peo- 
^  pic  anid  Nation;  and  that  hereupon  the  Eftates  and 
^^  Rcpreientatives  of  fiich  a  Nation  mighr  difpofe  of 
**  the  Crown  to  whom  they  pleafed,  or  quite  alter 
**  and  change  the  Government  into  wlut  Form  they 
"  dboughc  bt  J  Examples  of  which  were  brought  in 
out  of  Germany,  hafy^  France  and  Portugal.     That 
in  like  manner  it  was  where  a  King  did  abandoo, 
*'for(ake  ordefeit  his  Govemftient,  by  going  or 
^^  flying  out  of  his  Kingdom,  without  appointing 
^*  any  Guardian  to  prote<%  and  take  care  of  his 
•*  People  in  his  Abfence,  whereby  the  Throne  be- 
^*  came  Vacant,  the  Eftates  of  liich  a  P^^^pl^  might 
**  appoint  another  King  or  Govemour.   That  Kmjg 
**  Jamcj  IL  having  abandoned  his  People  UnguarcU 
**  cd  and  "Undefended,  at  the  Mercy  of  a  Foreim 
*'  Army,  even  in  the  Heart  of  the  Country,  wiui- 
^  out  U)  much  as  leaving  a  Guardian  or  Great  Seal 
^^  behind  him,  his  great  Officers  and  Minifters  of 
**  State  flyine  fbme  one  way  and  feme  another^ 
^^  what  could  the  Nation  do  but  what  they  had 
**  done  ?  To  wit,  leveral  of  the  Lords  Spiritual 
*'and  Temporal   many  of  the  Knights,  (Jirizens 
^^  and  Burgcflcs  of  a  former  Parliament,  the  Alder- 
**  men  and  divers  Common  Councilmen  of  the  City 
*'  of  Lgndon^  add  reft  themfelves  to  the  Prince  of 
0r4«jtf,de{iring  ban  to  tale  u^)an  him  theAdminU 
ftra^ion  of  Pubyck A&irt^umil  the  meedng  of  the 
intended  Convention  of  thcThree  Eftates  or  great 
f'Coundl  of  the  Realnii  and  to  (end  Letters  Sub^ 
**  icrib'd  by  himfelf  both  to  the  Lords  Spiritual  9fid 
♦>  Temporal,  that  were  Proteftants,  to  meet  on  the 
*'  fiid  Z2.d  of  Janiuiy  at  Hyiminfter^  and  to  the 

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WILLIAM  theThirJ.  7 

**  federal  Shires,  Counties,  Untverfities,  Cities,  fi^c.  A.  C« 
**  for  EledYing  of  (iich  number  of  Perfons  to  repre-  ^i  68X. 
**  fent  them,  as  of  right  were  to  be  ftnt  to  Pariia-  V-.^-VN^ 
*'  ment.    That  accordingly  fiich  Letters  were  fcnt 
^^  and  Elections  made,  and  the  Convention  thus 
** convened,  after  mature  Deliberation  rcfblv'd, 

**  ThAt  the  Prince  and  Princefs  of  Orange  Jhouid  he 
**  i^ng  dnd  Qjieefi  of  England.    That  arrer  they 
"  were  Proclaimed  Kin?  and  Queen,  and  hec;me 
*'  and  confiilted  with  the  Three  Eftates  fo  AlTem- 
"  bled,  wh.  t  could  be  wanting  in  that  Aflpmbly  to 
^^  make  them  a  fiill  and  compleat  Parliament  ?   Or 
^^  what  could  be  had  more  then  was  in  this  Con- 
**  vention  of  King,  Lords  and  Commons,  if  the 
"  (aid  King  Qiould  iffue  out  Writs  for  calling  a 
**  new  Parlianjent  ?  That  if  (as  was  i'greed  by  all) 
*'  the  fubft.:mial  parts  of  a  Rirli^ment  be  and  con. 
"  fiftof  an  Aflembly  orConvtmion,  or  meeting 
**  together  of  the  King   and  ^Three  Eftates,  the 
/^di&renceot  the  Lords  and  Commons  being  cal- 
**  led  by  Writ  or  by  Letter  was  nothing  material, 
**  fiace  both  Writ  and  Letter  were  to  the  fiime  ef- 
*^k3tj  and  that  In  (ome  Ancient  Records,  it  is 
^.memion'd.  That  Parliaments  fhould  be  Sum^ 
'*  mon'd  by  Letters,  pariicularly  in  Kins  Johtft 
•*  great  Charter  in  the  17th  of  his  Reign,  he  pro- 
^*  mUes  to  Summon  the  Bifliops,  Abbots  Earls  (Se^ 
**  by  his  Letters.    That  the  Prince  of  O.  anze^s  not 
^^  being  King,  at  the  time  of  his  (ending  forth  his 
**  Letters  mattered  not,  for  he  was  the  Perfbntq 
'*  whom  the  Adminilhration  of  the  Government 
**  was  then  committed.    That  it  was  evident,  that 
**  m  maay  Parliaments  it  was  not  (6  material  how 
**  the  Kins   Lords  and  Comm-^ns  came  together, 
**  as  that  they  were  together.    That  the  manner  o£ 
''calling  CMcthcr  the  Three  Etlat^s  of  the  Realm, 


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'rieFtial  Cafes,  wherein  they  were  never  doul  ted 
**  10  be  a  Parliament  when]  jin'd  with  a  King.  That 
*^  BiAiMri  IL  being  Impcifon'd  by  his  Qpeeni  Son 
f^.asid  Nobles,  they  ifiued  forth  Writs  in  the  Im- 

Bb4  rprifon'd 


8  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C,  "  prilbn'd  Kinjj's  Name  to  fummon  the  Lords,  and 
i68|-.  **  ^o  chufe  Knights,  Citizens  and  Burgeffes  to  meet 

"  at  Weftminfier  {  1 6th  of  ?4ii.  i  Jzj. ;  That  this, 
**  one  would  think,was  pretty  hard,and  an  abfblatc 
*•  force  upon  the  King,  by  making  ufc  of  his  Name 
^^a^ainft  his  Will,  fo  that  it  could  not  be  faid  to  be 
*'his  Afti  yet  the  Lords  and  Commons  being 
*'  met,  they  dcpos'd  Edward  II.  and  declared  his 
*^  Son EdwdrdUl.  King,  and  this  new  King,  and 
*^  the  Lords  and  Commons,  (b  (  as  one  might  fay  ) 
*Virregularly  convened  together,  made  femal 
**  Afts  of  rarliament,  and  have  been  ever  fiace 
^adjudg'd  a  good  Parliament  to  all  Intents  and 
**  Purpofes,  without  any  fubfequent  Aft  of  Con- 
•'  firmation.  That  in  like  manner  Bjchdrd  II.  bc- 
**  ing  taken  Prifoner  by  Ucnry  Duke  of  Lancdfter^ 
"the Duke  iffued  forth  Writs  in  the  King's  Name 
•*  ( the  King  then  in  Prifon)  to  Summon  the  Lords, 
**  arid  to  Ele£fc  Reprefcntatives  for  the  People,  to 

•*  meet  at  fVeftminfter  the   l  Jth  of  September,  1 599. 

•*  That  thofe  being  met,  by  this  irregular  Sum- 
mons, they  depos  d  HJchard  II.  and  declar'd  the 
Duke  of  Lancafter  King ;  and  that  new   King, 
.•*  and  the  Lords  and  Commons,  (o  irregularly  con- 
"  ven'd  ,  being  join'd  together,  were  alio,   and 
are  ro  this  Day,  adjudged  a  good  Parliament, 
to  all  Intents  and  Purpofes.    Liftly,   That  the 
••  Lords  and  Commons  Affembled  at  IVeftminJier^ 
**  the  I  yth  of  April,  1 660,    were  conven  d  bj 
**  Writs  in  the  Name  of  the  Keepers  of  the  Li- 
*' berries  of  England,  who  were  IMiirpersi   yet 
•*  when  King  Charles  II.  came  to  them,  and  they 
**  recei  v'd  him  as  King,  he  and  they  together  were 
^^adjudg'd  a  Parliament,  and  they  Enafted  that 
*'  they  fliould  be   lb  taken,  and  they  made  many 
**  Laws,  which  were  put  in  Execution ;  and  thcjr 
**  continued  as  a  Parliament  until  the  a9tb  of  %De. 
^'  cember  following  \  and  though  moft  or  all  thofe 
**  Afts  were  afterwards  coi^m'd  by  a  lubfequent 
**  Parliament  conven'd  by  the  King  s  Writs  in  Aiijr 
^^  1661.  yet  that  Confirmation,  according  to  many 
^^  good  Judgments,  was  rather  to  fitisfie  (omeScru- 

i*  pulofity. 


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WILLIAM  the  third  9 

pulofity  than  out  of  Ncceffity,  moft  of  tbc  fiid  A.  C 
h6ts  having,  in  a  great  meafure,  had  their  Effe^    1 68f  • 
before  the  liibfequcnt  Parliament  began.    There-  \,^^fs^ 
**  fore,  that  if  upon  the  Prince  of  Orangis  being 
^  deciar'd  and  proclaimed  King,  he  came  to  the 
**"  Convention  of  Lords  and  Commons  aflemUed 
^  at  fVefiminfter  ;  if  the  fame  number  of  Lords  was 
^^  (ummon'd,  that  of  right  ought  to  be  (ummon'd 
^^  to  Parliament,  and  the  (ame  number  of  Knights, 
^^  Citizens  and  Burgefles  duly  cho(en,  as  ought  to 
*'  be  chofen  to  reprefent  the  Commons  in  rarlta- 
**ment,  than  confequendy  there  were  all  the  Sub- 
^  ftantial  and  Eflential  Parts  of  a  Parliament  met 
*'  together,  and  being  fo,  where  was  the  Neceffity, 
^^  Advantage   or  Prudence  to  diflblve  thefe,  and 
*•  thereby  give  new  trouble  of  new  Summons  and 
**  new  ^ecHons,  lole  a  great  deal  of  Time,  liifter 
'*  irrecoverable  hoik  and  Damage  to  IreUndy  and 
^'  the  Allies  abroad ;   and  akcr  all,  at  the  next 
'*  meeting,  be  but  where  they  now  were,  as  to  the 
^  Eflential  Parts  of  a  Parliament,  there  being  no- 
thing more  to  be  had  at  any  other  rime,  but  what 
they  had  already.  Upon  thefe  Reaibns  the  Quefti- 
on  was  carried  in  the  Affirmative,  and  two  Days 
after  the  Commons  acquainted  the  Peers,  that  they 
had  agreed  to  their  Bill  with  (bme  Alterations  and 
Amendments  relating  to  the  Oaths,  which,  by  the 
^id  Bill)  were  appointed  to  be  taken   by  both 
Houies  j  which  Amendments  being  confirm'd  hyT^^<^f»vin* 
the  Lords  the  whole  Bill  receiv'd  the  Royal  AflcntY*'' v  • 
on  the  2.}d  of  Februgry.  { However  we  muft  take  no-  ^I'^pfrlij^ 
rice  that  the  paffing  of  this  Aft  rather  increased,  ^^,*p^' 
than  removed  the  Diicontents  of  ieveral  Members  23.  i^ss/ 
of  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  who  had  before  j^o- 
tcfted,  that  they  neither  would  fiimmh  to  the  De- 
dfions  of  (itch  a  Parliament,  nor  fit  in  it :  And  in- 
deed £>me  of  them  kept  their  Word  as  to  this  laft 
Point,  retiring  into  the  Country  upon  frivolous 
Pfttcnces,    which  occafion'd  tne  dilatory  Pro- 
ceedings of  this  Sedion,  and  gave  King  James  an 
^>pportumty  to  get  confiderable  Footing  in  IreUndy 
^  the  bc^  <n  realcending  bis  Throne. 


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1%  The  Reign  cf  King 

A.   C.  0U8  in  promoting  the  'Bill  of  Exclufion^  which  made 
1 69^.  Ae  Bofifh  Party  re(blv*d  to  be  rid  of  him  at  any 
rate.    On  the  i  nh  of  July  i68}.  while  the  Lord 
l(uffel  was  upon  nis  Trial,  on  account  of  the  Presby^ 
terisn  or  H^ff-fJwj/e  Plot,  News  was  brought  into 
the  Court  at  the  Old  Baily^  that  the  Earl  of  Effcx^ 
being  at  that  time  a  Prilbner  in  the  Tox»er^  for  the 
Cime  pretended  ConQ)iracy,  had  Murtber^d  bimfeif^ 
by  cutting  his  Throat  with  4  Hj^^or  tofrevcnt  the  Hand 
flf  Publicly  Juftice ;  which  Fatt  was  urg'd  by  fame 
of  the  Council  againft  the  Lord  I^ujprl,  as  a  Con- 
firmation of  the  Plot.    It  was  highly  improbable, 
that  a  Perfen  of  the  Earl  of  EJfex's  Compolednefi 
and  Piety  (hould  offer  Violence  to  himfelf ;  and  the 
endeavours  the  (then)  Court  us'd  to  ftifle  the  thing, 
and  to  prevent  the  Publication  oi  a  Book  Printed 
in  Holland  upon  this  Subje£l,  occafion'd   no  finall 
Murmurines;   which   now  reviving   afrefli,   the 
iMqnifia    Houfe  of  Lords  thought  fit  to  enquire  into  that 
modi  ky    Afiair.    Captain  Holland  was  by  their  Order  com- 
ths  L^df  mitted  to  Nexpgate,   upon  (ii^icion  of  the  Earft 
'*^Y*1     Murther ;  arid  icveral  rerlbns,  particularly  Sir  Chri^ 
E&  *t     fi^f^  Mufgrave^  and  Mr.  Bak^r^  were  examined  as 
DeJtb       Witnefles  concerning  the  fame  ^  but  notwithftand- 
Fek.  %6.    '^8  ^  ^^^^  Enquiries  no  (ufficient  difcovery  could 
be  made  of  that  fatal  Accident,  about  which  Hi.- 
ftory  muft  therefore  be  filent,  and  forbear  all  inju- 
rious Rtfleftionsouthe  Memory  of  Princes. 

On  the  firft  Day*  of  March,  the  King  fent  two 
repiarkable  Mef&ges  to  the  Parliament,  the  firft 
was  to  the  Houfe  of  Lords  by  Viftount  Mordant^ 
who  acquainted  their  LordOiips,  **  That  in  this 
'*  Coniunilure  of  Affairs,  and  for  the  Publick  Safe- 
"  ty,  his  Maiefty  had  feair'd  fome  Perfons  as  dan- 
^^  serous  to  the  Government,  and  thought  it  might 
"  be  convenient  to  fecure  more ;  and  being  cxtrcmt 
^  tender  of  doing  any  thing  that  the  Law  did  not 
^^fitBy  warranty  had  given  order  that  the  Lords  pight 
^^  be  acquainted  witn  what  he  had  thougl^  himielf 
"  oblig'd  to  do  for  the  pubUck  Peace  and  Security 
•*  of  the  Government.  Therefore  a  Committee  was 
immediately  appointed  co  prepare  an  Addrefi  to  be 
presented  to  the  King  upon  this  occ%£Km  firom  bodi 

Houies; 


W  I  L  L  1  A  M  f*^  n/W.  13 

Houfes:"cxprellling  their  mofthumbleThanks  for  A.  C. 
his  Majcftics  great  care  of  their  Liberties,  and  for   1 68f . 
his   gracious  Communication  of  this  Matter ;  v^V^^ 
and  humbly  to  adyife  and  defire  his  Majefty  to 
take  (uch  extraordinary  care  of  the  Government 
in  this  Conjun6):ure,  by  (ecurin^  all  dila£Fe<Sted 
Perfbns  as  might  prevent  any  difturbance  of  the 
^'  publick  Peace,  and  that  (iich  Perlbns  as  were,  or 
*'  flionld  be  lb  committed,  might  be  retained  till  the 
*'  firft  Day  of  the  next  Term,  if  his  Majefty  (hould 
*'  lee  caufe  for  it.TheCorhmons  made  iome  difficul- 
ty to  cive  their  Concurrence  to  this  Addnefi,  which 
leem'd  to  allow  the  King  a  Power  of  Dilpencing 
with  the  Habeas  Corpus  AB  ;  and  therefore  diought 
it  more  Legal  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  empcfwer  his  Ma- 
fefy  to  apprehend  and  detain  futh  Ferfons^  as  bejbould 
find  juft  caufe  to  fyfpeEl  were  confpiring  arainft  the 
Government ;  which  went  in  few  |Day s  thro'  botfi 
Houies,  and  afterwards  paft  into  an  A£b  by  the 
Royal  Afllnt.  This  Meflage  was  occafion'd  by  the 
Securing  the  Earl  of  ^rr4»,  Svr^bert  Hamilton  21A 
two  other  Scotchmen^  who  by  fome  intercepted  Let- 
ters from  France  had  been  uifpe£t^  to  endeavour 
the  Reiloration  of  King  James^  and  were  thereup- 
on committed  to  the  Tower,  'Twas  alio  added,  that 
the  faid  Earl  had  reflected  on  the  King,  as  if  his 
Lordfhip  being,  fbme  Days  before,fet  upon  by  four 
Ruffians  that  atcack'd  him  in  his  Chair,  and  out  of 
whole  Hands  he  narrowly  elcap^d,  had  been  dtca- 
iion'd  by  his  being  unfhaken  in  his  Fidelity  to  hit 
former  Sovereign. 

The  other  McfTage  was  fent  to  the  Common?  by  fiearth- 
Mr.  ff^arton^  who  acquainted  the  Houle,  that  the  Monty  rtm 
King  being  ieniible  wjb^^  a  grievous  Burden  the  Duty  mitud  by 
arifi^from  Fire-Hearts  was  to  his  People^  efpeciallytotht  ICng, 
the  poorer  fort^  his  Majefty  was  pleased  to  agree  either  March  i. 
to  the  Regulation  of  it^  or  to  the  taking  of  it  wholly 
sway^  n9t  doubting  but  the  Commons  would  taks  care  of 
his  Revenue  anot&r  wayliYiis  politick  Prefent  work'd 
its  EfieSs ;   the  Commons  voted^  AddrefTes  of 
Thanks  to  die  King,  "  acknowledging  themfelves.-     , 
•^  obllgM  to  declare,  that  his  Majefly  had  fill'd  their  **»«*  ^ 
.^!  Hearts  with  an  entire  Satis&^ion  and  Gratitude 

"by 


14  The  Ififffff  of  King 

A.  C  "  ^  this  his  moft  Gracious  and  Unprefidcntcd  OC- 
^o  f    '•  fer,  for  the  Eafc  of  his  People ;  humblv  aflurmff 
^^^T,  *'  hfs  Majefty,  that  they  would  make  focn  {ratcful 
"""'''^^^  •*  and  mtOtiomxt  Returns,  and  be  (b  cat efiil  of 
•*  Ac  liipport  of  the  Crown,  that  the  World  might 
**  (ce.  to  the  diicouraging  of  his  Enemies,  and  la- 
^tlsfadion  of  all  eood  Men,  that  his  MaieAjr 
**  Reign  d  in  the  Hearts  of  all  his  People.    TTms 
fteming  Liberality  of  the  Prince  was  alio  thank* 
fully  acknowledged  by  the  Citv  of  London^  in  an 
Addrels  prdented  to  nts  Majefty  on  the  1 2th  of 
March, 
Some  Days  *  before  die  Ring^  acquainted  the 
VA.  %m  Hcurfc  of  Commons-  with  the  certain  News  of  the 
^*kte  Kine  James's  living  fail'd  from  Brcft  with  a 
confiderable  number  of  Frrnci^  Troops,  in  order  n> 
Land  in  Irdcnd^  whereupon  the  Commons  Unant- 
IDOufly  Voted,  Hoi  they  ^mddftand  ky  and  afffi  the 
Kf^  m^h  their  Lives  and  Fortunes^  in  fupf erring 
his  AUtances  abroad^  in  reducing  of  Ireland,  and  he 
defence  cf  the  Protejiant  ^ligim  and  Laws  of  the 
Kjf^dam.    This  Vote  was  communicated  to  the 
Peers,  who  confirmed  it  by  entering  the  (ame  mto 
their  journal,  and  on  the  yth  Da^  of  March  con- 
curred alio  with  the  Commons  m  the  following 
Addirfs. 

**  We  your  Majefties  muft  Dutiful  and  Faithfid 
*•  Sulyeas .  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and 
••  Commons  Afiembled  in  Parliament,  being  high- 
••  ly  (enfible  of  pur  late  great  and  fignal  Deliverance 
**  from  Pofery  and  Arbitrary  Power^  whereof  it  has 
**  pleafed  Almighty  God  to  make  you  the  Glori- 
**ous  Inftrument,  and  defiring  to  the  utmoft  of 
•*  pur  Abilities  to  exprefi  our  Gratitude  to  your  Ma- 
*•  icfty,(br  fb  great  and  generous  an  Undertaking, no 
"lefi  neceffajcy  toiupport  the  Proteftant  Interelt  in 
•*  EurePe^  than  for  recovering  and  maintaining  the 
**  Civil  Rijehts  and  Liberties  ot  thefe  Nations,  lb 
**  notorioufly  invaded  and  undermined  by  PopiQi 
•*  Councils  and  Councellors.  and  being  likewile 
**fully  convinced  of  the  reftlefi  Spirits  andcon*- 
•*  tinual  Endeavours  of  your  Majefty's  and  the  Na- 
*^  tion's  Enemies  for  tne  Extirpation  of  the  Pro- 

**tefbint 


WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  15 

^^  ceftant  Religion ,  and  the  Subrerfion  of  our  A.  C 
*'  Laws  and  JL'ibcrties,  do  unanimoufly  declare,  i  ^^1-. 
"  That  we  will  ftand  hy  and  aflift  your  Majdlfy  ; 
*'  with  our  Lives  and  Fortunes  in  ftppoiting  the 
^'  Alliances  abroad,  in  reducing  of  JreUfuL,  and  in 
**  defence  oF  the  Proteftant  ReBgion,  and  Laws  of 
*'  the  K^nj^dom. 

The  JUord  Great  Chamberlain  havine  wait- 
ed on  the  Kin^  to  know  when  he  would  be  at^ 
tended  with  this  Addrels,  his  Majeftv  anfwei^d^ 
He  was  going  out  of  Town,  but  intended  to  return 
die  next  Day  9  and  then  be  would  iignifie  his  Plea* 
£irc  when  both  Houles  (hould  wait  on  him.  And 
becauie  the  Sum  of  400000  Pounds,  which  had  aL- 
ready  been  granted,  bore  no  Proportion  with  the 
King  s  Keceilides,  his  Majefl^  took  the  occafion  of 
this  &vourabIe  Diipofition  in  his  Parliament^  to 
preis  them  to  a  more  ample  Supply,  and  in  oonr 
cert  widi  Mr.  Powle^  Speaker  of  the  ^  Houfe  of 
Commons,  prepared  an  Anfwer  to  their  Addrefi^ 
which  he  gave  to  both  Hou(es  on  the  8th  of  Mar^lL 
and  which  is  too  Artful  and  Material  to  be  omittoa 
In  this  Place. 

'^  If  any  thing  (  fiid  his  Majefty  )  could  add  to 
"  the  Efteem  aiid  A&6tion  I  have  for  Parliaments, 
^*  and  particukrly  for  this,  they  would  be  miidi 

increaled  by  the  Kindncfi  you  (hew  to  me^  and 

the  Zeal  you  exprefs  for  the  puUidc  Qood,  in 
*^  the  Addrefi  you  have  made,  which  in  the  Mm^ 
^  ner,  as  well  as  the  Matter,  has  eveiy  thing  in  it 
^*  thflt ought  to  recommend  it  tome. 

^*  I  wUl  afTure  you,  that  I  will  never  abufe  the 
^*  Confidence  you  havf  put  in  me,  being  fully 
**  perlwaded  that  there  is  no  (ure  Foundation  of  a 
^<  good  Agreement  between  a  Kin^  and  his  People, 
^^but  a  Mutual  Truft,  when  that  is  once  broken,  a 
'^  Goivemment  is  haiS  diflblved. 

**  It  fliall  be  therefore  my  diicf  care  never  to 
"  sive  any  Parliament  cauie  to  diftruft  me,  and  the 
**  beft  Methods  I  can  u(e  for  that  purpose  is  never 
*' to  expe<2  any  thing  from  th^m,ibui:whfit  (hall  be 
^'  dieir  own  Ixkercft  togfwr. 


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l6  The  Reign  of  King 

^»  C.  **  I  came  hither  for  the  good  of  the  Kingdom^ 
idSA.  **  and  fince  it  is  your  defire  that  I  am  in  this  Scati- 
*    **  on,  I  fiball  purfiic  the  fame  Ends  that  brought 


••me. 


CC 


'•  God  has  been  pleas'd  to  make  me  Inftrumental 
*'  to  redeem  you  from  the  Ills  you  fear  d,  and  it  is 
••  ftill  my  deure  as  well  as  .my  duty  to  ferve-  you  in 
••  your  Religion,  Laws  and  Liberties,  which  was 
••  die  only  Inducements  that  brought  me  into  Eng* 
**  Und^  and  to  thefe  I  afcribe  the  Blellings  that  have 
•f  attended  this  Undertaking. 

•'  When  I  (poke  laft  to  you,  I  told  you  of  the 
"  ttceinty  of  alhftmg  our  Allies,  and  more  eQ)e- 
•*  dally  the  States  of  Holland^  whofe  readinefi  to 
•*  relieve  you,  at  (b  great  a  hazard  and  expence, 
••  from  the  Extremities  you  lay  under,  needs  no 
••  other  Argument  to  move  you  to  the  Confidera- 
^  tion  of  It. 

"  As  I  was  then  a  Witncfi  of  their  2>al  and  Af- 
••  fe^on  to  promote  the  Expedition,  and  to  iecond 
my  Endeavours;  even  with  the  negleft  of  their 
own  Safety:  C)  I  am  now  (eniible  or  the  Inevita- 
ble Ruin  tney  have  drawn  upon  themfelves  in 
giving  you  their  Ai&ftance,  if  you  ffiould  not 
"  return  it  to  them. 
••  They  have  really  exhaufted  themfelves  to  fiich 
a  degree,both  as  to  Men  and  Money,  that  it  is  not 
••  eaC^  to  be  imaging ;  and  I  am  confident  your 
••  Generofity  will  have  as  little  Bounds  towards 
••  them,  as  theirs  had  towards  you ,  and  ihat^ou 
•*  will  not  only  enable  me  to  make  good  the  Trea- 
••  ty  with  them,  and  repay  what  they  have  aiSual- 
•^  ly  laid  out  upon  this  occafion  (  of  which  an  Ac- 
••  coumt  fhall  be  given  you  )  but  that  you  will  far- 
**thcr  liipport  them,  to  the  utmoft  of  ^our  A- 
••  bility,  againft  the  Power  of  their  Enemies ;  who 
••muftbe  yours,  too^  by  their  Intereft,  and  their 
•'  Religion,  and  do  certainly^defign  the  Ruin  of 
••  HolUnd  to  be  a  ftep  to  your  Deftmfkion. 

'*  I  need  not  take  pains  to  tell  vou  the  deplora- 
"  ble  Condition  of  Ireland^  whicn  by  the  Zeal 
•*  and  Violence  of  the  Fofijh  Party  diere,  and  by 
^^the  Affiftance  and  Encouragement   tfa^y  have 

**  from 


CC 


W  ILLIAM  thethirJ.  17 

*'  from  France  is  brought  to  that  pais,  that  it  is  not  A.  C. 
•*  advifcable  to  attempt  the  Rcduceing  of  it  than  i  (J^'f . 
" by  a  confidlerable  Force,  which  I  think,  ought 
"  not  to  be  left  than  aoooo  Horfe  and  Foot,  which, 
**  by  the  Bleliifig  of  God.  will  make  the  Work  flior- 
"ter,  and,incon(cqucnce,  the  Charge  eafier,  tlio' 
"  rfic  firft  ]&cpcncc  muft,  of  necellity,  be  verjr 
"  great. 

**  You  are  to  confider  That  towards  the  moll 
**  Ipcedy  and  effeftual  Succefi  in  relation  to  Ireland^ 
*'  as  well  as  with  a  Regard  to  France,  there  muft  be 
*'fuch  a  Fleet  as  may,  in  conjunction  with  the 
**  States,  make  Us  (b  entirely  Matters  of  that  Sea, 
**  that  nothing  may  be  lent  from  France  to  Ireland^ 
•^  or  any  where  elfe,  that  may^  give  Difturbsmcc  to 
"Us,  or  our  Allies. 

'"  I  muft  alfo  recommend  to  you  the  Confidera- 
^  tion  of  the  Revenue  to  You  that  it  may  be  fo 
*'  ftttled,  as  tliat  it  may  be  ColleCled  without  Dit 
•*  pute. 

My  Lords  and  Gentlemen^ 

**  Thefc  things  will  amount  to  a  great  Sum,  and  / 
"  muft  of  conu:quence  be  a  prefent  Weight  upon 
*'  the  People  :  But  confidering  neither  your  Rcli- 
^'  gion,  nor  your  Safety,  can  probably  be  (ecured 
**  without  thefe  Means,  I  conclude,  nothing  can  be 
*'•  too  great  a  Price  for  their  Prelervation.  And  I 
will  ingage  n^y  Solemn  i4^ord  to  You,  that  whate- 
ver You  ihatl  eive  to  thele  publick  Ends  (hall  be 
flri&ly  applied  to  them  ;  And  that .  as  You  (b 
•*•  freely  Offer  to  hazard  all  that  is  dear  to  You,  (b 
**  I  ftall  as  freely  expoie  my  Self  for  the  (iipport  of 
••  the  Protcftant  Refigion,  and  the  Safety  and  Ho- 
*•  noar  of  the  Nation. 

The  Parliament's  Addrefs,  and  his  Majefty's  Anr 
fwcr  having  been  made  publick,  all  the  Well  s^c- 
&tii  highly  applauded  both,  and  the  City  of  Lon-  . 
den  -expreft  their  Satisfi^^ion  after  a  particular  man- 
ner, by  an  Addrefi  *  of  Thanks  to  the  H^ufe  of  ^^^^j^  ^  ^ 
Zxn'ds  which  was  extream  pleafing  to  the  Court.  .    * 

Befides  the  Divifions  in  the  Parliament,  the  Dlf-     ^  -. 
a&dion  of  part  of  the  Enzli/h  Army  gave  the  new  ^'A^'**  ^ 
King  no  finall  Difturbance.  The  RoyzUccuh  RegU""*'^"^^* 

C  c  ment 


iS  TJ^e  Reign  of  Kittg 

A.  C.  mentof  Horfe  that  was  Quartered  at -^i/w^^^n,  almofl: 
I68-I-.  totally  Deferted, marching  towards  Scotland  •  as  did 
alio  aoovc  five  hundred  Soldiers  of  Dumbarton  s  Re- 
giment, headed  by  five  Captains,  ftecrmg  rhe  fame 
courfe,  with  four  Field  pieces.  The  News  of  this 
Defection  being  brought  to  Hamptoyi'C$urt.  his  Ma- 

^*efty  order'd  Mr.  HcyVcrt  to  communicate  It  to  the 
Parliament;  whereupon   both  Houfes   agreed   to 

^MsrchlS'*  an  Addrcfi,  Humbly  to  be/cech  his  Majcfty  to  tdl^c 
effe^ual  C Are  for  the  fpecdy  St^fprejfwn  of  the  ^cbeUicn^ 
and  to  ijfue  forth  his  Proclamation^  declarijig  thofe  Offi-^ 
cers  and  Soldiers,  and  their  Adherents,  to  be  Babels  and 
Traitors^  and  requiring  all  his  Subjects  to  apprehend  and 
frofecute  them  asfuch.  According  to  the  Parliament's 
defir*  the  King  iflued  out  his  Royal  Proclamation, 
and  fenc  a  (uflicient  Force  of  Horfe  and  Dragoons, 
underGi»i|;/e,  to  (upprefe  the  Rebels,  whom  that  Gc- 
ncral  quickly  brought  to  fubmit :  And  tho'  nothing 
but  an  ignominious  Death  could  attone  for  their 
Crime,  yef  no  other  Punlfhment  was  infli6lcd  on 
them,  but  being  fent  into  Holland,  However  to  ob- 
viate the  like  Inconveniencics  for  the  future,  an  Aft 

^jlffil  J.  was  made  and  *  pafi'd,  for  Punifhing  Officers  and 
Soldiers,  who  fliould  Mutiny,  or  Defert  their  Ma- 
jeftles  fcrvicc. 

The  fecond,  fourth  and  fifth  Days  of  March  were 
partly  <pent,  by  both  Houfes,  in  taking  the  Oaths  of 
realty, appointed  by  the  late  A61,  for  Removing  and 
Preventing  all  Queftions  and  Difputes  concerning  the  ^f» 
femblinp  and  Sitting  of  this  prefoit  Parliament,  and  In 
Subftribing  the  Declaration,  purliiant  to  an  A61  o£ 
the  jo^i  of  King  Charles  II.  In  the  Hoiile  of  Com- 
mons few  or  none  refus'd  to  take  the  faid  Oaths, 
but  in  the  Upper  Houfe  not  above  Ninety  Tetiipo- 
Hal,  and  only  Eight  Spiritual  Lords,  comply 'd  with 
the  AS:,    Tho(e  eight  Prelates  were  the  Archbi£hop 

of  forl^^,  and  the  BimOps  of  London,  Lincoln,  Briftoi^ 
H^nchefter,  Upchejier^  Landaff,  and  St.  4f^phy  whoie 
•M#«*i7.ExatapleWas  *  afterwards  rollow'd  by  the  Bifhopis 
of  Carlijle  and  St.  Davids ;  as  for  the  Archbifhop  c£ 
Canterbury,  with  the  reft  of  the  Difcontenced  Cler- 
they  were  rcfelv'd  to  prefervc  inviolable  the 
[egiasu:e  they  had  Sworn  to  King  Jams.  The  £>* 

of 


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of  li^JHe^  die  E-ls  of  Ch'dn^  L irf,  /^  C 

T rA,  B'-fer  and  5r-  -rrf,  and  the  Lords  Gr^-n^    j  ^-gx^ 

5/ — /,  C':*^rt,  and  a  great  many  others,  retired  vxYV/ 
into  tVie  Country  upon  various  Pretences,  but  real- 
ly becaufe  they  were  unwilling  to  own  the  prefect 
Government.  All  theft  Peers  were,  at  (evcrkl  re- 
peated times,  (ummon,'d  to  attend  the  Houfe,  all 
^cuies  fet  apart ;  but  neverthelefi  moft  of  them 
ftill  coiKinued  abfent.  , 

This  Dilaffe6tion  offb  manv  Peers  andBiflioj^t, 
^ave  no  (mall  uneaiinefi  to  tne  King,  and  inclin'd 
him.  more  and  more  to  favour  the  Presbyterians : 
Therefore  hisMajefty  being  come  to  the  Parliament,  Mtrcfc  t€ 
to  pafi  the  Aft   wnereby  he  was  Empowr'd  to  ^t^fiim 
apprehend  and  detain  (iich  Perfens,  as  He  ibould  W'^  ^ 
6nd  juft  Caufe  to  fufpeft  were  Confpiring  againft  J*****^ 
the  Government:  He  told  toth  Houfes,   Thst  he^^^ 
would  fut  them  in  mind  of  onf  Thing  which  would  con*      ' 
duce  much  to  their  Settlements  ds  that  would  to  the  dip^ 
aff  ointment  of  their  Enemies.    That  he  wat^  with  all 
the  Expedition  he  could^  fill^^g  ^P  ^1^^  Vacancies  that 
wpre  in  Offices  and  Places  of  Truft  by  the  late  ^fvolu' 
tion.    That  he  kjiew  they  were  J'enfible^  that  there  was 
aNeceJfity  offome  Law  to  fettle  the  Oaths ^  to  be  takpn 
hy  all  Perfons  to  be  admitted  to  fuch  Places:  That  he 
did  recommend  it  to  their  Care  to  maks  afpeedy  Provi* 
fifin  fur  it  'y  And  as  be  doubted  not  but  thsy  would  fuf-' 
fieiently  provide  againft  Papifts,  /#  he  hofd  they  would 
leave  room  for  the  AdmiJJion  of  all  Proteftanrs,  that 
were  willing  and  able  to  Serve  j  which  ConjunHion  in 
his  Service  would  tend  to  the  better  Vniting  them  among 
ibemfelvesy  and  the  ftrengthening  them  againft  their 
cammott  Adverfaties. 

This  Admiilion  of  all  Proteftants  indiflerectl/ 
into  Imployments,  tho'  eamefUy  prelFd  by   the 
0>urtiers^  was  vigoroufly  opposed  by  the  Church  ivf  jrcfc  14 
Party,  who  look'cT  upon  it  as  a  means  to  introduce*  ^/^/^  J^ 
a  Common-Wealthy  or  at  leaft,  to  let  the  Ux^cnttrtr^gstitbo 
into  places  of  Truft.    'Tis  true,  according  to  the  Ostht  sf 
Kingps  dcfire,  fignified  in  Council,  a  Bill  was  pre*  v^^^^/'V*;^ 
lented  in  the  Houle  of  Lords  on  the  *  1 4th  oiMarch^  *^  ^^P^^^  \ 
/ir  Abrogating  the  former  Oaths  of  Supremaoy  and  AUe-  ^^^  ^ 
liancty  and  appointing    other  Oaths  in  their  ftead^  ZhlrT^ 

Cc  »  which    *  " 


ao  The  Reign  9f  Kin^ 

A.  C  which  being  read  a  lecond  time,  a  fcle<^  Commireet 
1 6%^.  of  the  HouJe  was  ordcrM  to  draw  two  Claufes  j 

j^y^theone  to  explain  the  Abrogating  the  (aid  Oaths, 
and  the  other  to  take  away  the  Necellity  of  Receiv- 
ing the  Sacrament,  to  make  a  Man  capable  of  ha* 
ving  an  Office. 

This  lad  Clauie  being  drawn  up  acdordinglj, 
and  .Reported  to  the  Houfe,  was  rejcded  by  a 
great  Majority,  tho'  the  Lords  Ddamere^  Stamford:^ 
North  and  Gr^r,  Chtfterfield^  Whdtton^  Lovelace  ana  1 
Vmhsn  infifted :  ^^  That  a  hearty  Union  among 
•*  ^otcftants,  was  a  greater  Security  co  the  Churc£ 
^  aad  State,  than  anjr  Ted  that  could  be  invented  : 
**  Thai  this  Obligation  to  receive  the  Sacrament, 
•*  was  a  Teft  on  the  Fr§teStams^  rather  than  on  the 
•*  Pdfifts :  That  as  long  as  it  was  continued;  there 
%  could  liot  be  that  hearty  and  thorough  Union  a- 

Jtltfch  31^^  mong  Freteftants^  as  had  alwavs  been  wiOiM,  and 
"  was  at  thb  time  indifpenlaUy  neceflary.  And, 
'^  laftly,  that  a  greater  Caution  ought  not  to  be  re« 
*•  quir'd,  from  fuch  as  were  admitted  into  Officesj 
*'  man  from  the  Members  of  the  two  Hoiifcs  of  Par- 
*'  liament,  who  are  not  oblig'd  to  receive  the  S  Jcrt- 
^'  roenc,  to  enable  them  to  fit-in  either  Houft. 

The  Court  Party  having  loft  this  Point,* they  made 
another  Attempt  in  favour  of  the  PrestjteriansyV7hidi 
Was  by  tnlerting  a  Claufe  in  the  (aid  Bill,  co  pre- 
vent the  receiving  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per, upon  any  other  Account  than  in  Obedience  to 
the  Holjr  Inftitution  thereof,and  by  freehig  Perftns  to  j 
be  admitted  into  any  Office,  or  Imployment,  from  : 
the  neceffity  of  Receiving  the  laid  Sacrament,  irt  ! 
foch  a  manner  as  is  appointed  by  an  Aft  mtidc  the  j 
ajth  of  King  Charles  il.that  is,  accord  mg  t6thc 
Church  of  England ;  provided  a  Certificate  were  j 
deliver'd  of  the  (aid  Perfcns  having  received  the  Sa- 
crament, under  tht  Hands  of  a  Minifter,  andtwa 
other  credible  Pcrfons ;  But  this  Clanfe  was  like- 
wife  rcjefted,  notwithftanding .  the  wkrm'Otpftfi- 
tion  of  fevcral  Peers,  pariiculurly  of  the  Lords  Ojp- 
fnrd^  Mordanty  LoveUce^   Mmta^ne^   WhaT^dn  and^ 

^    .      Paget ^  who  alledg'd :  **  That  it  gives  great  part 
Mafcli  ajw  ^,f  jhe  Frotefiant  Freemen  cf  Bt^iattd  Reafcn  to 


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WILLIAM  the  third.  %i 

complain  of  Inequality,  and  hard  lUage,  when  A.  C. 
they  are  Excluded  from  publick  Imploymcnts  by  i6S|-« 
a  Law ;  and  alfo  that  it  deprivr'd  the  King  and  ^ 
Kingdom  of  divers  Men  fit  and  capable  to  fcnre 
"  the  Publick  in  (ever4 Cafes;  and  that  for  a  mcer 
Scruple  of  Confcience,  which  could  by  no  means 
rend'^r  them  Sufpefted,  much  le(s  Dijfaffe<9:ed  to 
the  Governmi'nt.  That  his  M«ijcfty ,  as  the  com* 
man  Indulgent  Father  of  his  People,  having  ex- 
**  prefi  d  an  earneft  defire  of  Liberty  to  tender  Con- 
fciences.  and  to  his  Proteftartf  Subje&s.  and  the 
Bifliops  having,  divers  of  them,  on  feveral  occa- 
**  fions  profefi'd  an  Inclination  to,  and  owned  the 
"  Reafonablcnels  of  fiich  a  Chriftian  Temper,  they 
'*  apprehended  ic  would  raife  Suspicions  m  Men's 
"  Mmds,  of  (bmeching  different  from  the  Cafe  of 
"  Religion,  or  the  Publick,  or  a  Dcfign  to  heal  our 
*'  Breaches,  when  they  fliould  find  that  by  confin* 
*'  ing  Secular  Imployments  to  Ecclefiaftical  Confor- 
"  mity,  thoP*  were  ftruck  out  from  Civil  Affairs, 
**  whofe  Doftrin  and  Worfhip  might  be  toleratecf 
by  Authority  of  Parliament,  there  being  a  Bill  be- 
fore then,  by  Order  of  the  Houfe,  to  that  pur- 
pofe  ;  e(pecially  when  without  this  Exclufive  ri- 
gour, the  Church  is  fecured  in  all  its  Privileges 
*'  and  Preferments  no  Body  being  hereby  let  into 
"  them,  who  is  not  ftriftly  conformable.  That  to  fet 
"  Marks  of  Diftinftion  and  Humiliation  on  any 
*'  Sorts  of  Men,  -  who  have  not  rendered  themfelvesf. 
"  juftlyvSufoefted  to  the  Government  as  it  is  at  sdt 
•*  times  to  oe  avoided,  by  the  making  iuffc  and  e^ 
"  quitable  Laws,  fo  mighi  it  be  of  fo  dl  EffciSl  to 
^  tne  Refi)rmed  Intereft  at  Home  and  Abroad  in 
**  this  prefent  Conjun<aure,  which  ftood  in  need  of 
**  the  United  Hands  and  Hearts  of  all  Proteftanfs^  a- 
^'  gainft  the  open  Attempts,  and  fecret  Endea* 
*•  vours,  of  a  rmleis  Party,  and  a  potent  Neigh- 
**  bour,  who  was  more  2iealous  than  Hfmt  it  felff  to 
'^  plant  P^ferjf  in  thefe  Kingdoms;  and  labourM,  with 
•*  his  utmoft  force,  to  fccae  his  Tyranny  upon  the^ 
*^  Ruins  of  the  Reformation  all  thro*  Europe.  That 
^^  ictum'd  die  Edge  of  aLaw  (they  knew  not  by 
t!  what  Fate  J|  upon  Proteft^ms^  sAd  Friends  to  the 

Cc  }  "  '    Govern- 


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%^  The  R^igH  of  King 

A-  C.    "  Goverranent,  which  was  intended  againft  PafiUs^ 
i<8|-.    "to  exclude  them  from  Places  of  Truft,  as  hActx 
**  avowedly  dangerous  to  our  Religion  and  Govem- 
"  men  ;  and  the  taking  the  Sacrament,  which  was 
'*  cnjoin'd  only  as  a  Meansjo  dilcover  Papist Sy  was 
"now made  a  diftinguifliing  Duty  amongft  Protc- 
"  StantSy  to  weaken  the  whole  by  caftinj  out  a  part 
•*  of  them.    That  Myfteries  o\  Religion  and   Di- 
"  vine  Worfhip  are  of  Divine  Original,  and  of  a 
**  Nature  {o  wholly  diftant  from  the  Secular  Affairs 
*'  of  politick  Society.  rha|:  rhcy  cannot  be  applied 
**  to  thofe  ends,  and  therefore  the  Church,  by  the 
**  Law  and  the  Gofpel,  as  well  as  common  Pru- 
**  dence,  ought  to  take  care  not  to  oftend  either  ten- 
*•  der  Confcienccs  within   it   (elf,  or  give  Offence 
to  thofe  without,  by  mixing  their  Sacred  Myfte- 
ries with  Secular  Interefts.    That  they  could  not 
*'  fee  how  it  could  coniift  with  the  Law  of  God, 
•*  conimon  Equity,  or  the  Right  of  any  free-born 
**  Subje£l,  that  any  one  be  punifliM  without  aCrime. 
**  That  if  it  be  a  Crime  not  to  take  the  Sacrament 
**  according  to  the  llfage  of  the  Church  oi England ^ 
•*  every  one  ought  to  be  punifh'd  for  it,  which  no 
body  aflirms :  And  if  it  be  no  Crime,  thofe  who 
were  capable,  and  judg'd  fit  forthe  King's  Service 
•*  ought  not  to  be  puniflid  with  a  Law  of  Exdu- 
**  fion,  for  not  doing  that  which  is  no  Crime  to  tor- 
**  hc?ir.    And  laftly,  That  if  it  l)e  urged  ftill,  as  an 
^'  effedhial  Teft,  to  difcover  and  keep  out  PapiUs, 
*'  the  taking'  of  the  Sacrament  in  thefe  Proteftant 
*>  Congregations,  where  they  are  Members  and 
"  known,    would   be  at  leaft  .as  efftrftual  to  that 
"  purpofe.      After  a  long  Debate  the  BUI  was  read 
the  Third  time,  pafi'd,  and  fent  to  the  Commons 
for  their  Concurrence. 
niBagsinjl     Another  Bufincfs,  of  much  lefs  Importance  than 
ifhep0pip.thtOa$hs^  amus'd  both  Houfes  for  a  confiderable 
time  ;  and  that  was  the  Bill  for  Removing  Patnlfs 
firom  the  Cities  of  London  and  H^elhnmfkery  and  ten 
^  Miles  diftance  from  the  fame,  which  having  pafi'd 
\^Mrd2is^^  Houfe  of  Lords,  the  Commoas  added  ^  a  Pro- 
«i/0  to  it,  by  which  the  C^een  DcAvagnr^s  Aitides 
^f  Maniage,  were  conQdcrMj  opeduc'd.    To  tbq 

Prmfi 


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W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /*e  TbirJ.  %y 

Provlfo  the  Peers  diftgreed,  alledging,    "  That  her  A.  C. 
**  Mijcfty  had  for  (b  many  Years,  made  (iich  mo-    1689. 
"  derate  ufe  of  the  (aid  Anicles.   that  there  had 
**  nor  been  any  juft  Occafion  of  Complaint  in  the 
"  injoymcnt  of  them  :  and  it  might  (eem  to  be  a 
**  kmd  of  Severity  upon  her  Majefty,  to  have  thofc 
**  Articles  Itiil  reftrain  d   by  virtue  of  that  A6t, 
"  wh'ch  was  made  for  the  preservation  of  the  Per- 
•*  fbn  of  the  King,  her  Husband,  which  Reafbn  now 
"  ceas'd.    That  it  was  evident  that  in  the  time  of 
"  the  late  K'ng  Jamcs^  when  her  Majefty  might 
*'  have  been  encouraged  to  entertain  more  Perlbns  of 
"  her  own  Religion  moft  of  her  Servants,  and  thole 
**ofthe  moft  confiderable  places,  were  continued^ 
•'  and  al(b  others  rcceiv'd  into  her  Family,  tho'  Pro^ 
"  teflnnts.     And  that  it  might  be  of  ill  coniequence, 
"ifherMaiclly,  by  not  living  eafily  here,  ihould 
*'  be  oblig  a  to  retire  Into  foreign  Parts.    On  the  o- 
*'  ther  fide,  the  Commons  *  inlifted  upon  the  Pravi-*  J^ril  S. 
^^  fo  by  them  added,    ift.  Becaufe  it  was  no  new 
*'  Claufe,  and  therefore  impos'd  no  new  Condition 
"  upon  her  Majefty,  it  being  the  (ame  that  was  E- 
*'  nafted  in  the  30th  of  King  Charles  II.  for  the  more 
**  effe£lual  preferving  the  King's  Perlbn  and  Govcm- 
**  ment.    odly,  Becaufe  to  make  an  Alteration  in     ^ 
"  the  Law,  as  it  then  ftood,  might  look  like  feme 
•'  kind  of  Countenance  to  thofc  of  that  Periuaiion, 
*'  at  a  time  when  the  Lords  themfelves  had  judg'd 
"  the  Refbrt  ofPaflJls  to  London  to  be  of  fo  dangc- 
"  rous  Conlequcnce  to  the  Government,  as  to  make 
'*  this  Aft  to  remove  them  ten  Miles  from  it.    And 
**  thirdly,  becaufe  the  Pdpifts  were  not  at  this  time 
**  lefs  active  in  their  Defigns  and  Pra6tices  todiftuxb 
"  the  Poace  and  Qpiet  of  the  Kingdom,  than  they 
*'  were  in  the  ;oth  Year  of  King  Charles  II.  and 
^*  therefore  the  like  Reafbns  which  induced  the  Par- 
liament to  make  that  Statute  remainMat  this  time, 
to  peiiwade  the  Houfe  of  Commons  to  keep  the 
^*  force  of  it  entire.    Upon  confideration  of  thefe   «. 
Reafbns,  offered  by  the  Commons  at  a  full  Confe- 
rence with  the  Lords,  their  Lordfliips  agreed  to 
propo(e,  diat  the  Qiicen  Dowager  (hoidd  have  thir* 
ty  denrants  of  the  King's  EngHJb  Subje(^s,  provi- 

C  c  4  ding 


14  7^^  Re'tgn  of  King 

A.  C.    vidin^  none  of  them  werePricfts,  Monks  or  Friart  j 

I  ,>9.   to  which  Expedient,  ufter  fcveral  Conferences,  ana 

\,x-^>^  warm  Debates,  the  Commons  gave  their  *  CotKXir- 

*jfril  zZ.  rence.    The  Ring  gave  his  Afft  m  to  this  A£b,  out 

of  meer  Complaifancc  to  his  Parliament,  having 

often  declared  that  he  came  over  to  deliver  the  Pro^ 

teftAnts.  and  not  to  perfrcute  the  Upmanijis, 

On  the  x^th  of  March  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  ac- 
quainted the  Houle  of  Peers,   "  That  his  Majcfty, 
**■  out  an  eamcft  defire  to  deliver  his  People  firom 
**  the  Guilt  Rcjjroaches  and  Penalties^  which  ma- 
•*  ny  of  them  might  be  liable  to ;  and  to  put  an 
**  end  to  all  Controverfies  arifing  between  the  Sub- 
•'  je<Ss,  by  Realbn  of  any  Difcord  in  later  tiraes, 
**  and  to  tiike  away  all  Diftinftions,  and  Occafions 
*'  of  Diicord  among  them,  to  the  end  that  rhey  ha- 
**  vine  an  entire  Confidence  in  his  Majcfty,   and 
*'  perfeft  Union  among  themfelves,  mignt  do  en- 
**  courag'd  in  their  Duty  to  his  Government,  and 
•*  more  fully  and  fccurely  enjoy  the  Benefit  of  it ; 
**  And  his  Majefty  judging,  that  the  beft  way  to 
**  render  this  his  gracious  Intentions  moft  extenfive, 
**  and  efiedual  was  to  pafe  a  Free  and  General  Par-^ 
"  don.  Indemnity  and   Oblivion,  his  Majefty  did 
*^moft   earncftly   recommend   the   Conlideration 
**  thereof  to  both  Houfesof  Parliament:  That  with 
**  all  the  Expedition,  a  matter  of  that  kind  would 
.admit,they  might  prepare  aBillfor  that  purpofe  for 
the  Royal  Affent,  withfiich  Exceptions  only,  as 
tothemfliould  fecm  neceflary,  for  the  Vindicati- 
•'  onof  Publick  Juftice,  the  Safety  of  their  Majeftiei, 
*'  and  the  Settlement  and  Welfare  of  the  Nation  tor 
^*  die  future.    At  the  feme  time  the  Earl  ofShremhi-^ 
rj  defir  d  leave  of  the  Houfe  to  bring  in  a  Bill  for  Na- 
turalizing the  Prince  of  Dermutrk^  whom  his  Ma- 
jeft  V  intended  ro  q-eatc  a  Duke  of  this  Kingdom^ 
ana  (b  to  bring  him  to  Sit  in  that  Houfe,  and  to 
have  the  like  Precedency  as  other  Princes  had  bad. 
\^'hcrcupon  the  Lords  order'd  the  Marquifs  of  W«- 
chefter,  and  the  Earl  of  Bedford^  to  attend  the  King 
vrvh  the  Thanks  of  their  Houfe,  for  his  Ma/e« 
ft^'s  Gracious  Meflagc  to  them,  concerning  the 
BtU  of  Indemnity  aad  Free  Pardm^  and  for  Us 

Iateati(^ 


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WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  xf 

intention  of  Creating  his  Royal  Highnefi  Prince  A.  C 
George  a  Duke  of  this  Realm.  1 6S  j^ 

yn  the  4th  of  ^pril  ihe  Houfe  of  Lords  entred  v^V^ 
into  a  confidcration  of  the  Report  of  the  Amend- fii7//«rOL 

mentsin  the  BUI  for  uniting  their  Mdjefties  Protefiant  niting  Pr$m 
Suhje8s ;  and  upon  Debate  tae  Queftion  was  put  f^ft^ttt 
whether  to  agree  with  the  Committee  in  leaving  out  ^P"*  4« 
the  Claufe  about  the  indifferency  of  the  Pojiwe  at  re- 
ceivinz  ^^  Sacrament  ?  The  Votes  were  egual,  and 
thertfbre  according*  to  the  ancient  Rule  m  the  like*  Smfer 
Caft,  it  was  carried  in  the  Negative.    The  next  ^(/w»'^«^ 
Day  the  Lords  refumed  the  Debate  of  the  Report  ^''*  ^'^«« 
of  the  (aid  Amendments,  particularly  of  the  Clauie  ^** 
concerning  a  Commiiiion  to  be  given  out  bv   the 
King,to  Bifhops  and  others  of  the  Clercy:  And  it  be- 
ing proposed  whether  the  Laity  fliould  be  added,  the 
Votes  were  equal  on  both  fid^s   to  it  was  likewife 
carried  in  the  Negative.     Thereupon  the  Lo  ds 
PVincheJler^    Mordant^  Lovcta^e  and  Stanford  entred 
their  Diflents.    '^  i^.  Becaufe  the  A&  it  ieU,  being 
**  defign'd  for  the  Peace  of  the  State,  the  putting  the 
"Clergy  into  Commiffion,  wijh  a  total  exduiiciii 
^*  of  the  Laity,  laid  the  Humiliation  on  the  Laity, 
**  as  if  the  Clergy  of  the  Church  of  England  were 
^  alone  Friends  to  the  Peace  of  the  State,  and  the 
**  the  Laity  lefi  able,  or  lefi  concerned  to  provide 
**  for  it.    zdiy.  Becaufe  the  Matters  to  be  conGder'cl 
**  being  barely  of  Human  Cohftiturion,  vir.  The 
**  Liturgy  and  Ceremonies  of  the  Church  oelong 
**  to  bom,  for  in  wh  it  is  of  Divine  Inftitution.  nei% 
tfaer  Clergy  nor  Laity  can  make  any  alteration  at 
all.    fdly.  Becaufe  the  pretending  that  differences 
and  delays  rai^ht  arift  by  mixing  Laymen  with 
**  the  Ecclefiafticks,  fruftrating  the  defign  of  the 
^^  CommiiCon,  was  vain  and  out  of  Doors^  tmlefi 
^  thole  that  made  ufe  ot  this  pretetice,  (uppo8*d 
^*  that  the  Clergy,  part  of  the  Church,  l»d  mitinft 
^^  Incerefts  firom  the  Laity,  part  of  the  iame  6burch, 
^^  and  would  be  a  reafon  as  good,  why  one  or  other 
^*  of  them  {hould  quit  the  Houfe  of  Lords  for  foar 
^  of  obfhufting  the  bufinefi  of  it.   4//?/;.  Becauie 
^*  the  Commiflion  being  intended  for  the  utisEi^ioa 
*!  of  Diflenters.  it  woiud  be  conrenicat  tbat  Lay- 

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l<f  7X^  /Je'ig^  cj  King 

A-  C-  **  men  of  different  Ranks,  najr,  perhaps  of  differem 
1689.  "  Opinions  too,  fliould  be  united  in  it,  the  better  to 
''  find  Expedients  for  thit  cnd»  rather  than  Clefgy- 
**  men  alone  of  the  Eftablifh'd  Chur.ch,  who  ^e  ge- 
'  nerally  obferved  to  have  all  very  much  the  fame 
way  of  Rcafoning  and  Thinking,  ^thly,  Becaufe  jc 
19  the  much  readier  way  to  facih'tate  the  palling 
•'  the  Alterations  into  a  Law,  that  Lay  Lords  and 
Commoners  (hould  be  |oIned  in  the  CommiiHon, 
who  might  be  able  to  latisfie  both  Houles  of  the 
Reaibns  upon  which  they  were  made,  and  thereby 
remove  all  Fears  and  jcaloulies  ill  Men  might 
"  raife  ??gainft  the  Clergy,  of  their  endeavouring  to 
"  keep  up,  without  ground,  a  diftindk  Intereft  from 
**  that  of  the  Laity,  whom  they  fb  carefully  exdu- 
"  ded  from  being  join'd  with  tnem  in  Conltitutions 
•*  of  common  Concernment,  that  they  would  not 
**  have  thofe  have  any  part  in  the  delioeration  who 
*'  nxuft  have  the  greatcft  in  determining.  6thly,  Bc- 
"caule  (iich  a  reftrain'd  Commiifion  lay  liable  to 
**  this  great  Obje&ion,  that  it  might  be  made  ufe  of 
*' to  elude  repeated  Promifcs,  and  the  prefcnt  aenc- 
"ral  expeftation  of  compliance  with  tender  Con- 
fcienceSjWhen  the  the  providing  of  it  was  taken  out 
of  the  ordinary  course  of  Parliament,  to  be  put 
•'  into  the  Hands  of  thofc  alone  who  were  latcrf  in 
**  admitting  any  need  of  it,  and  who  might,  be 
**  thought  to  b^*  the  more  unfit  to  be  the  fole  Com- 
pofers  of  Differences  when  they  were  looked  up- 
on, by  fome,  as  Parties,  y^^/r.  Becauft,  after  all, 
this  carried  a  dangerous  fufpicion  along  with  it, 
**  as  if  the  Laity  were  not  a  part  of  the  Church, 
*'  norhajd  any  power  to  meddle  in  matters  of  Reli- 
**  cion.  A  Sufpicion  direftly  oppofite  to  the  Con- 
**  ftirurion  both  of  Church  and  State,  which  would 
make  all  alterations  utterly  impoiiible^  unlels  the 
Clergy  alone  were  allowed  to  have  power  to  make 
*'  Laws  in  matters  of  Religion,  fince  wl^  was 
**  eftabiiJheri  by  Liw,  toidd  not  be  taken  away  <w 
•*  ch;mped  but  bv  cpnfent  of  Laymen  in  Parliament;^ 
**  the  CI  Tgy  tnemfelves  having  no  Authority  to 
**  meddle  in  this  very  C^ft*  in  which  the  Laity  was 
^  excluded  by  this  very  Vote,  but  what  they  de£a^'<l 


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Vf  ILhl  A  M  the  Third.  %y 

**  from  Lay-hands.    Z-4y?/;,  Becaufe  it  was  contrary  A.  C 
\      *'  to  liiree  Statutes  made  in  the  Reign  of  Henry  VIII.    |  gg^. 

"  and  one  in  Edward  VI.  which  impowers  3 a  Com-  \^^/y^ 
I  '*  mhfioners  to  alter  the  Common  and  Eccleliaftical 
I  *'  Laws,  C^c.  whereof  1 6  to  be  of  the  Laity,  ^id 
'  "  16  of  the  Clergy.  On  the  6th  of  jlpril  the  reft  of 
the  Amendments  were  coniider''d  and  agreed  tOy  and 
'  the  Bill  afterwards  lent  to  the  Commons  &r  their 
'       Concurrence. 

The  day  appointed  for  theirMajefties  Coronation  Siversl 
drawing  near  the  King  communicated  his  Rays  oiPtrfmr 
Honour  to  feveral  Perfons .  that  he  might  himfelf  HtmurU 
Ihine  with  greater  Splendor.    His  Royal  Highnefs  ^itf»Titla^ 
Prince  George  of  Denmarli^  was  created  Baron  of  Oc-  ^P^^  •» 
kingham^  Earl  of  Kcr^dnl  and  Duke  of  Ci^berUnd  i9»  «»• 
The  Marquefiof  t^inchefiety  was  made  Duke  or 
Boltw ;   The  Earl  of  Danby,  Marquefi  of  Cafmar^ 
then'^   Monfieur  Bentinck^,   Baron  Cirencefier  ^  Vit 
count^f^tf^oc^^.and  Elarl  of  Portland ;  Vikrount  FiUf- 
conberg^  Earl   Fauconberg\    Vifcount  KUrddnt^  Earl 
o[  Monmouth ;  The  Lord  Montftgveyifcount  Akunf^ 
Hermer  and  Earl  of  Montague ;  The  Lord  ChurchiB^ 
Earl  o(  Marleborough ;  Henry  Sidney  Efijj  Baron  of  M//- 

fon  and  Vifcount  Sidney  of  Shefpey  in  the  County  of 

l^np  ;  Vifcount  Lumlcy  of  PVatcrford  in  Ireland^  Vit 

count  Lumley  of  Lumlcy  Caflle  in  the  County   Pala* 

tine  of  Durham^  and  Earl  oi  Scarborough -^  The  Vit 

count  Cholmondley  of  iC^Zf/j  in  IreUf^^  Baron  CW- 

numdleyoi  kVitchmalbancki  alias  Namptwhich  in  Che^ 

/hire ;  and  Thomas  Piikjngton  Efe;^  Lord  Mayor  of 

London,  Was  Knighted  by  his  Majefty.    Marefchal 

^e  Schomberg  (  who  with  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire  bad 

already  been  Elefted  Knight  Companion  of  the 

moft  noble   Order  of  the    Garter^   was  Natura-' 

lizM  by  A&  of  Parliament,  and  (bon  after  created 

Duke. 

On  the  9th  of  April  the  King  went  to  the  Houfe 
of  Peers,  and  gaire  his  Royal  Aflent  to  an  A&  for 
Eftablifhing  the  Coronation  Oath,  which  by  Di* 
regions  from  the  Court  was  provided  to  be  Admi- 
n'^ftted  either  by  the  ArchbUhop  of  Canterbttry  or  dhe  ' 
Biihop  of  London .  The  choice  of  one  of  thefe  two 
Pfel4tC9  being  left  to  the  King,  hisMajefty,  left  he 

(hould 


l8  The  Rei^n  of  Xing 

A.  C.  Aould  be  denied  by  the  firfl:,  who  ftill  continued 

i6i^.    dUcomentcd,  thought  fit  to  pitch  upon  the  Bifliop 

l^xyN^  of  Lendan^  who  accordingly   officiated  inftead  6E 

King  Wil- the  Archbifliop  of  Canterbury  zt  their  Majeftics  Co- 

liam  snd  ronation  j    wtiich  was  performed  with  that  Mac- 

i^n  M a- nificence    and     Splendor  the    Enflijh  Nation    is 

rr  Crnm^d^^  (q  dilblayon  this  Solemn  Occauon.    The  next 

Apnl  If  .]>ay  the  Houfc  of  Commons  waited  in  a  ftdl  Body 

upon  their  Majefties  at  the^  Ban/fuening-Hot^e^  to 

Congratulate  them  upon  their  Coronation^  which 

Mr.  Powle^  their  Speaker,  perform'd  by  the  fbllow- 

ing  Speech. 


King. 


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Your  moftLoyal  and  Dutiful  Subje<Sb,the  Com- 
mons of  England  Affembled  in  this  prefent  Parlia^ 
ment,  having^  to  their  unfbeakable  W,  feen  Your 
MajefUes  plac'd  upon  the  Imperial  Throne  of  this 
Kingdom,  they  have  defir*d  Accefi  at  this  time 
"  to  Your  Roval  Prcftnce,  humbly  to  Congratulate 
*'  Your  Majefties  upon  this  Occafion,  and^  wifi 
•*  Your  Majefties  a  long  and  profperous  Reign, 
^'with  all  the  BleiSngs  that  ever  did  aneiKl  a 
.•*  Crown, 

•*  We  are  all  (enfible  that  Your  Majefties  Great- 
**  nefi  is  the  Security  of  Your  Subjects.  It  is  from 
•*  Your  Power  that  we  derive  to  our  ftlves  an  AfTu- 
*'  ranee  of  being  Defended  from  our  Enemies ;  and 
*'  from  Your  Juftice  that  we  expeci  a  full  enjoyment 
"  of  our  Laws  and^  Liberties  :  But  that  which  com* 
**  pleats  our  Happincfi,  is  the  Experience  we  have 
**  of  Your  Majelttes  continual  care  to  maintain  the 
^  Proteftant  Hfllgion  :  So  that  we  can  no  longer  ap- 
"  prehend  any  danger  of  being  deprived  of  that 
"  Ineftimable  Blefling  either  by  fecrct  PraSices,  or 
*J  by  open  Violence. 

To  the  ^^y  the  fame  DivinePravidence  which  hath  hither • 

*•  tofrefefved  Tout  Majefty  in  tUegreatefi  Ddf^ers^  snd 
^^fo  often  given  Ton  Vidory  over  Tour  Enemies^  fiiM 
'*  Crtmn  Tour  Vndertid^ngs  with  Suceefs. 
To  the  ^'  -^^  ^'^  ^hfi  unfardleBed  Virtues^  which  ador9m 
Queen.  **  Ti>ur  Ma/eji/s  I^al  Perfon^  be  the  Admirdtion  ^ 
H  fhe  Prefent  Age^  4tnd  4n  Bx^mfle  to  the  Put$re. 

L*Ana 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  19 

"  And  may  the  Luftre  of  both  your  Names  to  A.  C 
J  **  far  out  fliinc  the  Glory  of  Your  Predcceflbrs,  that  1 689. 
I      "  the  Memory  of  their  greateft  Anions  may  be  1 

"  forgotten,  and  Your  People  nm  longer  date  the 
•  **  the  Eltablifhment  ot  their  Laws  and  Liberties 
L      **  from  St.  Edward's  Days,  but  from  the  moft  Aut 

"picious  King  fVILLIAM  and  Qpeen  MA- 

To  this  Speech  his  Majefty  made  the  following 
Anfwer,  boch  in  his  Own,  and  ia  his  Qyeen'» 
Name. 


Gentlemen, 

IVe  return  you  Our  hearty  Thanks  fir  the  Kfndnefs 
that  you  have^  ufon  aU  Occafions^  Jhewed  f  Both  ef 
Vs ;  fVc  Jhall  tak^  care  to  the  b^ofOwr  ?mer  of  all 
things  that  aondvce  to  the  Good  of  the  l^jngdom  ;  Mid 
I  do  not  doubt ^  but  by  Gods  Affiftance  and  yours^  We 
Jhall  be  able  in  ajhort  time  to  makfi  you  a  Flourijhing 
Feofle. 

'    Not  long  after  their  Maicfties  Coronation,  the 
Church-men,  who  contrary  to  the  Expectation  of 
the  Court,  proved  more  nurcmous  than*  the  Presby- 
terians, bein§  fenHble,    by  many  Inftances^    that 
the  King  inclmM  to  favour  the  latter,  agreed  upon 
an  Addrels   which  was  approv'd  b^  the  Lords,  and 
*  prefented  by  both  Houles,  and  m  which  ''  thcjr  ^ 
•••did  withutmoft  Duty  and  Afic<9:ion  render  to  his  ^f^^'P 
*••  Majefty  their  moft  humble  and  hearty  Thanks  j/ '*' '*'''- 
••  for  His  sradous  Declaration  and  repeated  Aflii-  /h^^'Jll^  ^* 
**  ranees,  that  He  would  mainuin  the  Church  of  Aorii  to   < 
''England  Eftabli(h'd by Uw,  which  His  Majefty^       ^' 
*'  had  been  pleas  d  to  recover  from  the  dangerous 
**  Conlpiracy  that  was  laid  for  its  Deftru£tion,  with 
•*  the  hazard  of  His  Royal  Perfbn.    They  added, 
^  that  the  Do^Srine  and  Pradice  of  the  Church  of 
''  England  had  evinc'd  their  Loyalty  beyond  the 
^•Contradi6^ionofthemoft  malicious  Enemies;  and 
*'  that  the  Misfortunes  of  former  Princes  could  beat* 
''  tributed  to  nothing  more  than  r  heirEndeavours  to 
'*  iubvert  and  difable  the  Members  thereof  for  con- 
^  tributiag  to  their  Support  and  Defence.     They 

"  there* 


JO  The  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.  C.  **  therefore  pray'd  His  Majefty  to  continue  his  Care 
1689.   *^  fof  Ac  Prefcrvarion  of  the  (ame  whereby  he  would 
"  effectually  cftablilh  His  Throne,  hy  fecuring  the 
Hearts  of  His  Majefty's  Subjeits  within  thefe  His 
Realms,   who  could  no  way  better  (hew  their 
"  Xeal  for  His  Service,  than  by  a  firm  adherence  to 
**  that  Church,  whofe  Conftitution  is  heft  furted  to 
**  the  Support  of  this  Monarchy.    They  likewife 
humbly  pray'd,  '^That  according  to  tne  Antient 
**Praaicc  aiid  IWageof  the  Kingdom,  in  time  of 
"Parliament;   His  Majefty   would  be  graciouflj 
**  pleas'd  to  iflue  forth  his  Writs  for  calling  a  Con- 
**  vocation  of  the  Clergy  of  this  Kingdom  to  be 
"advis'd  in  Eoclefiaftical  Matters,   affuring  His 
**  Majefty,  that  it  was  their  Intention  forthwith  to 
^'  proceed  to  the  Confideration  of  giving  eafe  to 
Wroteftant  Dijfcnters.    llie  King  did  not  immediate- 
ly return  an  Anlwer  to  this  Addrcfs,  but  the  next 
AprD  ii.l^^y  He  dire£^ed  the  Lord  Nottingham  10  acquaint 
both  Houies,  That  ^  though  He  had  had  many  oc- 
^'  cafions  of  afTuring  them  He  would  maintain  die 
**  Church  of  England,  as  by  Law  Eftablifhed  ;  yet 
"  He  was  well  pleafed  of  repeating  thefe  Promifes, 
•*  which  He  was  refolved  to  perform,  by  fupporting 
this  Church  whofe  Loyalty ,  he  doubted  not 
would  enable  Him  to  anlwer  their  juft  Expe(9a- 
"  tionr    That  jw  His  defign  of  coming  hither  was 
"  to  refcue  them  from  the  Miferies  ttiey  labour^ 
**  under,  (6  it  was  a  great  Satisfaition  to  Him,  that 
**  by  the  Succefs  God  had  given  Him,  He  was  in  a 
**  Station  of  defending  this  Church  which  had  ef- 
•'  feftually  (hewn  her  Z.eal  againft  Poperj^^  and  fliould 
*'  always  be  His  peculiar  Care;  and  He  did  hofie 
**  the  Eafe  they  ddign'd  to  Diflenters  would  contri- 
**  Bute  very    much  to  the  Eftablifliment  of  this 
•*  Church ,   which  therefore  He  eamcfty  recom- 
^*  mended  to  them,  that  the  occafions  of  Difierences 
^^  and  mutual  Animofities  might  be  removed ;  and 
*^  that  as  loon  as  might  be  He  would  fiimmon  a 
"  Convention. 

The  fame  Daj  there  was  a  Conference  between 
both  Houfes,  chiefly  about  an  Amiendment  made  by 

the 


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the  Lords  in  the  Bill  for  abrogatiw^  the  Oaths  of  ASe^    A,  O 

gUnce  And  Supremacy  i   by  which  Amendment  dio    |(J89# 

Clergy  were  excus'd  from  taking  the  Oaths,  and  to  (_/-vC 

which  the  Commons  difigreed :  Allcdging,  '*  That 

**  it  hath  been  the  Policy  of  the  Common  Law  and 

Statute  Law  to  oblige  Men  to  (wear  AUegiince 

to  the  King.    That  Alleeiance  is  the  commofi 

and  neceflary  Duty  of  all  the  Subje6l:s,   and  is 

moft  ftri6Uy  to  be  required  of  Archbilhops  ami 

thoft  who  have  Eccleiiaftial  Dignities,  Benefices 

"  or  Promotions,in  regard  they  are  highly  intercfled 

**in  the  Adminiftration  of  tne  Government,  draw 

**  great  Dependencies,   and  are  Exemplary  to  the 

*'  reft  of  the  People ;  and  feveral  of  tnem  are  by 

**  Law  to  Adminifter  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  o» 

•'ther  Perlbns.    That  Allegiance  is  alloftriftlyto 

**  be  reouired  of  all  Governors,  Profeflbrs  and  rel- 

"  lows  in  Univerfities  and  School-matters,  becauft 

*'  to  them  the  Education  of  the  Youth  of  the  King- 

'^  dom  is  committed^  and  therefore  they  ought  to 

**  be  Perlbns  of  known  Loyalty  to  the  Government 

That  the  taking  the  Oaths  publickly  ia  open 

Court  would  better  manifeft  Allegiance  than  the 

taking  them  privately  before*  Perlbns  appointed  by 

**  Order  in  Council,  and  would  be  much  morefiie 

**  to  the  Perlbns  who  are  obliged  to  take  the  Oaths. 

*'  That  the  beft  and  moft  certain  means  to  have  the 

**  Oaths  taken  was  to  impole  it  upon  the  t'crlbns  coiv 

**  cemed  to  tender  themlclves  to  take  the  Oaths  un- 

**  der  Penalties ;  but  if  the  Oaths  were  not  required 

*'  to  be  taken  unlefs  tendered,  the  faid  Perlbns  migh^ 

•*  by  abfcnce  or  otherwife,  avoid  them  with  Impu^ 

/     •*  nity .    That  the  Claufe  which  the  Commons  fent 

**  to  their  Lordlhips  allow'd  more  favour  to  the 

•*  Archbilhops,  Bifnops  and  thole  that  had  Ecclefi* 

^  aftical  Dignities  and  Promotions,  than  tO)  any  Lay 

"  Peers  or  other  Perlbns  having  Offices  or  Imploy*- 

"  mcnts,  and  was  more  gentle  in  the  PenalQr,  diaii 

•*  the  Statutes  heretofore  made  in  the  like  cafe,^  That 

**  it  was  unrealbnable  and  unlafe  to  diftinguiOi  the 

'*  Archbifliops,  Bilhc^  and  Perfbns  having  Eccle- 

^  fiafticsJ  Dignities,  Benefices  or  Prometions,  and 

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^i  The  Rei^n  of  K/ng 

A.  C.  **  ^^^  ^  ^^  intrufted  with  the  Education  of  Youth 
^g  *  **from  the  reft  oi  the  Subjtib  in  the  Declarati* 
^^t^  j^^  on  of  rficir  Allegiance,  and  might«rend  to  make 
^^  a  Divilion  in  the  Kingdom .  expo(e  the  King's 
^  Pedbn  and  Government  to  Hatred  and  Danger, 
•*  and  occ*iilion  a  gent  ral  Dilcontent. 

After  this  the  Houfe  of  Lores  was  adjourned  into 
a  Committee  to  debate  and  confider  the  Reafbns  of 
die  Houle  of  Commons ;  and  the  Houfc  being  re- 
Ibm'd,  the  Earl  of  BtiJgewater  Reported  that  after 
along  Debate  in  the  Committee,  this  Queftiotiy 
whether  to  agree  with  the  Houle  of  Commons, 
was  carried  in  the  Negative ;  Whereupon  tht*  Earls 
of  hUcclesjkld  and  Monmouth  entered  their  DiilenCi 
fer  the  follow  ing  Reafons. 

**  lit.  Becaule  by  the  fame  rcafon  that  any  pjart 
**  of  the  Subje£ls  might  be  excudd  from  giving 
^*  Aflurances  of  their  Allegiance  and  Fidelinr.  aU 
**  mi^ty  and  the  Government  would  be  left  pre- 
^  carious,    a.  Becaufe  the  Clergy ,  and   elpecially 
^  the  Biihops,  receiving  their  Benefices,  Dignities 
•*  and  Preferments  from  the  Publick,  ought  to  be 
*'  the  firft  and  forwardeft  ,  both  by  their  Do^ine 
**  and  Example^  to  teach  others  their  Obligations, 
••  in  preferving  the  Government  as  well  as  Religion 
•*  Eftablifhed  by  Law.    3.  Becaufe  the  Pretence  of 
*•  Scruple  and  Tendemefi  o^  Confcience  could  have 
*•  no  otner  Foundation  in  the  prcfent  pfe,  but  the 
••  liipptjfition  of  fome  former  Obligation:  No  one 
**  ever  (crupling  to  give  all  manner  of  Pledges  of 
"  his  Allegiance  wh  re  he  thought  it  due.-  TTioft 
*'  therefore  that  fcrupled  ought  the  more  to  be  preft, 
**  and  the  (boner  to  be  brought  to  the  Teft,  unlefi 
**  any  one  could  think  Jt  rckfonable  that  the  Go- 
*•  vemment  (hould  favour     increafe  and   indulge 
^  thofe  that  would  not  give  the  ufiial  fecurity  that 
•*they  were  not  Enemies  to  it.    a.  Becaufe  how- 
ever the  King  might  that  part  of  me  People  who 
had  (worn  Allegiance  to  him  could  not  have  rea- 
**  (on  to  he  fatisfied,  when  thev  (aw  another  pan  oi 
^  the  Nation  under  loo(er  Opli^ions  to  the  Go*: 


Vflh'LlKUthThirJ.  35 

**  vcrnment  than   they ;    nothing  fo  ape  to  raifc   A.  O 
**Fean  and  Jealoufies  and  Diferders  in  a  State  as    itfSp. 
*•  unncceflary  Diftin6lion8,  or  any  caufe  of  Suf^ 
*•  picjon  of  want  of  Unanimity  or  Fidelity  amongft 
"  thcmfelves,  in  the  greateft  Concernments  of  the 
**  Kingdom,   efpecially  in  the  Titles  of  Crowns, 
**  and  at  liich  time  as  this,    when  they  were  cn- 
"  tcring  into  War  with  a  Potent  Enemy,    who 
**  openly  owned  and  fupported  a  contrary  Title. 
"  jT.  Because  it  would  difcourage  the  Allies,    and 
"give  them  a  lower  Opinion  of  the  King's  Int^rcft 
"m  his  People,  or  Authority  over  them,  than  wcs 
**  for  the  Aclvantage  of  this  Kingdom  in  particular, 
*'  or  the  Proteftant  Religion  thro'  ^urofe ;   when 
**  they  fhould  underftand  that  thofe  that  were  look- 
**  cd  on  to  be  the  DircSors  of  other  Men's  Con- 
**  fciences,  could  not  bring  their  own  to  acknow- 
**  ledge  him  in  the  Firft  and  Fundamental  fide  of 
**  Obedience,  and  what  muft  they  Conclude ;  when 
*'  they  heard  the  Parliament  had  difpens'd  with 
*'  liich  an  Exemplary  part  of  the  Nation  in  a  Bu- 
^  fine/s  of  fijch  Moment?    6.  Becaufe  it   might 
"  be  of  ill  Confequence,  if  the  Parliament  fliould 
"  fet  any  thing  like  a  Mark  of  Diftin<aionof  that 
**  Sacred  Order,  by  allowing  ihem  now  a  Difpen* 
fetionfrom  taking  a  very  moderate  Oath  of  Al- 
legiance, who,  in  a  late   Reign  were  too  for- 
ward   and  zealous   by  AddreJJes^    Predching  and 
protnctiiig  new  Oaths  to  carry  Loyalty  and  Obe- 
**  dience  to  Monarchy,  to  a  pitch  unknown  to  our 
**  ancient  Laws,  or  former  Ages.    7.  Becaufe  there 
"  being  no  other  Affurance  of  any  one  owning 
"  himielf  a  Subjedl  to  any  Government,  but  cither 
A6Hng  under  it,  or  Swearing  to  it,  it  was  very  ne- 
"  ceflary,  that  thofe  who  forbear  to  Aft  fhould,  of 
"  all  others,  be  moft  ftriftly  required  to  take  the 
'*  Oaths,  that  the  Publick  might  have  that  fccuri- 
"ry  of  their  Allegiance  from  thofe  that  refufe  the 
**  Oaibs.    8.  Becaufe  it  was  unreaibnabic,  that  for 
"  a  part  ofihe  Clergy,  the  Nation  fhould  be  ex- 
^'pos'dto  the  inconveniencJes  of  the  want  Oi  Ju- 
**  iUcc,  and  the  danger  of  Difordcrs  for  want  of 
*'  fettling  the  Militia  j   The  renewing  of  all  Com- 

D  d  *"  miii-oas 


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A.  C  **  miffiofns  being  delayed,  to  the  great  preiudicc  of 
1 689.  "  fhc  Government  and  the  People,  till  this  Aft  were 
"  paft,  and  therefore  they  did  not  fee  why  that 
**  Houfe  (hould  not  comply  with  the  Commons  in 
••  the  prefent  Necelllty,  tho'  their  Vote  fliould  be 
"  hard  on  a  part  of  the  SubjecSls,  whereas  the 
**  utmoft  oould  be  precended  in  this  Cafe,  was  only 
Contending  tor  an  extraordinary  Favour,  and 
an  unheard  of  Allowance  to  fome  ferupulous 
•*^en.  9.  Becaufe  it  was  neither  what  Hiftory 
**  could  rarallel,  nor  any  Policy  Juftifie,  to  allow 
any  part  of  the  People,  who  claim  Prote&ion 
from  the  Government,  to  be  excusM  from  gi- 
ving the  •  common  aird  neceflary  Affuranccs  of 
'^  Allef^ce  and  Fidelity  to  it ;  and  it  Was  hard 
*^  to  think  how  any  one  that  intended  to  be  faith- 
"ful  to  it,  (hould  come  {o  near  renouncing  the 
**  Government,  as  to  defire  to  be  dlipens'd  with 
*'  from  being  under  the  fame  Tyes,  with  other  of 
"  their  Fellow  Subje6b. 

On  the  xath  of  Afril  the  Earl  of  Nottingham  rt- 
ported,  from  the  Committee  appointed  the  Day  be- 
before,  the  Reafbns  to  be  oftered  to  the  Honft  of 
Commons^  in  Anfwer  to  their  Reafons  given  ac  the 
laft  Conference,  which  were  to  this  EfFeft.    In  An* 
iwcr  to  the  Firft  and  Second  Reafons  of  the  Houfe  of 
Commons,  the  Lords  agreed,  '*  That  the  Policy  of 
**  the  Law  requires  Men  to  Swear  Allegiance  j  and 
**  that 'tis  the  common  and  neceffary  Duty  of  all 
^*  Subje£^s,  and  cfpecially  of  the  Clergy ;  but  that 
**  the  Lords  did   not    exempt  them   rrora   taking 
**  thefe  Oaths,  but  only  difler'd  with  the  Houf^  o? 
"Commons  about    the   Method  by    which    they 
"  fliould  be  tendered.    To  the  Third  Reafbn,  'twas 
*^  alledg'd.  That  if  the  Lords  (hould  agree  that  it 
**  was  Dettcr  to  tender  the  Oaths  in  open  Court 
'^  than  privately^  yet  that  was  not  a  (ufficient  Rca- 
"  (on  againft  Tendring  th'jm  by  Per(bns  appoint- 
**  ed  by  the  King  in  Council,  becau(e  the  Officers 
'•and Judges  of  Ae Court  might  be  fo  appointed, 
"  by  Virtue  of  the  Clau(e  offer'd  by  the  Lords- 
^'  To  the  Fourth,  That  the  Clergy  would  be  re- 
"  quiv'd  to  cajce  the  Oaths  by  fuch  Order  in  Coun^ 

cily 


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L. 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  3^ 

**  cil,  as  was  propos'd  by  the  Lords,  and  their  nor  A.  C; 
appearing  when  fb  Summon'd  would  annount  to  1689. 
a  Refufal,  or  if  it  fhould  not,  the  Lords  would 
^gree  to  any  fuch  Addition  as  would  make  ic  lb. 
As  to  the  other  Reafons,  they  reply 'd.  That  the 
Clergjr  and  the  Members  of  the  Unlverfities  were 
not  diftinguiflied  from  the  Laity,  becaufe  upon 
the  prefenting  to  any  Degree  or  Preferment,  they 
"  would  be,  equally  with  all  others,  bblig'd  to  take 
*'  the  Oaths  when  requir'd  by  Order  oi  Council  j 
"  That  it  feem'd  more  to  the  Settlement  and  Safety 
**  of  the  Government  that  the  King  fhould  be  im-^ 
•'  power'd  to  put  the  Fidelity  of  the  Clergy  to  a 
**  Trial  immediately,  than  leave  any  who  were 
**  ill  affefted  10  the  Government,  (b  much  time  as 
"  to  the  Firft  of  Augufi  to  undetetmine  it.  That 
*•  the  Clergy  were  oblige,  by  the  Prayers  which 
**  they  muft  life  in  the  Daily  Service,  to  make 
*'  fuch  Exprefi  and  Solemn  Declarations  of  Fideli- 
**  xj  to  the  King  and  Qiieen  by  Name,  that  the 
**  putting  them  to  the  taking  of  Oaths  was  not  fo 
"  necefFary  to  the  publick  Safety,  as  in  other  Per^ 
"  fons  who  are  not  boiind  to  make  (iich  frequent 
**  Declarations  of  their  Fidelity;  That  in  (b  Cri. 
*'  ticala  time  as  the  prefent,  it  was  not  to  be  doubts 
**  ted,  but  upon  any  caufe  of  apprehending  their 
"  ill  AfFeftions  to  the  Government,  the  Tendring 
**  the  Oiths  by  Order  in  Council  would  not  onljr 
"  take  off  all  Imputations  of  Hardfhi])  from  His 
"  Majefty,  but  juftifie,  and  even  require  a  more 
**  rigorous  way  of  Pfocecdingj  againft  thofe  that 
'*  fliould  give  any  Caufe  of  Offence.  •  And  Laftly, 
**  That  fince  during  Queen  Elizabeth^s  long  and  glo- 
**  rious  Reign,  in  whith  fhe  had  bdth  the  pretended 
"  Title  of  the  Queen  of  Seots^  and  the  Dcj^ofing 
Power,  aflTuoi'd  by  thePopes,to  apprehend,this  was 
found  to  be  the  (afeft  Way  for  the  publick  Quiet; 
and  the  ill  EiFefts^  of  leaving  the  Tendring  the 
"  Oaths  to  the  Queen's  Difcfetion,  not  having  ap- 
"  pear'd  in  all  that  time  of  fb  much  Danger,  the 
**  following  a  Pattern  taken  from  the  bell  part  of 
"our  Hiftory,  feem^d  more  fuitabls  to  the  prefent 
'*  time  than  the  falling  iiiro  other  Methods.    This 

Dd  2.  An- 


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3  (J  The  Reign  ^f  King 

A.  C.    Anfwcr  having  been  communicated   to  the  Com- 
i(J8o.   J^ons,  at  a  free  Conference,  ihey  infifted  that  ac- 
^^YNJ  cording  to  the  Statute  of  the  Seventh  of  James  I.  Ail 
Peribns  (hould  be  enjoinM  to  take  the  Oaths,  and 
held    there  fliould  be   no  difference  between  the 
Clergy  and  the  Laity  in  taking  them.  But  upon  Ma- 
cure  ConGderation  of  the  whole  Matter,  and  after 
a  long  Debate,  the  Lords  proposed  a  Clauie  where- 
by it  (hould  be  left  to  the  King,  to  allow  (uch  of 
the  Clergy  as  (hould  refute  the   Oaths  prefcrib^'d 
by  this  A£l,  as  he  (hould  think  fit,  not  exceeding 
the  number  of  Twelve,  an  Allowance  out  of  their 
Ecclefiaftical  Benefices  or  Promotions  for  their  Sub- 
fiftance,  not  exceeding  a  third  Part,  and  to  con- 
tinue during  His  Majefties  Plealure,  and  no  longer. 
This  Claufe  was  approvM  by  the  Commons,  and 
fo  the  Bill  for  Abrogating  the  Oaths  of  Allegiince 
and  Supremacy,  having  paft  both  Houies,  receiv'd 
the  Royal  San^ion  on  the  a4th  of  April  ^  at  which 
time  alio  His  Majefty  g  ive  his  Aflfent  to  Five  other 
$ti)irMl      ASs.    The  Firft,  for  Empowering  His  Majefty  to 
ABs  psft^  Apprehend  and  Detain  all  fuch  Per(bns  as  he  (hould 
April  a4.find  juft  Caiife  to  fu(pe£l  were  Confpiring  againft 
the  Government.  The  Second,  For  removing  P*. 
njis  from  the  City  of  London  and  PVejiminJlcr^  and 
^en  Miles  from  the  fiime.    The  Third,  For  ta- 
king away  the  Revenue  arifing  by  hearth  Money. 
The  Fourth,  For  the  Encouraging  of  the  Exporta- 
tion of  Corn;  and  the  Filth,  for  explaining  and 
making  efteiiual  the  Statute  made  in  the  Firft  Year 
oiVk'ir\gjAmes\\.  concerning  the  Haven  and  Piers 
oi  Great  Tarmouth. 
The  Affairs     'Tis  time  we  (hould  take  a  view  of  the  Affairs 
•/  Scot*     of  Scotland :   The  Convention  of  that  Kingdom 
had.        met  on  the  1 4th  of  March,  and  alter  publick  Prayers, 
performed  by  the  Bifhop   of  Edinburgh^  Cwhcrein 
he  PrayM  for  His  Mwfty  King  Jamers  Safety  and 
Reftoration)  the  firft  thing  they  went  upon  was  the 
chufing  of  a  Prefident ;  the  Marquiis  of  Atho/  was 
propos'd  by  the  Bifliops,  and  the  Party  which  ftill 
adherM  to  the  Abdicate  d  King  ;  but  the  Duke  of 
Hamiltony  who  was  ftt  up  in  Competition  with  him, 
by  thofe  that  ftickled  for  King  TVilliam^  carried  it 

by 


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^   WILLIAM  thethirJ.  37 

by  near  Forty  Voices.  The  next  thing  they  did  A.  C* 
was  to  appoint  a  Conimittee  of  Five  out  of  every  i($8|.. 
State  for  Examining  controverted  Elections,  which 
happened  not  to  be  above  Twelve ;  After  that,  for 
the  iafety  of  the  AffemDly,  they  took  into  Con- 
fideration  the  Caftle  of  Edinburgh^  which  was  yet 
commanded  by  the  Duke  of  Gourdon^  a  Paplft, 
whom  they  required  to  pur  that  Caftle  into  their 
Hands.  The  Duke  deur'd  an  Indemnity  for  all 
that  was  paft,  and  Security  for  the  Future ;  which 
the  Convention  condescending  to,  in  (b  far  as  he 
bad  aAed  asaPapill;  they  (entthe  Earls  of  IV^c- 
dale  and  Lothian  to  him,  with  a  Pardon  in  Writing 
both  for  himfelf,  and  all  that  were  with  bim^ 
whereupon  he  defir'd  ^4  Hours  time  to  confider 
of  it, ,  which  was  likewife  granted.  On  the  i  jtfct 
both  the  aforementioned  £)arls  were  again  (em  to 
the  Duke  of  Gourdon  to  require  him  to  Deliver 
the  Caflle  upon  the  Terms  demanded  by  him,  and 
agreed  to  by  the  Convention,  but  inftead  of  (land* 
ingto  that,  he  demanded  Twelve  Days  more,  both 
to  confider  of  it,  and  to  receive  an  Anfwer  to  the 
Propofils  he  had  (ent  to  the  Prince  of  Orangey  and 
after  (everal  Meflages  that  pift  ito  and  fro,  he  at 
Uft  declared.  That  he  would  nor  Surrender  the 
Caftle  at  all.  Whereupon  fhe  Convention  lent  up 
the  Heralds  at  Arms,  to  Charge  him  imnaediately 
C  >  deliver  up  that  Fortrcfi  which  he  perlifting  to 
refufe,  the  Heralds  went  to  the  Market  Croft,  and 
(blemnly  Proclaim'd  him  a  Traypr  and  Rebel. 
The  16th  oneCrane^  an  Engli/hman^  who  was  (aid 
to  be  a  Servant  to  King  Jamss^s  Queen,  delivered 
a  Letter  from  that  Monarch  to  the  Con^^ention  j 
and  at  the  (ame  time  the  Prefident  acquainted  the 
Aflembly  that  the  Lord  Lev^n  was  arriv'd  Exprefi 
with  another  Letter  from  King  PViliUm.  There- 
upon it  was  debated  which  of  the  two  Lettets 
fliould  be  read  firft,  but  it  being  represented  that 
they  were  cbnven'd  by  the  ^\v\gdi  England^  and  that ' 
King  James  s  Letter  might  enjoin  the  Diflblution 
of  their  Aflembly,  the  Majority  carried  it  for  King 
P^iSiam^  whofe  Letter  was  read  with  great  Ap.- 
plaufe  in  the  following  manner. 
^  D  d  J  My 


j§  The  Reign  of  King 

A:  C.  •         , 

1 6%K       ^y  Lords  and  Gentlemen, 
X^^y^^K^  \AT  -B  *^^  ^^^y  f^^ffible  of  the  KJndnefs  and  Concern^ 
K.  Wil-  which  your  Nation  has  evinced  towards  us^  and 

]iam*/  iwr  XJndertakjn^s  for  the  Prefervation  of  ycur  B^ligi<m 
Ijiter  ta  and  Liberty^  which  were  in  fuch  imminent  Uanf^er. 
thiOmven^  Neither  can  we  in  the  ieaft  doubt  of  your  Confidence  in 

'*'  *"^  J  ^^'  ^f*^  i»4»/»jf  feen  how  far  fo  many  of  your  AV 
^cofland.  ^//,7^  ^^j^  Gentry  have  §vm*d  our  Declaration  ;  Coun^ 
tenancini  and  Concurring  with  us  in  our  £ndeazMturj^ 
and  defiring  us^  that  we  will  ta^e  upon  u:  tl^e  Admi- 
mftration  if  Affairs  Civil  and  Military^  and  to  call  s 
Meeting  of  the  Eftates,  for  fecuring  the  Proteftant  S(p- 
ligionj  and  the  ancient  Laws  and  Liberties  of  yvm 
Kingdom  \  which  accordingly-  we  have  done. 

Now  it  lyes   in  you  to  enter  into  fuch  Confultatiom 
AS  are  moft  frobable  to  fettle  you  on  fure  and  lifting 
^  Foundations  ;  which^  we  hofe^  you  will  fet  about  with 

all  convenient  fpeed^  with  J^egard  to  the  publicly  Good^ 
and  to  the  general  Intereft  and  Inclinations  of  the  Peo- 
ple ;  that  after  fo  much  Trouble^  and  great  Sufferings 
they  may  live  happily  and  in  Peace ;  and  that  you 
nsaj  lay  ajidc  aU  ^ipAmo/hies  and  Fa^ions  that  may 
hinder  fo  f^ood  a  l^ork. 

We  are  glad  to  find  fo  many  of  the  Nobility  and 
Centryj  when  here  in  London^  were  fo  much  incli- 
ned to  a  Union  of  both  F^ingdoms^  and  that  they  did 
locl^  upon  it  as  one  of  the  befi-  Meant  for  frpcuring 
the  Happlnefs  of  both  Nations^  and  fettling  of  -a  iafx* 
ing  Peace  an^ng  thim  ',  which  will  be  advantagiotis 
to  both^  they  living  in  the  fame  I/land^  having  the  fame 
language,  and  the  fame  Cammon  Interefl  of  Religion 
/md  Lsh&rty;  efpecially^  at  this  JuftQure^n^hen  the  B- 
fiemies  of  both  are  fo  rejilefs^  endeavouring  to  makf 
and  encreaje  Jealoufies  and  Divijions^  which  they  will 
ho  ready  to  improve  to  their  own  Advantage^  and  the 
f(fiin  (!f  Britain.  iPe  being  of  the  fame  Opinion^  as  to 
^  the  pfefulnefs  of  this  Vnion^  and  havitig  nothing  fo 
'  tnuch  before  our  Eyes  as  the  Glory  pf  God,  efkabitfij- 
ing  the  reformed  Heligion^  and  the  Peace  and  Hkppi- 
pefs  of  thefe  Nations,  are  -refolved  to  ufe  our  utrnofl 
ind;4vour,,  m  advancing  every  thing  that  may  CqndM^e 


.    WILLIAM  thtThiri.  39 

to  th  effeHuating  the  fame.    So  vste  bid  you  heartily  A.  C. 

Farewel,    From  our  Court  sxHamptonQomtiYitSt'  i6iK 

venth  Day  of  March  16&8.  ' 


After  the  Reading  of  this  Letter,  a  Committee 
was  naro'd  to  draw  up  an  Anfwer  to  it  in  the  mod 
Thankhil  and  Dutiful  manner ;  And  then  !be(pre 
they  would  admit  of  the  Letter  from  King  ?4m«f 
to  be  opened,  an  hGt  paft,  by  the  almoft  unanimous 
Content  of  the  Houfe,  averting  and  maintaining 
rhe  Lawfulnefs  of  the  Convention,  notwithftanding 
any  thing  chat  might  be  alledgM  in  the  faid  Letter 
to  the  contrary  ;  and  declaring  that  they  would  not 
diffolve,  but  continue  Gtting  until  the  Governmenr, 
Religion,  Laws,  Liberties  and  Properties  were  Set- 
tled and  Eftabliih'd.  After  this  King  Jameis  Letter 
was  read,  containing,  ^^  That  having  been  infbrm'd  g^  Jnmt*t 
**  that  the  Beers  and  E(efrejentatives  oS Shires  and  Bo*  utter  t§ 
^^  rgvghs  of  this  his  Ancient  Kingdom,  were  to  meet  tlk  f^mt. 
**  together  at  Edinburgh^  by  the  Vfwrfd  Authority 


^*  People,  fo  much  that  in  his  greateft  Misfortune? 

*'  heretofore,  he  had  recourft  to  their  AflKbnco^ 

^^  and  that  with  good  Succefs  to  his  A0air§ ;  lb  now 

^^  again  he  required  of  them  to  fupport  bis  Intereft: 

"and  expefting  from  them  what   became  Loyal 

*'  Subjeits,  Generous  and  Honeft  Men,  that  they 

*'  would  neither  fiiffer  themfelves  to  be  cajoled  and 

?'  frightned  into  any  A6lion  misbecoming  true-hearc- 

*'  caScots-^  men ;  and  that  to  maintain  the  Honour  of 

^'  the  Nation,  they  would  contepin  the  bafe  Exam- 

^  pie  of  Difloyal  Men,  and  eternize  their  Names 

**  by  a  Loyalty  fuitable  to  the  many  Profeffions 

"  they  had  made  to  him.  That  in  doing  of  this  they 

^*  would  chule  the  (afeft  part,  fince  thereby  they 

^  would  avoid  the  Danger  they  mud  needs  undergo^  •< 

*^  the  Infamy  and  Difgrace  they  muft  bjing  upon 

^  themfelves  in  this  fVorld^  and  the  Condemnation 

^*  due  to  the  R^beKous  in  the  next.    And  that  they 

^*  would  likewife  have  the  opportunity  to  fecure  to  , 

f  themielvessaod  their  Pofterity,the  Graciom  Fromifes 

Dd4  ri^r  ^ 


40  The  Reign  ef  King 

A.  C.    **  he  hndfo  often  rmde  cffecuring  their  I(el$glons^  Lams^ 
i68f.   **  Profertiei^  Liberties  ar.d  Rights ;  which  he  was  ftill 
"  refolv'd  toPerform,2$  foon  as  it  was  poiljble  tor  him 
*'  to  meet  them  ftfely  in  a  Parliament  in  that  his  An- 
•*  cient  Kingdom.  In  the  mean  time  be  exhorts  them 
**  not  to  fear  to  declare  for  hina  the  L^wfulSoveraigw^ 
*•  who  would  not  fail,  on  his  part,  to  give  chem 
•*  ftch  ifaeedy  and  powerful  Alliftancc,  as  (hould 
•'  not  only  enable  them  to  defend  themfelvcs  from 
**  any  foreign  Attempt,  but  put  them  in  a  conditioo 
**  to  aflcrt their  Right  againft  his  and  their  Enemies, 
who  had  depreft  the  lame  by  the  blackdl  of  Ufiir- 
pations,  the  moft  uniuft,  as  well  as  moft  unnatu- 
ral of  Attempts  i  which  though  Almighty  God 
might  for  a  time  permit,  and  let  the  fi^cked  proC- 
per,  yet  the  end  muft  bring  Confufion  uponiuck 
fVorl{ers  of  Iniquity,    He  tarther  let  them  know, 
that  he  would  pardon  all  fuch,  as  fliould  return  to 
Marcli.  "their  Duty  before  the  laft  Day  of  that  *  Month  in- 
**  clufive  •  and  that  he  would  punifli  with  the  Ri- 
'*  gour  ol  his  Laws  all  fiich  as  (hould  (land  out  in 
^'  Rebellion  againft  him  or  his  Authority.    So  not 
doubting  that  they  would  declare  for  him^and  /up- 
prefi  whatever  might  oppofe  his  Intercft ;  and 
that  they  would  (end  fome  of  their  Number,  with 
an  Account  of  their  Diligence,  and  the  Pofture  of 
his  Aflairs  there,  he  bid  them  heartily  FarcweL 
This  threatning  Letter  was  ftill  more  unpleafenr, 
by  being  Counterfii   -'••"•'• 

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fign'd  by  the  Earl  of  Mclfort^  (  a 
all  the  Presbyterians  of  ScotUnd^ 
who  made  up  the  Major  Part  of  the  Convention) 
infbmuch  that  inftead  of  having  the  EfFedl  fome  er- 
pefted,  it  rather  ferv'd  to  make  that  Aflembly  more 
unanimous  and  forward,  in  the  fettling  the  Govern- 
ment  after  the  Example  of  England,  The  Meflen- 
ger  that  brought  the  faid  Letter  was  firft  fecur'd,  and 
then  ,  not  being  thought  worth  detaining ,  diC 
fnifi'd  with  a  Pals  inftead  of  an  AnAver. 

The  next  Core  of  the  Convention  in  Scotland^wzs 
to  put  that  Kingdom  in  a  jjofture  of  Defence,  for 
which  purpofe,  they  order'd  a  Proclamation  tb  be 
ptibh'fh'd,  requiring  all  Perfbns  from  the  Age  of  i^ 
to  60,  to   be   in  a  readinefi  to  take  Arms  tkcy^ 

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WILLIAM  thethirJ.  41 

changM  a  great  many  Officers  of  the  Milida,  all  o-    A.  C. 
ver  me  iSngdom;  Appointed  Sir   Patrick  Humcj    16SK 
w^ho  came  over  with  Kinzff^Uiam  from  Holland^  to  ^^/ys^ 
command  the  Miliiia  of  Horie  of  his  County,  not- 
-withftanding  his  Attainder  forthe  bufinefi  of  the  Earl 
of  Argyie..  vras  not  yet  taken  off;  and  ordered  800 
Men  to  be  levied  under  the  Command  of  the  Earl 
of  Lewen^  who  likewiie  came  over  with  his  Maje* 
fty,  which  were  rais'd  and  Arm'd  in  few  Hours 
time,  and  appointed  to   Guard  the  City  of  Bdin" 
bmgh.    On  the  1 9th  of  Mwrch  they  paft  an  Kdc  ap- 
proving the  Addrefi  of  the  Scotch  Nobility  and  Gen- 
try in  London,  whereby  they  thankfully  ackjwvpled^d 
the  great  Benefit  done  to  their  Nation  by  the  Prince  rf 
Orange^  in  delivering  them  from  the  eminent  Encroach' 
ments  on  their  Lav^ty  and  fiindamental  Conftitutions^ 
and  from  the  near  Dangers  which  threatnedan  overturn^ 
ing    of  the  Proteftant  I(eligion ;  and  alfo  defir'd  his 
Uighnefs  to  accept  the  Adminiftration  of  the  Government 
9f  that  Kjngdom,    The  lame  day  upon  the  Reading 
of  (bme  Leaers  firom  feveral  Lords  and  Gentlemen 
in  Ireland^  craving  AiFiftance  of  the  Convention, 
they  order'd  xooo  Muskets,  and  ao  Barrels  of  Pow- 
der to  be  immediately  lent  them;  that  a  further  Pro- 
viiion  of  Arms  and  Ammunition  (hould  be  bought 
up  for  them  in  Holland-,  and  that  two  finall  Frigats 
(hould  criuze  between  Scotland  and  Ireland^  for  mu« 
tual  Intelligence  betwixt  both  Kingdoms. 

Whilfl:  the  Convention  was  thus  providing  for 
their  own  fecurity,  and  the  Relief  of  their  Protrftant 
Brethren  in  Ireland,  Viicount  Dun4ee  held  a  private 
Conference  with  the  Duke  oiGourdon,  at  the  Poftern 
Gate  of  the  Caftle^  at  which  they  concerted  mea- 
fores  to  difturb  the  publick  Tranquillity.  The  Con- 
vention being  informed  of  this  mfra6tion  of  their 
Orders,  whereby  they  had  forbid  all  manner  of  Cor- 
reQ>ondence  with  the  Duke,  orderM  Dundee  to  ap- 
pear before  them:  But  he  letirM  with  ;oor  40  Hone 
to  Lintlitigo.    Thereupon  a  Party  of  Horfe  was  Dundee 
foit  after  him;  and  the  Convention  apprehending'*'^"'^'  '• 
he  might  furprizc  thcCaftleof  Sterling,  they  im-'".^'^''  ^* 
mediately  difpacch'd  away  the  Governor  thereof,  ]j^;/^^    '" 
the  Earl  of  Marr^  to  fecurc  that  important  Fortrefs. 

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A .  Q  The  Houft  finding  that  the  Attorney  General  Mae\ 
IggiL,  ksnfejfj  five  Bifliopi^  the  Earls  of  Hume^  Drwfrfcrigng^ 
LauJerJale^Birfy  and  Callender^  the  Vifcounts,  Dundee^ 
Snrmont^  and  (ereral  other  DifalFeded  Members,' 
to  the  number  of  fifty,  did  abfent  theroielves^  (ent 
their  Maces  to  require  their  Attendance  \  and  'cwa^ 
proposed  that  iiich  as  had  refused  to  fign  the  A€t 
Aflertinfi  the  Lawfuhiefi  ot  their  A(Iembly>  flioul4 
be  expeird  the  Hou(e,  but  thefe  being  few  in  num* 
ber  that  motion  was  not  purfiied. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  Duke  of  Gcurdon  the  bet- 
ter to  cover  his  finifter  Defigns,  haying  beat  a  Par« 
ley,  and  defired  to  capitulate,  fome  Perfbns  were 
appointed  to  treat  with  him.  But  it  appeared  at  laft, 
that  he  only  intended  to  amuie  the  Convention,  ancf 
that  he  defigned  not  to  quit  the  Pofleirion  of  the 
Caftle  till  he  was  forced  to  it ;  for  on  the  xqjA  of 
Mfroh  he  acquainted  the  Magiftrates  of  Edinbur^b^ 
tKat  he  had  receiv'd  Advices  from  Ireland  of  King 
3amet\  being  Landed  there,  and  that  to  exprefs  his 
Toy  upon  the  News  he  fhould  be  obliged  to  Fire  all 
[lis  Cannon,  but  bid  them  not  to  be  alarm'd  at  it, 
Cncc^  he  defign'd  no  hurt  to  the  City.    The  Owi- 
vention  being  inform'd  of  that  Meflage  order'd  the 
Caftle  to  be  block'd  up;  and  upon  the  ajd  an  k& 
was  pad  and  proclaimed  for  lecuring  all  fuipeded 
f^erfons.    The  fame  Day  the  Anfwcr  of  the  Con- 
vention to  King  fVilUams  Letter  was  read,  impor- 
jhe  Cm-  ting,  *' That  as  Religion,  Liberty  and  Law  arc  th^ 
^enti$n  cf  «  Jearefl:  Concerns  of  Mankind,  Co  the  deep  Seftfe 
ScotlAndsu  ^f  jjjg  extreme  hazards  thefe  had  been  exposed  to, 
^»/«r«Mtf  u  j^^j^  produce  fuitable  Returns  from  the  Kingdom 
W/  ^f  Scotland  to  his  Majefty,  whom  in  all  Sincerity 

f^fier.      *'  ^^  Gratitude  they  acknowledged  to  be,   under 
"God,  their  great  and  feafbnable Deliverer ;  And 
they  heartily  Congratulated,  that  as  God  had 
honoured  his  Majcftjr,  to  be  an  eminent  Inftru- 
ment  for  the  prcfervation  of  his  Truth,  fb  he  had 
^*  rewarded  his  Undertakings  with  Succefs,  in  the 
**  confidcrable  Progrefs  which  he  had  made  indeli- 
*' veringthcm,  and  in  prelerving  to  them  the  Pro^ 
**  tcjiartt  \eligion,    TTiat  thejr  retum'd  their  mofk 
J*  d^dfu^  Tlmnlcs  to  his  Maicfty  for  hisi  accepting 


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^^  the  Adminiflration  of  publick  AflEiirs,  and  con-  A*  C, 
^^  venins  the  Eftates  of  that  Kingdom ;  That  they  1 681*. 
*'  fliould,  with  all  convenient  Diligence,  take  his  \^y^fsj 
^^  gracious  Letter  into  their  confideration,  hoping 
fhortly,  by  the  Bleiling  of  God,  to  fall  uponfiich 
Reiblutions  as  might  be  acceptable  to  his  Majefty, 
(ecure  the  Protefrant  Religion,  and  eftablim  the 
Government,  Laws  and  Liberties  of  that  King- 
^^  dom  uponfblid  Foundations,  moil:  agreeable  to 
^' the  general  Good  and  Inclinations  of  the  IPeo* 
**  pie.  That  as  to  the  Propofel  of  the  Vnion^  they 
•*  doubted  not  but  his  Majcfty^  would  fb  diP- 
^  poie  that  matter,  that  there  might  be  an  equal 
*'  readinefs  in  the  Kingdom  of  England  to  accom- 
*^  plifli  it,  as  one  of  the  beft  means  for  iecuring  the 
*^  Happinef^  of  thefe  Nations,  and  fettling  a  lairing 
*^  Peace.  That  they  had  hitherto,  and  ftill  fliould 
*•  endeavour  to  avoid  Animofities  or  Prejudice^ 
*^  which  miffht  difturb  their  G>uncils,  that  as  they 
^*  de{ien*d  tne  publick  Good,  (b  it  might  be  done 
*'  with  the  general  Concurrence  and  Approbation 
f '  of  the  Nation.  ^  And  that  in  the  mean  time  they 
^^  defir'd  the  continuance  of  his  Majefties  Care  and 
^  Protc6tion  towards  them  in  all  their  Concerns, 
^^  whereof  the  kind  Expreilions  in  his  gracious  Let- 
**  tcr  had  given  them  hill  Afliirance.This  Aniwer  was 
SignM  by  the  Duke  of  HMnilton^  in  the  Name  ot 
the  Eftates  of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland^  in  a  meet- 
ing of  the  whole  Houle  (  very  few  excepted  )  and 
was  immediately  difpatch'd  away  to  his  Majefty  by 
the  Lord  %//,  who  accordingly  took  Poft  tor  Lon- 
don that  Afternoon. 

The  Forces  King  PVUliam  had  <ent  into  Scotland 
under  Major  General  Ai4cJ^4y,  and  which  confifted 
of  four  Regiments  of  Foot,  and  one  ot  Dragoons, 
being  arrived  there,  the  Convention  *  ordered  them  Mti cb  %f 
to  be  Quartered  in  Leitb^  and  the  Suburbs  of  Edin- 
turgh  ;  and  t  gave  a  CommiiSon  to  that  General  to  ^     . 
be  Commander  in  chief  of  fiich  Militia  or  other  ^^**'^°  *• 
Forces  as  ihoidd  be  rais'd  for  the  £dety  of  that 
Kingdom  in  the  prc^t  Jundure.    And  at  the  lame  1 

time,the  Lord  Levingfim  and  ViCroimt  Dundee,  with  ^ 

^efign  to  aoiule  the  pmvention,  writ  Letters  to 
*'     .  •  . .  ►  Dul?e 


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44  77^^  Reign  of  King 

A.  C  Duke  Umuhon^  their  Prefidcnt,  giving  an  Account 
idSo.  of  ^hcir  withdrawing  from  Kdinhurgh.  The  Earl  of 
Pfr/A,  who,  upon  the  flight  of  King  Jnmes^  had  been 
ftcur'd  in  the  Caftle  of  Scrllngy  writ  likewile  to  the 
Convention,  drCiring  (bme  ir'crfons  might  be  ai- 
low'd  accefi  to  him,  which  was  readily  granted. 

On  the  26th  of  March  a  Committee  was  nam^d 
for  fettling  the  Government,  which  was  compoied 
of  eight  Lords,  eight  Knights,  an4  eight  Biraeflcs ; 
and  out  of  which  the  Bifhops  were  left,  as  na\ring 
difgufted  the  Generality  of  the  State,  both  by  their 
former  compliance  with  King  James'^   Arbitrary 
Government,  by  their  Prayers  at  the  beginning  of 
die  Seflion,  and  other  PafTages  in  their  Behaviocir 
that  diftoverM  their  DifafFeSion  to  KingP^^i«ii7, 
and  the  Settlement  then  about  to  be  made.    This 
Committee  after  five  or  fix  Days  fitting,  fbllow'd 
the  Precedent  of  the  Enflijb  Convention  in  declaring 
the  Throne  Vacant,  tho   upon  a  diflwaent  Pretence. 
The  Vacancy  of  the  Throne  in  England  was  found- 
ed upon  King  James's  withdrawing  himfelf^  which 
Reaion  could  not  take  place  in  a  Kingdom  where 
that  Monarch  had  never  been  in  Perfbn  fince  his  Ac- 
ceflioa  to  the  Crown,  and  where  He  had  left  the 
Frame  of  the  Government  entire,  upon  his  Reoks 
from  England ;  and  therefore  to  maintain  their  AC- 
fcrtion,  the  Committee  had  rccourfe  to  his  Majefty's 
Violations  of  the  Fundamental  Laws  and  ConiHtu- 
tions,  whereof  they  apjpointed  a  Subcommittee  to 
draw  up  the  particular  Inftanccs.    Thoft  Membos 
of  the  Convention  who  ftill  favour'd  King  Jameij 
endeavoured  to  obftruft  the    Proceedings   of  the 
Hovife,  by  a  Motion  to  Unite  the  two  Kingdoms  be- 
fore the  Settlement ;  but  the  Major  pait  being  for 
proceeding  to  the  Settlement  immediately, the  Com- 
mittee having  Reported  their  Opinion,  that  the 
Throne  was  Vacant,  and  the  Realbns  upon  which 
it  was  grounded,  the  whole  Hou(e,  except  twelve, 
approved  of  what  the  Committee  had  done*  and 
pafs^d  an  A&  declaring,  Tlutt  King  James  VIL  be- 
ing a  profcft  Papiflr,  did  affunu  the  Hpjal  Pfipper,  and 
a  tic  J  as  King  without  ever  taking  the  Oath  required  tf 
LaxPf  and  had  by  the  Advice  of  evil  fVicksd  CQunfellon 

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WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  45 

invaded  the  Fundamental  Confiitiuion  oFthe  Kingdom  of  A.  C. 
Scotland;  and  alter* d  it  from  a  Legal  and  Limited  Mo-  \  689. 
narchy  to  an  Arbitary  Dcfpotick,  Power ^  and  had  govern  d 
tJjefame  to  the  Subverfion  of  the  Proteftant  Religion 
andViolation  of  thcLaws  and  Liberties  of  the  Nation  Jn» 
verting  all  the  Ends  of  Government,  whereby  he  had  fore* 
faulted  the  Croyrtii  and  theThvont  was  becomeV^cznt. 
Immediately  after  this  the  Eftates  order'd  that  the 
Committee  fot  fettling  the  Government  fliould  bring 
in  an A61:  for  fettling  the  Crown  upon  their  Majdlies 
tyslliam  and  Mary ;  and  to  conuder  the  Terms  of 
the  Deftination  of  the  Crown ;  and  likewife  to  pre- 
pare an  Inftrument  of  Government  ro  be  ottered 
with  the  Crown  for  redreffiing  the  Grievances,  and 
fecuring  the  Liberties  of  the  People.  According  to 
this  Vote  the  Committee  drew  up  an  kSt  importing. 
*'  That  whereas  King  Jtfiwff/  VII.  being  a  profefi'4 
Pafifi^  did  afliime  the  Royal  Power,  and  adl  as 
King,  Without  ever  taking  the  Oath  required  by 
Law,  whereby  every  King  at  his  Acceflion  to  the 
*'  Government,  was  oblig'd  to  (wear  to  maintain 
"  the  Protejiant  [{eligion,  and  to  rule  the  People  ac* 
"  cording  to  the  laudable  Laws ;  and  by  the  Advice 
**  of  wicked  Counfellors  did  invade  the  Fundamen- 
tal Conftitution  of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland,  and 
alterM  it  form  a  Legal  limited  Monarchy,  to  an 
Arbitrary  and  Delpotick  Powerj  and  in  a  publick 
**  Proclamation  aflcrted  an  ablblute  Power  to  annul 
**  and  difable  all  Laws ;  particularly  by  arraigning 
*'  the  Laws  eftablifhing  the  Protejlant  Heligion^  and 
"  exerted  that  Power  to  the  Subverfion  of  the 
'*  Proteftant  £(elig{on^  and  to  the  Violation  of  thq 
**  Laws  and  Liberties  of  the  Kingdom. 

**  I .  By  eredling  publick  Schools  and  Societies  of 
"  the  Teliiits,  and  not  only  allowing  Mafi  to  be  pub- 
"  lickly  (aid-,  bur  alfb  convertinc  Proteftant  Chap- 
**  pels  and  Churches  to  publick  Mali  Houfb,  con- 
"  traty^  to  the  exprefs  Laws  againft  ftying  and 
"  hearing  Mafs.  a.  By  allowing  Popilh  Books  to 
"  be  Printed  and  difperftdby  a  Patent  to  a  Popilh 
•'  Printer,  defigning  him  Printer  to  his  Majelly's 
"HoufhoJd,  College,  and  Chappel,  contrary  ro 
**  Law,    3.  By  taking  the  Children  of  Proteftant 

**  Koblemen 


4^  The  keign  of  King 

A.   C.  *' Noblemen  and  Gentlemen,  fending  them  abroad 
1689.    **  to  be  bred  ?Afifts  \  and  bcftowing  Penfions  upon 
"  Priefts  to  pervert  Proteftants  from  their  Religion, 
"  by  offers  of  Places  and  Preferments.    4.  Bjr  dlf- 
"  charging  Protejiants ,   at  the  fame  he  enrploy'd 
*'  Pap^s  in  places  of  grcateft  Truft,  both  Civil  and 
"  Military,  0c.  and  intrufting  the  Forts  and  Maga- 
"  2ines  in  their  Hands.    /.  By  jmpofing  Oaths  con- 
**ti*ary  to  Law.    6.  By  cxa<3ing  Mony  without 
"  content  of  Parliament,  or  Convention  of  Eftates. 
"  7.  By  levying  and  keeping  up  a  ftandin§  Army 
*'  111  time  of  Peace,  without  confent  of  Parliament, 
**  and  maintaing  them  upon  free  Qparter.    8 .  By 
**  employing  the  Officers  of  the  Army  as  Judges 
*'  throughout  the  Kingdom  ;  by  whom  the  SubjecSs 
,*  were  put  to  Death  without  Legal  Tryal,  Jury  or 
**  Record. '  9.  By  imjjofing  exhorbitant  Fines   to 
"  the  value  of  the  Parties  Eftates,  cxafting  extrava- 
**  cant  Bail,  and  difpoGng  Fines  and  Forfeitures  bc- 
"  Fore  any  Procefs^  or  Conviftion.    10,  By  Impri- 
**  foning  rerfbns  without  exprefling  the  reafen,  and 
•*  delaying  to  bring  them  to  Tryal.    n .  By  caufing 
**  feveral  Pcrfbns  to  be  nrofecutedf  and  their  Eftates 
**  to  be  forfeited  upon  ftretches  of  old  and  forfeited 
"  Laws,   upon  weak  and  frivolous  Pretences  and 
^  '   '  "  'iiv(   ^      "-  •    •    - 

r,t0 

.^.  By _ 

*'  the  Royal  Burroughs,  the  third  Eftate  of  Parlia- 
**  ment,  impofing  upon  them  not  only  Magiftrates, 
'*  but  alfb  the  whole  Town-Council  and  Qarks, 
**  contrary  to  their  Liberties  and  exprefs  Charters^ 
**  without  any  pretence  of  Sentence,  Surrender  or 
"  Confent.  So  that  the  Commiffioners  to  Parlia- 
"  ments  being  chofcn  by  the  Magiftrates  and  Coun- 
"  cils;  the  King  might  in  cffe6l  as  well  nominate 
**  the  Eftate  of  Parliament :  Befides  that  many  of  the 
"  Magiftrates,  by  him  put  in^  were  Papifts ;  and  the 
**  the  Borroughs  were  tbrced  to  pay  Money  for  the 
'*  Letters  importing  thofe  illegal  Magiftrates  upon. 
•'  them.  1 3. By  lending  Letters  to  the  c^ief  Courts  of 
"Jufticc,  not  only  ordewng  the  Judges  toflop5/ne 
^  Die ;  but  alfb  commanding  how  to  proceed  iri 

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**  Cafes  depending  before  them,  contrary  to  the  ex*  A.   C 
•     "prefiLaws;  and  by  changing  the  Nature  of  the    1689, 

*'  Judges  Pattents  ad  VUamy  or  Culpam,  in  a  Commit 
r  •*  hon  de  Irene  PiacitOj  to  di(j)ole  them  to  a  compli- 
'  '*  ancc  o[  ArWtrary  Courfes,  and  turning  them  out 
y     **  of  their  Offices  if  they  refus'd  to  comply.  1 4.  By 

*'  granting  Perlbnal  Protedions  for  civil  Debts,  con. 
i      **  trarv  to  Law. 

i  "  All  which  were  Mifrarriages  of  King  James'%^ 

i      "  utterly  and  direftly  contrary  to  the  known  Lawn, 
!i      •*  Freedoms  and  Statutes  ot  the  Realm  of  Scotland, 

**  Upon  which  Grounds  and  Reaibns  the  Eftatei 
I      **  ot  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland  did  find  and  declare, 

*'  That  Kingjames  the  Seventh^  being  a  profeft  P^* 
i  ^^Piji,  didaflume  the  Regal  Power,  C^c.  fas  at  the 
i  '*  beginning  )  whereby  he  had  forfeited  the  Right$ 
I  **  of  the  Crown,  and  the  Throne  was  become  Va* 
1       **  cant. 

j  '•  Therefore  in  regard  his  Royal  Highnefs,  then 

1:       **  Prince  of  Orange,  fince  King  of  England,  whom 
j       •'it  pleafed  God  to  make  the  glorious  Inftrument  of 
**  delivering  thefe  Kingdoms  from  PoPery  and  Ar^ 
i      *'  bitrary  Power,  bv  Advice  of  feverai  Lords  and 
I       **  Gentlemen  of  tne  Scctch^  Nation  then  at  London^ 
i       **  did  call  the  Eftates  of  this  Kingdom  to  meet  up«- 
I        *'on  the  1 4th  of  March  laft,  in  order  to  (udi  ajl 
'*  Eftabliflunent^  that  their  Religion ,  Laws  and  LU 
\       *'  berties  might  not  again  be  in  danger  of  being  Sub- 
*'  verted;  Tlie  (aid  Eftates  being  at  that  time  Afleni'^ 
I       **  bled  accordingly  in  a  full  and  free  Reprefentativc 
}        **  of  the  Nation,  taking  into  their  moft  iferious  Con- 
\        **  fideration  the  beft  means  for  attaining  the  finds 
,        **  aforefaid,  did  in  the  firft  place,  as  rtieir  Anceftors 
* '  in  like  Giles  had  ulually  done,  for  the  vindicating 
**  and  aflcrting  their  Ancient  Rights  and'  Liberties, 
'*  declare.  That  by  the  Law  of  Scotland  no  Pa/ijl 
\        *'  could  be  King  or  Queen  of  the  Realm,  nor  bear 
j        "  any  Office  therein,  nor  that  any  Protcflnnt  Su^rcef^ 
J         "  lor  could  cxercife  the  Regal  Power  till  they  had 
J         "  fwornthe  Coronation  Oath,    a.  That  all  Procla- 
^         ^  mations  afferting  an  Abiblute  Power  to  null  and 
^        "  difable  Laws,  in  order  for  erefting  Schools  ahd 
^         "  Colleges  for  Je(uitS|  converting  Protcftant  Chur, 


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48  The  Reign  of  Ki^g 

A.   C  *^  ches  and  Chappels  into  Mafs-Houfes,  and  the  al- 
1689.    ^^  lowing  Mafs  to  be  faid    and  that  the  allo\^ing 
"  Popijh  Books  to  be  Printed  and  diiperled  was  con- 
**  XT2iTy  to  Law.    3,  That  the  taking  the  ChUdren 
of  Noblemen,  Gentlemen  and  othen,  and  keep- 
ing them  abroad  to  be  bred  Papifts  ;  the  making 
\  '*  Funds  and  Donations  to  Popipo  Schools  and  Collc- 

•  "€)^^»  '^^  beftowing  Penfions  on  l^ricfts.  and  the 

,  *'  leducing  Proteftants  from  their  Religion  by  of&rs 

■  **  of  Places  and  Prefcrmi  nts,  was  contrary  to  L^w. 

I  **4.  That  the  dilarming  of  Prot:Jla  ts,   and  cm- 

^  "  vHoving  Papifts  in  the  greateft  PI..C  s  of  Truft, 

*' botn  Civil  and    Military,  (3c.  w^s  contrary  to 

^*  the  Law.    jr.  That  the  imp  >fing  an  Oath  witb- 

I  "'out  Authority  of  Parliament,  was  contrary  to 

**  Law.  6.  That  the  raifing  of  Money  wirhouc 
**  content  of  Parliament  or  Convention,  was  con- 
*'trarv  to  Law.  7.  That  employing  tie  Officers 
**  of  tnc  Army  as  Judges,  Gfc.  was  contrary  to  Law. 
"  8.  That  the  impoiing  extraordinary  I^ncs,  &e. 
was  contrary  to  Law.  9.That  the  Impriibning  of 
Peribns  without  expreJting  the  Reafbns,  £^r.  was 
•*  the  fame.  10.  That  the  profecuting  and  ftizing 
"  Men's  Eftates  as  forfeited,  upon  old  ftretches  <m 
**oki  and  obfolete  Laws,  C?c.  was  contrary  to 
Law.  1 1 .  That  the  nominating  and  impofing 
Magiftrates,  C^c.  upon  Burroughs  contrary  to  their 
*'  exprefs  Charter,  was  the  fame.  1  x.  Thar  the 
*'  (ending  Letters  to  the  Courts  of  Juftice,  ordain- 
*'  ing  the  Judges  to  defift  from  determining  of 
^^  Cau(es,  and  ordaining  them  how  to  proceed  in 
"  Caufcs  depending  before  them,  (3c.  was  contrary 
*'to  Law.  I}.  That  the  granting  of  Peribnal 
*'  Prote£Kons  was  the  fime.  1 4That  the  forcing  the 
'*  Subje6ls  to  depofe  againft  themfelves  in  Capital 
"  Caufcs,  however  the  Punifliments  were  reftritbed, 
**  Was  contrary  to  Law.  i  f  •  That  the  ufing  Tor- 
**  ture  without  Evidence,  or  inordinary  Crimes,  was 
contrary  to  Law.  16.  That  the  fcnding  of  an 
Army  in  a  Warlike  manner  into  any  part  of  the 
Kingdom  in  time  of  Peace,  and  exa^ing  Localli- 
I  "  ty  and  free  Qparters,  was  the  fime.    1 7,  That 

^  '  **  cnarging  the  Subje6b  with  Law—  Burroughs  at 

•*dic 


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WILLIAM  theThirJ.  49 

"  the  Kings  Inftance,  ahd  impdfing  Bonds  withoilf  A.  C: 
"  Au^prity  of  Parliament,  and  the  fulpentling  Ad-  1 689. 
•*  vocates  for  net  appearing  when  Bonds  were  of- 
**fcrcd,  was  contrary  to  Caw.  18.  That  the  put- 
•*  tingGarri(bns  into  private  Men's  Houfes,  in  time 
**  of  Peace,  without  Authoritjr  of  Parliament  was 
•*  Illegal,  19.  That  the  Opinions  of  the  Lords  of 
*'  the  Seflions  in  the  two  Cafes  following  were  Ille- 
•'  ^,  w;(.  That  the  Concerting  the  demand  of  the 
•*  Kipply  of  a  forefaultcd  Perfon,  although  not  gi- 
ven ,  was  Treafon  j  That  Perfons  refofing 
ip  difcover  their  private  Thoughts  in  relation  to 


**  was  Illegal  ai.  That  Pre/^cj' and  Superiority  ot 
**  an  Office  in  the  Church  above  Presbyters^  is  and 
•'  has  been  a  great  and  unfupportable  burthen  to 
**  this  Nation,  and  contrary  to  tnelnclinations  of  the 
**  generality  of  the  People,  ever  fince  the  Retorma* 
*'  tion :  they  having  reformed  Popery  by  Presbytery^ 
"  and  tnerefore  oucht  to  be  AboUJVd.  2z.  That  it 
*'  is  the  Right  and  Priviledge  of  the  Subject  to  pro- 
*'  teft  for  remedy  of  Law  to  the  King  and  Parlia- 
"  ment,againft  Sentences  pronoimced  by  the  Lords 
*'  of  the  ^flions,  provided  the  lame  do  not  ftop  Ex- 
*•  ecutions  of  the  (aid  Sentences,  aj.  That  it  is 
"  the  Right  of  the  Subjeft  to  Petition  the  King,  and 
**  that  all  Profecutions  and  Imprifonments  for  lucb 
•'Petitioning  were  contrary  to  Law. 

**  Therefore  for  the  Redrefi  of  all  Grievances, 
**  and  for  the  amending,  ftrengthning  and  prefcr- 
**  vine  the  Laws^  they  claim'd  that  Parliaments 
•*  ou^t  to  be  frequently  called  and  allowed  to 
••  fit,  and  freedom  of  Speech  and  Debate  allow'd 
"  the  Members. 

**  And  then  they  farther  claim'd  and  infifted  upon 
**  all  and  (undrv  the  Premifts  as  their  undoubted 
•*  Rights  ^  Liberties,  and  that  no  Declaration  or 
•*  Proceedings  to  the  prejudice  of  the  People  in  any 
\  •*  the  (aid  Premifcs  ought,  in  any  wife,  to  be  drawn 
[  "  hereafter  in  Example,  but  that  all  Forfeitures, 
i  "  Fines,  lofi  of  Offices,  Imprifonments,  Banifli- 
I  E  c  *'  nunti 


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fo  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C  ^^  ments,  Profecutions  and  rigorous  Executions  be 
1 689.   **  confidcr'dj  and  the  Parties  rcdrefled. 

"  To  which  demand  of  their  Rights,  and  redrcfi 
**  of  their  Grievances,  they  took  themfrlves  to  be 
^  encouraged  by  the  King  of  BngUn£%  Declaration 
*'  ior  the  Kingdom  of  ScotUnd  in  OHober  laft,  as  be- 
^'  ing  the  only  means  for  obtaining  a  fuilRedrefs  and 
*f  Remedy  therein. 

"  Therefore,  forasmuch  as  they  had  an  entire 
••Confidence  that  his  Majcfty  o£ England  would 
"  pcrk&  the  Deliverance  to  far  advanced  by  him, 
••  and  would  ftill  preftrve  them  from  the  violation 
**of  the  Rights  which  they  had  aflerred,  and  from 
•'  all  other  Attempts  upon  their  Religion,  Laws  and 
**  liberties. 

*'  The  laid  Eftates  of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland 
••  had  Refblved,  That  PViUiam  and  hUry^  King  and 
^  Q(ieen  of  England^  be  declared  King  and  Queen 
^  ^  Scotland^  to  hold  the  Crown  and  Royal  Dig* 
•'  nity  of  the  (aid  Kingdom  to  them  the  laid  King 
*'  and  Qpeen  during  their  Lives,  and  the  longeft 
**  Liver  of  them,  and  that  the  fole  and  full  Exercife 
**  of  the  Power  be  only  in,  and  exercised  by  him  the 
^*  (aid  King,  in  the  Names  of  the  (aid  Ring  and 
**  Qpeen  during  their  Lives.  And  after  their  De- 
**cca(c,  that  the  (aid  Crown  and  Royal  Dignity  be 
•*  to  the  Heirs  of  the  Body  of  the  (aid  Queen.- Which 
^  failing,   to  the  Princefs  Anne  of  Denmark,^  and 

the  Heirs  of  her  Body :  which  al(b  failing,  to 

the  Heirs  of  the  Body  ot  the  (aid  ^lUianu  Ring 
t'oi  England.  ^ 

"  And  then  withal  they  prayM  the  (aid  King  and 
V  C^een  to  accept  the  (ime  accordingly. 

It  was  al(b  declared  by  the  Inftrument,  that  the 
Oath  hereafter  mentioned  (hould  be  taken  by  all 
Prct^ants,  bv  whom  the  Oath  of  Alleciancc,  or 
any.  other  Oaths  and  Declarations  might    be  re- 

?uired   by    Law  inftcad    of  it;     and    that  the 
)ath  of  Allegiance,  and  all  other  Oaths  and  De* 
darations  (hould  be  Abrogated. 

The  Oath  was  but  (hort,  and  conformable  to 
that  which  was  pre(cribcd  in  England,  viz. 


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Vr  ILLI  AMthe  ThirJ,  yi 

"  JA.B.  dojincerely  Fromife  and  Swar^  That  I  will  A.  C 
**  te  Fduhful  and  beer  true  Allegiance  po  their  Majejiies  i  (JSo. 
**  i^ng  William  and  Queen  Mary.  Vi^VVJ 

So  help  me  God* 

The  finall  number  oF  thofe  >vho  ftickled  for  Kinjg 
James  endeavoured  to  prevent  the  pailing  of  this 
hO:^  and  among  the  reft  the  Biflbop  of  Edinburgh 
repreiented,  that  It  related  many  unlawful  A£^s  of 
which  that  Monarch  was  Innocent,^  and  which  were 
wholly  to  be  charged  on  his  Minifters;  That  Hip* 
pofing  him  to  be  Guilty,  they  were  not  Competent 
Judges  of  his  Mifdemeanours,  being  illegally  con- 
ven  d  ;  and  therefore  that  the  beft  method  the  Con- 
vention could  follow  for  the  Good  of  the  Nation, 
was  to  defire  and  favour  his  Majefty's  Return  into 
bis  Dominions,  who  out  of  Gratitude  would  not  fail 
CO  redrefi  all  their  Grievances.    This  Speech  was^ 
boldly  and  finartly  *  confuted  by  one  of  the  Mem-  ^''  ^^ 
bcrs,  (b  that  the  hSt  being  read  and  agreed  to  in  the  ^^f  ^PP^ 
Convention,   the  (ame  Day   their  Majefties  were^*^^p   ^ 
Crown'd  Kinc  and  Queen  of  England^  they  were  al-,/^)jy,  ^, 
ib  Prodaim'd  TCing  and  Qjieen  of  Scotland,  i^^ 

The  fatal  blow  which  by  a  Clauft  of  the  fore-  William 
mendon'd  ASt  was  given  to  Epifcopacy,  not  on-  wid  Mary 
ly  occaiion'd  great  DiKoncents  in  Scotland^  but  very  PmUMd 
much  encreas*d  thofe  of  England^  and  rendred  the  J(ing  and 
Union  of  both  Nations  delperate.    I  own  the  Scotch  fi^*'*"  •/ 
Prelates  bv  reading  King  Jameh  Declaration  for  ^^^^J***"' 
Liberty  ot  Confcience,  and  for  the  Repealing  <:he^P*"  ^M 
Tcfl  and  Penal  Laws ;  by  affurine  that  Monardi 
that  they  lodk'd  upon  the  Prince  or  Orange'^  Enter- 
prize  as  a  Detefiable  Invajicn },  in  a  Word,  by  being 
die  Inftruments  of  a  Po^ijh  Arbritary  King^  and  by 
thwarting  the  Proceedings  of  the  Convention,  had 
drawn  upon  themlelves  the  general  Odium  of  the 
People  ;  whereas  had  the;^  imitated  the  Conftancy 
of  tfiC  Englijfh  fiifhops,  their  Zeal  syid  Virtue  had       ' 
jain'd  them  the  Affcftion  of  the  Scotch  Nation,  and 
given  them  an  opportunity  to  refetde  Epifcopacy 
among  them^  but  yet  the  Convention  would  nave 
done  Well  to  nave  diilinguiOi'd  between  the  Funilion 
U  felt,  and  the  Ferfms  that  exerclfed  it  j  and  con- 

E  e  a  GdQrM 


Jl  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  fidcrM  that  Efifcofa^  is  (b  link'd  with  AfoMrcfy.tlitf 
1689.  Ac  firft  can  hardly  be  puU'd  down  without  the 
other ;  That  'tis  far  better  to  corred,  than  wholly 
to  alter  an  Eftablifli'd  Government ;  That  in  tneic 

f  laces  where  the  Presbyteriiuu  have  been  free  Erom 
^erfccutioo,  they  are  apt  to  quarrel  one  with  ano- 
ther :  That  'tis  the  natural  efic6k  of  that  Emtalitjr 
^Krhich  they  fb  much  cry  up ;  but  which  indeed  is 
die  fruitful  (prtng  of  Jealoufics,  Calumnies,  Op- 
preillons  and  Herefies  ;  whereas  from  the  Reforma- 
,  tion  till  now,  there  has  not  been  the  leaft  (hadow  of 
Schifin  in  the  Church  of  England. 

On  the  13th  of  Afril  the  Convention  ordered  a 
Frodamation  to  be  publifh'd,  forbidding  all  Perlb&s 
to  own  the  late  King  James  VII.  for  their  King,  or 
obqr,  affift,  or  accept  any  Commiilions  that  might 
be  ettutted  by  him,  or  any  way  to  hold  Correfpon- 
dence  with  him  ;^  and  requiring  all  the  Minifters  cf 
die  Goipei,  within  the  Kingdom,  publickly  to  pray 
for  King  fVUlUm  and  Qiieen  Maty.  This  Procla- 
mation was  partly  occafion'd  by  the  coming  over  of 
one  Bradajf  from  Ireland^  with  Commiilions  from 
King  James^  and  Letters  from  his  Secretary,  the  Earl 
ofMelforf,  to  the  Lord  Belcarres  and  others,difcover- 
Ing  the  Defims  of  his  Mafter  and  his  Adherents.  Bnr- 
ds^  being  taken  and  examin'd.fbme  Expreflions  were 
found  in  thofe  Letters  which  highly  offended  dbe 
Convention.  Tou  mil  ask,  ^^^  without  Qtteftiot^  fjcj% 
Meifort  to  Claverhottfe^  how  we  intend  to  fay  our  Arwy^ 
hut  never  fear  thaty  fo  long  as  there  are  Hfbels  Eftates  j 
we  will  begin  with  the  great  ones,  and  end  with  the  lit* 
tie  9msy  &c.  In  another  to  the  Lord  Belcarres^  lays 
he,  Ihe  Bflates  of  the  Rebels  will  recomfenfe  us.  Ex- 
ferience  has  taught  our  lUuftrious  Mafter^  that  there  are 
a  g$od  number  rf  People  that  muft  be  made  Gibeonites, 
hecaufe  they  axe  good  for  nothing  elfe  •  you  kjtow  that 
there  arefeveral  Lords  that  we  marled  out  when  we  were 

both  together^  that  deferve  no  better Thefe  witferve 

for  Examples  to  others.  After  the  reading  of  thefe 
Letters,  thePrefidentofthe  Eftates  addreillng  bim* 
ftlf  to  the  Affembly,  Tou  hear^  Gentlemen^  ftys  he, 
cur  Sentence pronounc^dy  and  that  it  behoves  us  either  r# 

^f(fn4wrfilves^  9r  die.    Upon  which  the  Lord  BeU 

fdrreSf 


WILLIAM  theThirJ.  yj 

):arres^  the  Lord  Lochcre^  and  Lieutenant  Collonel  A.  C, 
Salfour  were  committed  to  Prifon,  and  feveral  others   i6Sy. 
bound  to  their  Good  Behaviour  on  (uflicicnt  $ecuri-  C^-^y^J 
ty.    And  being  thus  made  fcnfible  of  their  Daq- 

fer,  the  Eftates  ordered  four  new  Regiments  of 
oot,  and  ten  Troops  of  Horfe  to  be  immediately 
Levied  ;  befides  the  Forces  which  ftvcral  of  the 
Nobility  ofier'd  to  raife.  Garrifons  were  put  into 
the  Caules  of  Dunnator^  ArdmiUian  and  Arran  ;  and 
a  Ship  fcnt  froip  Ireland  vii^  6000  Arms,  whicb 
were*  defign'd  for  tfie  Rebels  in  the  North  of 
Scotland f  was  ftiz'd  on  the  PVeftem  Coaft,  whidier 
fhe  was  driven  by  a  Storni. 

After  the  Eftates  had  received  the  King's  An- 
fwer  to  their  Letter,  the;^  gave  another  to  their 
Commiflioners  for  tendering  the  Crown  to  King 
H^Iliam  and  Queen  Marj,  wherein  they  befbu^hc 
their  Majefties  to  Sign  and  Swear  the  Oath,  which 
theLaw  had  appointed  to  betaken  by  the  Kines  and 
Qpecns  at  their  Acccffion  to  the  Crown,  till  fiich 
time  as  Affiiirs  (hould  allow  that  Kingdom  the  Hap- 
pinefs  of  their  I^refence,  in  order  to  their  Corpnad- 
pn.  They  declared,  that  they  were  ftnfible  of  his 
Majefty's  Ikindnefs  and  paternal  Care  in  promoting 
the  Zhiiony  which  they  hop'd  was  refervM  for  him  to 
accomplifli.  They  thankM  his  Majefty  for  (ending 
tbofc  I  roQps  that  might  help  to  preferve  them,  and 
affur*d  him,  that  as  it  was  the  Intereft  of  England  tQ 
contribute  towards  the  fef  urity  of  Scotland,^  fb  they 
(bould  not  be  wanting  pn  tteir  parts,  to  give  their 
Affiftance  for  the  reducing  of  Ireland. 

The  Commiffioners  from  the  Convention,  vr^.Kin^VfiU 
The  Earl   of  ^rgyh^  Sir  James  Montgomery,  and  Sir  Htm  and 
John  ^alrymfle^  being  arrivM  at  London^  upon  the  ft^f'*"  Ma* 
iithof  Miythey  piet  in  the  Council-Chamber^  and'y'J**'*^ 
from  thence  were  condu<fted  by  the  Matter  of  the  ^g/*^ 
Ceremonies  to  the  Bamfuetting-Houfe^  where  their  2^^** 
Majefties  were  prepared  ^to  receive  theip,  fitting  on  ScMmi, 
tbeir  Thronci  They  firft  prefented  the  Letter  from  j^^y  n, 
the  Eftates  t6his  Majefty,  then  the  Inftrumentrf 
Gwemment  ;  Thirdly,a  Kapcr  containing  the  Grie- 
vances which  diey  defirM  mi^ht  be  redrefiy ;  and 
laftly  VI  Addrefi  to  his   Majefty  for  converting 

Ecj  the. 


^4  Ti&tf  Reign  ef  King 

A.  C.   the  Convtntion  into  a  Parliament.    All  the(e  being 
i6i^.  read  to  their   Majefties,  the  King  retum'd  to  the 
y^^^s^  Commiliioners  the  folio  wing  Anfwcr:  iVben  lengdg^d 
in  thisVndertakjnz^  Ihad  f  articular  J{egard  and  Cam* 
JiJeraticn  for  ScotUxidf  and  therefore  I  did  emit   a  De^ 
claration  in  relation  to  tbat^  as  well  as  to  this  I^ngdom^ 
which  I  intend  to  make  Good  and  Effc^ual  to  them.I  tal^ 
it  very  l^indlj  that  Scotland  has  exprefs^d  fo  much  Com^^ 
fidence  inland  AffeSion  tome^  They  JhaU  find  me  wiiliiig 
to  ajjifi  them  in  every  thing  that  concerns  the  JVel^bein^ 
and  Intcreji  of  that  l^ngdomy  by  making  what  Lams 
/hall  be  neceffaryfor  thefecurity  of  their  B^ligioHy  Fro^ 
ferty  and  Liberty ^  and  to  eafe  them  of  what  may   be 
juftly grievous  to  them.  After  this  the  Coronation  Oath 
was  tcnder'ci  to  their  Majefties,  which  the  Earl  of 
Arple  (poke  Word  by  Word  diftin6Uy,  and  the 
King  and  Qpeen  repeated  it  after  him,  holding  up 
their  right  Hands  all  the  while,  according  to  the 
Cuftom  of  Scotland.    'Tis  remarkable  that  when 
the  King  came  to  that  Clauft  in  the  Oath,  IVe  Jhai 
be  careful  to  root  out  Hereticks^  his  Majefty  declared, 
That  he  did  not  mean  by  thofe  iVords^  that  be  was  under 
any  Obligation  to  become  a  Perfecutor  :     To  which  Ac 
Conmiillioners  made  Anfwer,  That  neither  the  mean- 
ing of  the  Oath^  nor  the  Law  of  Scotland  did  import 
it.    Whereupon  his  Majefty  reply'd.  That  he  took, 
the  Oath  in  that  fenfe ;  and  call'd   the  CooimiiE- 
oners,  and  others  there  prelent,  to  be  Witnefles  of 
his  (b  doing. 

On  the  5th  of  June  Duke  Hamilton  acquainted 
die  Convention,  that  his  Majefty  had  been  pleasM 
to  appoint  him  his  Commifiioner,  and  that  be  was 
empowered  to  give  his  Confent  ro  an  Aft  for  the 
turning  the  me etint  oi  the  States  into  a  Parliament, 
in  which  his  Majefty's  farther  plcafiire  was  that  Ac 
Earl  of  Crawford  (hould  prefide.  TTie  faid  KGt  was 
pnfsM  accordingly  the  lame  Day,  and  the  Parlia- 
ment  was  prorogued  to  the  17th  of  June,  when  the 
next  thin^  they  did ,  after  having  paft  an  A^ 
for  AiTertmg  and  Recognizing  their  Majeftiea 
AuthcM-ity,  was  to  aboliih  Efijcofaty^  and  (ec  up 
Presbytery. 

Puring 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /J&e  ThirJ.  SS 

During  all  this  Interval  the  Siege  of  Edinburgh   A.  C 
Caftle  was  lb  vigoroufly  carried  on,  that  the  Duke    1689. 
of  Gourdon  (eeing  his  Ammunition  (pent,  his  Hode  Kyf^\J 
wholly  ruin*d  by  the  Bombs,  great  Breaches  made  in 
the  Walls  by  the  Cannon  and  the  Befiegers  advanc'd 
to  the  Ditch,and  defoairing  of  Relief.fince  the  Lords 
Dunmore^  Tarbat  and  Lovat^  with  wham  he  held  In- 
telligence, were  (ecur*d,  delivered  *  up  that  Im-  Edin- 
Eortant  Fortrefi  to  Sir  John  Lazier ^  and  furrendcr'dl>^«gl>  Cj- 
imfelf  and  his  whole  Garrifbn  to  King  ff^Uuwisfll* J^'^ 
Difcretion,  up6n  condition  that  chcir  Lives  Ihould  *^^*» J™* 
be  fecur  d.  '?• 

Nothing  was  now  wanting  to  reduce  ScotUnd  \q 
the  Obedience  of  King  J4^Uiam  and  Qycen  KUry^ 
but  the  fuppreiling  of  Dundee^  who  skulking  up  and 
down  in  the  Highlands,  the  ufiial  Sanftuary  of 
Scotch  Rebels,  fomented  and  countenanced  the  Ui(^ 
contented  throughout  the  whole  Kingdom.  Several 
SkirmUhes  happened  between  him  and  ifome  D^ 
tachments  of  their  Majefties  Forces,  commanded 
by  Lieutenant  General  Mackftj,  Six  Thomas  Levm- 
fton^  Collonel  of  Dragoons^  CoUonel  Hamfey^  and 
Colonel  Balfour y  who  were  joy  n'd  by  the  Lairds  of 
Straitbnaver^  Grant  and  fVtntoJcb^  and  their  Follow- 
ers, in  which  being  worfted,  he  betook  himfclf  to 
the  Hills  again.  His  Party  was  almoft  dwindled  to 
nothing,  when  having  receiv'd  a  Reinforcement  of 
00  Irijh^  Headed  by  Collonel  Canon^  he  raised  thfe 
lighland  Clans,  and  with  a  Body  of  6000  Foot, 
and  1 00  Horfe  advanc'd  to  meet  Mackay^  who  was 
inarching  towards  him  with  %  Body  of  ^00  Foot, 
and  4  Troops  of  Horfe  and  Dragoons.  Thefe  two  . 
(inall  Armies  eng^g  d  two  Miles  on  this  fide  thc^ 
Blair  of  Atkol^  and  fought  with  great  obftinacy  from 
Five  in  the  Afternoon  tillNiglit;  and  though  Mae^ 
kip  loft  the  Field,  and  was  forc'd  to  retire  m  fomc  „ - 
diibrder  towards  Sterling^  with  the  brokei^  Remains  Dundee 
of  his  Army,  yet  the  Deadi  oi  Dundee^  who  was  5/,/,,, 
(Iain  in  the  Battle,  did  more  than  compenfate  for  the  May  a5* 
other's  lofi ;  confidering  he  was  the  folt  and  whole 
Dependance  ot  that  Partr,  who  afterwards  were 
vorfted  every  where,  and  particularly  once  and  a- 
at  St.  Jehnfton.    In  the  laft  of  thefe  Confli<a^ 

£e  4  pnc 


ji 


^6  The  Reign  irf  King 

A.  C.  one  finglc  Regiment  of  the  Earl  of  Annts^  under 
1 680.   the  Command  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  CleeUnd^  fS?^^ 
U/^VXJ  fo  entire  a  Defeat  to  their  whole  Force,  wnich 
confifted  of  near  4000  Men,  that  they  never  af- 
ter could  appear  in  any  coniiderable  Body,    and 
therefore  many  of  the   chiefeft  among  them  itib« 
mittcd  to  their  Majefties  Clemency. 
'Afairs of      Tho'  King  Williams  Title  had  been  aclcnow- 
Ireland,    ledg'd  both  in  England  and  Scotland^  yet  his  Throne 
might  be  (aid  to  be  unlettled  as  long  as  IreUnd 
refus'd  to  own  him.    The  Earl  o(T/rconnel^  with 

Seat  Zeal  for  his  unfortunate  Mafter,  had  (ccur*d 
e  moft  Important  Places  of  that  Kingdom^  and 
not  only  diwrm'd  and  pillag*d  moft  otthe  Prote- 
ftants  m  Munfter,  Lemfter^  and  Connawht^  but  aUb 
Imprifon'd  the  Chieleft  of  them.  Theft  Violen- 
ces  oblig'd  the  EnHi/h  to  retire  amongft  their  Bre* 
thren  in  Vljier,  wno  declaring  for  FLing  I4^illiam 
and  Queen  Al4ry,  feiz'd  on  the  Towns  of^iVwwrf, 
Coleraine^  Inniikiltinrmd  Londonderp,  On  the  o* 
ther  hand,  the  late  Ring  James  having  in  vain  im« 
plor*d  the  AiCftance  of  the  Emperor,  and  confider- 
mg  that  he  had  no  other  Friend  to  truft  to  but 
the  King  of  France^  refblv'd  with  the  Succours  he 
received  from  his  moftChriftian  Majefty  to  play 
his  laft  Scake  in  Ireland^  for  the  Recovery  ot^ his 
Dominions;  to  which  he  was  powerfully  encou- 
rag'dby  the  £arlofl>rc0ii»^/,  who  prefiM  him  to 
come  over  by  Baron  Hice^  with  whom  he  fcnt  the 
'Lord  Montjoj  a  Proteftanr.  This  Lord  was  unwil- 
ling to  go  upon  this  Embafly,  alledging  it  would 
be  more  proper  to  ftad  a  Homan  Catholick ;  bus 
he  at  laft  consented  to  accompany  j^ce^  upon  Tjnr^ 
connePs  granting  him  thefe  Four  Things ;  1 .  That 
no  more  new  Commiflions  ihould  be  given  out, 
or  new  Men  raised,  a.  That  np  more  of  the 
Army  (hould  be  lent  into  the  Nonb.  3  i  That  none 
ihould  be  Qiieftion'd  for  what  had  paft ;  and  4. 
That  no  Soldiers  Ihould  be  Quartered  in  private 
Houfts.  Theft  Ambafladors  had  no  iooner  fet  out 
from  Dublin^  which  they  did  about  the  loth  of 
January^  but  Tjfrcontwl  continued  augmenting  the 

Artny^  and  exetcifinc;  hU  Vidoit  Methods  agaioft 

'     ■     '  the. 


W ILL lAU  the  thir J.  57 

die  Eniiijfh ;  and  the  Lord  Mon/y^r,  immediately  A.  C 
after  his  Arrival  in  Farisj  was  committed  Priioner    idS^. 
to  the  Bajiile^  on  Account  of  the  great  Zeal  he  v^V^ 
had  lately  fliew'd  for  the  Proteftant  mrereft.    Soon 
after  King  James  took  Shipping  at  Brefi  with  about 
I /CO  Men,   commanded  dv  experienc'd    French^  K^Jvaofi^ 
Scotch  and  Irijh  Officers,  and  (afely  landed  at  KSm-^^J^ 
J[ale^  on  the  i  xth  o(  March.  The  next  Day  His  Ma-  ^^^* 
jefty,  with  his  numerous  Attendance,  wenttoCw'ilc,^*'^"'* 
where  he    was  received  by  the  Earl  of  TyrconneL 
who  caus'd  one  of  the  Magiftrates  to  be  Executed 
for  Declaring  for  the  Prince  of  Orange.    On  the 
a4th  oi  March  Kins  James  entered  into  the  City  of 
Uublin  in  a  Triumphant  manner,  and  next  Mom^ 
tng  having  call'd  a  Council,  turn'd  out  theEarjl 
oiGranard^    Chairman,  Judge  Kf^tin^  (Sc.    anj^ 
in  their  rooms   placed    the  Count   ^Avaux  the 
French  Ambaflador,  the  Bifliop  of  Chefter^  and  Lieu« 
tenant  Colonel  Darrington,  After  thsu:^  Five  Prod^- 
mations  were  publifh  d  by  His  Majcfly's  Order, 
one,  feemingly,  in  favour  of  his  Proteftant  Subjeda 
that  had  lately  left  that  Kingdom,  requiring  them 
to  return  Home,  with  afliirance  of  his  Prote6lioa  ; 
;uid  fiinher  requiring  dl  his  Subje6ls,  of  what  per- 
iwajGon  foever,  to  join  with  him  againft  the  Prince 
of  Orange.    A  Second,  Commended  all  His  Ma« 
jefties  Upwan  Catholick  Subjects  for  their  Vigilan- 
cy  and  Care  in  Arming  thcmfelves  ;^  yet  whereas 
it  had  encourag'd  fbme  Robberies,  it  required  aU 
but  (uch  as  were  a£lually  under  Conmiand  and 
Pay  in  the  Army,  to   lay  up  their  Arms  in  their 
ieveral  Abodes.    A  Third,  Invited  the  Country  to 
carry  Provifion  to  his  Army.    A  Fourth,  Rais'4 
jRich  Moneys  as  were  Current  in  Ireland ;  and  the 
Fifth  was  for  the  Parliament  to  Meet  at  Dublin 
the  7th  of  Ma^.    At  the  fame  time  His  Majefty 
created  Duke  the  Earl  of  Tjrconnely  ip  Confiaera-TyrcoiN 
tion  of  his  great  Services,  and  beftow'd  the  Roy.  nel  made 
al  Regiment  on  Colonel  Dorrington^  in  the  roopi  a  Duke^ 
of  the  Duke  of  Ormond. 

The  Proteftants  were  {0  little  encllpM  to  truft 

to  Kipg  James\  Ptomifes,  that  they  rather  chote  to 

(land  upon  then:  Defence  \  and  gathering  into  one 

'        *  Pod/ 


§9  The  Reign  cf  King 

A.  C.  Body,  made  (hew  of  oppofing  his  Forces  in  the  o-' 
1889.  pen  Field ;  but  being  routed  by  Lieutenant  Ge- 
neral Hamilton^  at  a  Place  callM  Drunamre^  their 
Refiftance  and  Defeat  gave  a  juft  Reafon  to  His 
Majcfty  and  Tjrconnel  to  ufe  thofe  in  their  Power 
with  redoubled  Severity,  and  to  March  towards  the 
'North  with  an  Army  of  about  Twenty  Thou&nd 
Men  to  force  the  reft  out  of  their  ftrong  Holds. 

Kin^  William  being  fenfible  ol  the  Defpcrate 
Condition  of  his  Irijh  Subje6b  had  already  lent 
Captain  James  Hamilton^  with  Ammunition  aiui 
Arms  to  Londonderry^  and  nam'd  Colonel  Lundec^ 
on  whofe  Fidelity  he  depended,  Governor  of  that 
City  ;  but  it  (bon  appeared  how  much  His  Ma- 
je^  was  miftaken    m  his  Choice.    On  the  ijth 

of  ifPriV,    lAr.  George  tValker^  Rc(koT  o( .  Donahmorc 

in  the  County  ofT/rone^  who,  out  of  a  Chriftian 
Zeal  and  Reiblution,  had  rais'd  a  Regiment  for  the 
Defence  of  the  true  Religion,  receiving  Intelli- 
gence that  King  James  having  taken  Colraine  and 
t(ilmore^  after  a  ftout  refiftance,  was  drawing  his 
Forces  towards  Derrj^  Rid,  with  all  fpeed,  thi- 
ther, to  give  Lundee  an  Account  of  it.  The  Go- 
vemor  at  firft  believ'd  it  only  a  falfe  Allarm,  but 
was  (bon  convinc'd  of  the  Contrary,  the  Enemy 
being  advanced  to  Cledjford.  Mr.  (Valkyr  retum'd  to 
lyfford,  where  he  joinM  Colonel  Crafton^  and  af- 
terwards according  to  Lundee's  Dire£tions  cook  his 
Poft  at  the  long  Caufey,  which  he  vigoroufly  main- 
tain'd  a  whole  Night  j  but  being  over-  powerM  by 
the  Enemy's  Numbers,  he  retreated  16  Lendenderrj^ 
where  h«  vainly  endeavoured  to  periwade  Lnndee  to 
take  the  Field.  On  the  1 7th  of  jlpril  Colonel 
Lundee  thought  fit  to  call  a  Council  of  \^^ar  ;  and 
that  Colonel  Cunningham  and  Colonel  Bjcbards^ 
who  two  Days  before  came  into  the  River  of 
Lough-Foyle  With  their  Regiments  from  England^ 
Ihould^  be  Members  of  it.  Accordingly  they  met, 
and  with  other  Gentlemen,  cither  equally  dififte<Sfc- 
ed,  or  at  beft,  as  little  acquainted  with  the  Con- 
dition of  the  Town,  or  the  Inclination  and  Refo- 
lution  of  the  People,  they  at  laffi  concluded,  Th4t 
there  was  no  Provrjion  in  the  Town  of  Londondeny^ 


WI  L  L  I  A  M  /i&f  tbirJ.  59 

firibe frefent Gdrrifcny  and f be tW9 I^egimnusM Board  A.  C 
fir  above  a  f^eel^^   or  ten  Dap  at  moft ;  And  it  ap*    %  tf  g ^^ 
fearing  tbat  the  Place  was  not  tenable  againji  a  well'\^^^\j 
apfointed  Armj^  therefore  it  was  not  convenient  for  Dr.  Wal- 
His  Mofefties  Service,  but  the  contrary^  to  Land  the  kcr*f  Ae^ 
twa  Regiments  under  Colonel  Cunningham;    That  con-  tnmt  of  tie 
fidering  the  frefent  Circumftances  rf  Affairs^  and  the  ^'tgt  of 
likelihood  the  Enemjf  would  Joon  fojfefs  themfelves   4>/L«»daa. 
that  Place^  it  was  thought  moft  convenient,  that  the  ^•''J* 
Principal  Officers  Jhouid  privately  withdraw  themfelves^ 
as  weUfor  their  own  Prefervaticn,  as  in  Hopes,  that  the 
Lihabitanssy   bj  a  timely  Capitulation,    mizht   makfi 
Terms  the  better   with  the  Enemjf.    After  cms  Reio- 
lution,  an  InftnimoDt  was  prq>arM  to  be  Subfiari* 
bed  by  the  Gentlemen  of  the  City  Council,  and 
to  be  lent  to  King  James,  who  was  advanced  ia 
Perjfon  with  his  Armv  as  far  as  St.  John^%  Town; 
and  it  wa5  recommended  with  this  Elncouragemcnt^ 
that  diere  was  no  doubt,  but  upon  Surrender  of  the 
Town,  Ki^g  James  would  grant  a  General  Pardon^ 
and  order  F^itution  of  all  that  had  been  plundred 

from  them.  Some  Gentlemen  were  influenc'd  by 
thele  Coniiderations  to  Suhicribe ;  others  did  noc 
only  refufe,  but  began  to  conceive  (bme  Jealoufies 
irf  their  Governor  i  and  (bme,  tho'  they  did  but 
guefi  at  their  Proceedings,  exprels'd  themielves  af- 
ter a  ruder  manner,  threatning  to  Hang  both  the 
Governor ;  and  his  Council.  Captain  ff^ite  was 
ient  out  to  the  Kbg,  to  receive  Propo&ls  from  him, 
and  it  was  at  the  Umc  time  agreed  with  Lieuce- 
iiant  General  Hamilton,  that  he  fliould  not  march 
the  Army  iK^tfain  Four  Miles  of  the  Town. 

Contrarv  to  this  Ao'eement,  V^gjames  upon 
the  Confidence  given  him  that  the  Town  would 
Siurretider  at  the  fight  ot  his  formidable  Armv,  t  ad-f  AptU  I. 
vanc'd  at  the  Head  <^  it  before  the  Walls,  but 
meeting  with  a  warm  Reception,  which  put  his 
Men  into  (bme  Difcrder,  His  Majefty  retir'd  to  St. 
John\  Town.  In  the  mean  time,  Mr.  Mstckfridgei^ 
Town  Clerk,  (aw  it  ab(blutelv  neceflary  to  give  the 
People  (bme  mtitnation  of  the  Proceedings  at  the 
Council,  of  War,  which  Di(covwr  occafion'd  great 
jimeaiiKls  and  diibtd^  in  the  Town,  and  ib  en- 
raged 


60  The  Rtign  of  King 

A.  C:  rag'd  the  People  againft  the  GoTcraor^d  his 
1689.  G>uncil9  that  nndtn^  themfelves  in  Danger,  they 
K0y'^Sj  made  their  Efcape  in  Confiifion,  tho'  not  with- 
out fomc  hazard  to  their  Perfbns  from  the  Soldi- 
ers themfelves ;  who  were  under  great  Difcontents 
to  find  themfelves  delerted  by  £ofe  that  had  en- 
Mg'd  them  in  the  Difficulties  they  were  then  under. 
The  Governor  could  not  fo  eafUy  retire,  being 
more  obnoxious  than  any  of  the  reff,  and  therefore 
thought  it  convenient  to  keep  his  Chamber ;  a 
Council  being  appointed  there,  Mr.  fVallier^  and  Ma- 

{*or  Balder,  endeavoured  to  perfwade  him  to  continue 
lis  Government ;  but  he  pofitively  refilling  to  con- 
cern himlelf,  they  out  of  rcfpcSt  to  his  Commit 
fion,  thouehc  it  a  Duty  to  contribute  to  his  fifety, 
andliifferM  him  to  difguife  himfelf,  and  in  a  SaUy 
for  the  Relief  of  Ci//wwr<r,  to  pafs  in  a  Boat  with  a 
load  of  Match  on  his  Back,  from  whence  he  went 
to  Scotland,  and  was  there  fecur'd,  and  ftnt  to  London 
to  anfwer  for  the  Mifcarriages  laid  to  his  Charge. 
7**  Biige        The  Garrilbn  o( Londonderry  being  cfiFe6hially  cn- 
ff  Lon-     courag'd  by  Dr.  fPklkfr  to  mainuin  the  Town  a- 
jonderry*  gainft  King  James,  they  unanimopfly  refblv'd  to 
April  jo.chuft  both  nim  and  Major  Balder  to  be  their  Go- 
verhors  during  the  approaching  Siege ;  but  thcfe 
Gentlemen  confidering  the  Importance,  as  well  as 
the  uncertainty  of  (iich  an  Office,  acquainted,  by 
Letter,  Colonel  Cunningham,  ("whole  Buiineis  they 
had  Reafon  to  think  it  was  to  take  care  of  thcta) 
with  this  matter,  and  defied  him  to  undertake  the 
Charge ;  but  he,  pretending  that  by  his  Inftru- 
Aions,  he  was  oblig'd  to  obey  the  Orders  of  Co- 
lonel  Lundee^refas'd  the  Propofil,  and  returned  into 
England,  where  both  he  and  Colonel  Richards  were 
defcrvedly  caftiief'd.    Upon  this  Refbial  Mr.  Wi/- 
her  and  Major  Bakj^  accepted  the  Government  of 
the  Garri(bn,and  Regimented  the  Men  in  the  Town, 
to  the  Number  of  70x0,  under  Eight  Colonels,  and 
3  5  ^inferior  Officers. 

^  "Twas  a  bold  undertaking  In  this  Relblute  Di- 
vine, and  Major  Baker ^  to  maintain  againft  a  fi>N 
midable  Army,  commanded  by  a  King  in  Perfott, 
an  ill-fortified  Town,  with  a  GarrifoQ  compos -d  <^ 

poor 


V7  iLL  I  AU  the  Thir  J.  St 

poor  People,  frightned  from  their  own  Homes  j^  A.  C 
and  widiouc  either  a  proportionable  number  oF  1689. 
HoHe  to  Sally  out ;  or  Engineers  to  Inftru£fc  'em  v>"^^ 
in  the  necefl^  Works.  Add  to  thcfc,  that  they 
had  not  above  Twenty  GunS,  v/;{.  Eight  Sskfrs^ 
and  Twelve  DemiCul'Oiriniy  and  not  one  of  them 
well  mounted  y  that  they  had  lb  many  Mouths  to 
Feed,  and  not  above  Ten  Days  Pirovilioh  for  them, 
in  the  Opinion  of  the  former  Governor  ;  and  that 
every  Day  leveral  deferted  them,  ^d  others  not  on- 
ly gave  conftant  Intelligence  to  die  Enemy,  but  in- 
ceuantly  endeavour'd  to  betray  the  Governors.  Yet 
neverthelefi,the  Zealand  Courage  of  their  Men,  the 
neceffity  they  lay  under  either  to  vanquilh  or  (all  a 
ViAim  to  an  implacable  Enemy,  and  above  all 
the  g-eat  Confidence  they  repos'd  in  the  ProtedU- 
on  OT  Heaven,  made  them  over-look  all  Difficul- 
ties. On  the  aoth  King  James  mvefted  the  Place, 
and  the  next  day  began  to  batter  it,  of  which  the 
Governors  ftnt  an  Account  to  England  by  Mr. 
Bennett  acquainting  His  Majefty  with  their  Keiolu- 
rions  to  Ddend  themlelves  to  the  lall,  and  implo- 
ring a  (peedy  Affiftance. 

The  Commons  of  England  having  voted  the 
Yearijr  Summ  of  i  xoooo©  /.  for  the  Support  of 
the  Crown ;  and  600000  /.for  the  Maintenance  of 
the  Forces  to  be  employed  in  the  Reduction  of  Jr*- 
landy  they  preparM  a  PoU-Bllly  which  having  pail 
both  Houfes,  was  t  prefented  to  the  King  by  tneir  f  May  r. 
Speaker,  who  upon  this  Occafion  made  the  toUow- 
tng  remarkable  Speech. 

*'  The  Commons  Affembled  in  this  pretent  Par- 
*•  liament  have  taken  into  their  moft  ierious  Con- 
**  fideration,  the  deplorable  Condition  of  Ireland^ 
**  where  thofc  fetal  Councils  that  did  (b  lone  Gro- 
**  vem  the  Affairs  of  theft  Kingdoms  have  \o  far 
•*prevaird,  that  your  Arms  and  Garrifbns  there 
'  nave  been  taken  from  your  Proteftant  Subjecfts, 

and  put  into  the  Hands  of  Irijh  Pafifts^  and  the 
•'  Bngtipo  Proteftants  that  remain  there,  left  naked 
•*  and  defcncelefi  in  the  Power  of  tbpft  Enemies, 
*•  which  yet  never  fhew'd  them  any  Mercy,  when 
tl  they  md  diem  at  an  Advantage. 

"Nor 


£%  The  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.  C     •  Nor  Uk  Ac  ftrcngth  of  the  J>^;7&  Natives   ___ 
1689.   ^  1/9  animated  with  the  Zeal  for  ropery,  aad  a 

•*  lonetng  defire  to  free  themlelvcs  from  any  De- 

**  pendency  upon  the  Crown  of  EngUnd^  that  is 
**  Ckely  to  create  ^our  Majefcj  an  Oppofidon  tfacrc^ 
^  but  they  have  likewife  cafi  them  under  the  Pro- 
^  te^on  of  the  French  King,  who  will,  without 
^  doubt,  employ  that  Force,  with  which  oi  laie 
*'  Years  he  hath  over-aw^d  Eurofe^  to  iiipporc  thole 
^  j^our  Rebellious  Subje£b,  thereby,  if  poilible^  n> 
^^e  your  Majeity  a  DIverfion  bom  oppofing 
^  m  omer  parts  of  the  World,  his  ambitious  De- 

^  figns  of  an  Vniverfal  Monarchy. 

^  llie  Commons*  therefore  feeing  to  eyident  a 
^NecciCty  of  reducing  that  Kingdom  under  your 
**  Majefiy  s  Obedience,  and  the  great^  Expenoe 
^  your  Majeity  mufi  undergo,  in  maintaining  fiidi 
^  a  War,  do  now  humbfy  prelent  to  your  Ma* 
^jefiy  their  Hearty  Ailiftance  in  a  Poll  BUl^  which 
^  they  look  upon  as  the  moft  Ipeedy  and  e&du- 
''ally  Way  of  railing  ready  Money  on  this 
^  Occafion,  iblemnly  engaging  them(eives  to  fiip- 
^  ply  your  Majefiy  with  (uch  future  Aids,  as  may 
^  be  proportionable  to  the  Charge  of  the  War  stg 
^  long  as  it  (hall  continue. 

To  return  before  Londonderry  j  feveral  Attacks 
were  made  by  the  Believers,  and  as  many  Sallies  by 
dbe  Befieg'd,  in  both  which  the  latter  had  always  the 
advantage ;  and  they  would  have  had  little  ReaZbn  to 
fear  either  the  Numbers  or  Race  of  their  Enemies, 
without,  if  they  had  not  hnd  thofe  more  Cruel 
ones  within,  or  Famine  and  Sickpcfs. 

On  the  29th  o^Afril  King  3ianes  retir'd  from  the 
Camp  to  Meet  his  Parliament  at  Dublin ;  ai^  the 
Befiegers  finding  their  Attempts  ftill  attended  with 
ill  Succefi,  removed  their  main  Body  from  St.  JWm's 
Town,  and  pitch'd  their  Tents  upon  Bely-Upj-HU^ 
about  two  Miles  diftant  from  Londonderry^  for  the 
cloier  Guard  of  the  City  ^  and  to  hinder  the  Beiieg- 
cd  from  coming  to  the  Wells  of  Water  On  the 
4th  oijune^  the  Befiegers  made  an  Aflault  on  that 
part  of  the  Place  thcjf  thought  the  moft  acceijible. 
But  were  repuUed  with  great  Slaughter  ^  and  the 

next 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  ^i5^(?  thirl  63 

next  Morning  they  began  ro  batter  the  Walk  with   A.  C 
theulual  illSuccels.    On  the  other  hand  the  Be-    1689. 
fieg'd  began  to  be  reduc'd  to  the  Jaft  Extremity,  y^y^^s^ 
when  they  efpy'd  three  SHips  that  fir'd  at  I^nure 
Caftle,  and  attempted  coming  up  the  River,  which 
however  was  prevented  by  the  Enemies  Shot.    Not  Jane  i  y. 
long  after,    they   diicover'd  a   Fleet  of  Thirty 
Sail  in  the  Lougk^  which  they  believ'd  came  from 
England  to  their  Relief:  tho  they  could  not  pro- 
pole  any  Method  to  get  Intelligence  from  them^ 
the  Enemy  watching  them  more  narrowly,  and  ha« 
ving  rais  d  Batteries  oppofite  to  the  Ships,    lin'd 
both  (ides  of  the  River  with  Mulqueteers,  and  coo-* 
trivM  in  the  narrow  part  of  the  Rlver,^  where  the 
Ships  were  to  pais  a  fort  of  Staccado ;  being  a  Boom 
of  Timber  join'd  by  Iron  Chains,  and  ftrengijieii- 
ed  by  a  Cable  of  Twelve  Inches  thicknefi  twilled 
round  it.    Notwithftanding  thele  Difficiilttes,  one 
J^ocfc  boldly  adventured  to  get  to  the  Water- fide  o- 
ver*againft  the  Town,  and  men  (wimming  crois  die 
River,  gave  the  Befieg'd  an  Account  that  Major 
Genexm   Kfrl^   ^^   come    to    their     AQi&MCC 
with  Men,  Provifien  and  Arms ;  and  how  mudh 
he  defir'd  to  get  with  his  Ships  up  to  the  Town. 
With  this  Meflenger  J&H  had  fent  ancriicr,  Cone 
Crumjf  a  ScotcbmdnJ  to  give  them  the  (ame  Accouot^ 
and  to  know  the  Condition  of  the  Garrifbn^  but 
he  being  taken  by  the  Enemy,  was  by  them  InflrUir 
^ed  to  frame  a  Meflage  much  diSering  from  the 
the  other.    Thereupon  the  Befiegers  invited  the 
Garrifon  to  a  Parley,  telling  them  that  they  were 
under  ^reat  Miftakcs  about  the  Major  General^ 
and  their  Expedations  from  EngUnd,  where  things 
were  all  in  Confufion :  and  that  they  micht  have 
leave  to  inform  themfelves  further  from  me  MeA 
ienger  they  had  taken.    The  Befieg'd  lent  (bme  ta 
that  Purpoie,   who  foon    diicover'd  the  ^  Cheat,* 
and  returned  with  other  Particulars  of  his  Trea^ 
cheij. 

The  Governors  received  frirthcr  Intelligence  by 
a  little  Boy,  who  with  ^reat  Ingenuity  brought 
two  Letters  from  the  Major  General  at  Inch ;  the 
one  ty*d  in  bis  Garter,  and  another  within  a  Cloth 

Button- 


^4  TT^^  R^^ff^  ^  ^^& 

A.  C  BtietoiL    By  the  latter^  the  General   aflur^d  Mr« 

i^8«'   ^^^^f  ThAt  he  would  endeavour  all  mtans  inutgi^uMe 
/^^^  fgr  their  i(elief ;  that  be  found  it  imfoffiUe  by  the  i(/. 
^^^^^  tier,  wWcA  made  him  fend  a  Party  romch,  where  be 
was  going  bimfelfta  try  if  be  could  beat  off  the  R 
'  0U>/  Camfj  or  divert  them  fo,  that  they  fhould  i 
frtfs  the  City.    That  he  hadfent  Offeers^  Anamuniti- 
en^Arms^  great  Gfmj,&c.  to  InniskiiriiigyiP^o  had  Three 
Jhoiifand  Foot,  and  one  Thoufandfive  Hundred  Herfej 
and  a  Regiment  of  Dragoons  that  had  promised  to  comm 
to  their  l^iirf,  and  at  the  fame  time  he  would  JietMck 
the  Enemy  by  Inch ;  that  he  exfeO^Six  Thoufand  Mem 
from  England  every  Minute,  th^  having  been  Shif^t 
Sight  Days  before ;  that  England  4»2^bcotland  were 
in  a  good  Ptfiure,    and  aU   things    there   very  wei 
Settled^  and  laftly.  That  he  had  Stores  and  Vi&ua/jfur 
tbem\  but  however  he  bid  them  be  good  Husbands  of 
ibofe  they  had  in  the  Town^  till  God  fleas'* d  to  give  them 


All  this  wUle  the^  BefiegM  were  not  a  little 
weaken'd  bj  the  raging  Famine,  and  tW  many 
bold  Attempts  were  maae  to  reach  the  Ship$  in  the 
River,  they  were  ftill  fniftrated  by  the  Enemies 
Shot.  About  this  tune  Major  Bakfr  being  taken  ve- 
tj  ill,  and  made  uncapable  to  aA  as  Governor, 
dolonel  Michelbum  was  chofen  to  aiTift  Mr.  ffW- 
kfr^  that  if  one  (hould  fall,  the  Town  might  not  be 
left  without  a  Government,  and  to  the  inccmve- 
niences  of  a  contefted  Eleftion.  On  the  other  iSdc, 
the  Arrival  of  Conrard  de  Hpfe  the  French  General, 
who  was  appointed  to  Command  in  clucf  in  the 
Irifh  Camp,  very  much  Spirited  the  Befiegers.  Thi« 
General  having  view'd  the  Fortifications  of  the 
Town,  and  finding  how  little  his  Men  had  ad- 
vanced in  die  Siecc,  expreft  himfelf  with  great  Fu- 
Sagainft  the  Befieg'd,  and  Swore  he  would  level 
e  Place  with  the  Ground,  and  bury  thole  that  de» 
fended  it  in  its  Ruins,  putting  all  to  the  Sword,  with« 
out  confideration  either  of  Age  or  Sex  ;  and  would 
ftudy  the  moft  exquifite  Torments  to  lengthen  the 
Mileiy  of  liich  as  he  ihould  find  Obftinate  ;  but  nei* 
ther  hisThreats,nor  his  fiur  Promi(es,  of  both  which 

he  was  veiy  Liberal,  had  any  ESeft  upon  thc^ 

who 


WILLI  AM  th^  ThirJ.  6s 

vA^  had  ib  ablblutely  devoted   tiiemfelves  to  the  A.  ^* 
Defence  of  their  City,  their  Religion^  and  the  In-    j6So 
tcreft  of  King  fVilliam  and  Queen  Maryx  and Icfti 
any  fhould  contrive  ;to  Surrender  the  Town,  or 
move  it  to  the  Garrifon,  the  Governor  made  an 
Order  that  no  (iich  thing  (hould  be  mention'd  upon 
Pain  of  Death.  On  the  20th  oi  June  died  Govcmour 
BakfiT  jto  the  great  lo(s  and  affl}<Xon  of  the  Sefieg« 
ed.    Three  Days  before  Lieutenant  General  Handle- 
ton  fent  (ome  plauHble  Offers  to  the  Gatri/bn,  to 
which  they  feem'd  to  hearken  till^  they  had  us*d 
that  opportunity  to  (earch  for  Proviiions ;  and  tho^ 
they  were  reduced  to  the  neceiCty  of  feedmgup- 
on  Horfe-flefh,  Dogs,  Cats,  Rats  and  Mic^  Tal- 
low, Starch,  dry'd  and  (alted  Hides,  in  a  wpnl,  OH 
the  moft  loathtom  thinss  that  Men  in  tfaeir  (Jon- 
ditlon  ever  us'd  for  Suftenance,  yet  they  unani^ 
moufly  reiblv^d  to  eat  the  Irijhy  and  then  one  ano- 
ther, rather  then  Surrender,  and  their  Anlwer  to 
Hamilton  was.  That  they  much  wonekrtd  be  Jhould  ex* 
fcti  tbey  Jhould  fUce  dny  Confidence  in  hinty  that  had 
fo  unworthily  hrokg  Faith  with  Kjng  William,  their 
Sovereign ;  that  he  was  once  generoujly  trulfed^  tbo^  afi 
Encmyy  dnd  yet  betrayed  his  Trult  ;  and  thn  could  noi 
believe  he  had  learned  more  fincerity  in  an  InAk  Camf^ 

Thi  s  bold  Anfwer  ib  iraged  the  Frinic/j  General^' 
that  he  publifli'd  an  Order  dire£bed  to  the  Go* 
vernors  and  Garriibn  of  Londonderry^  importing,- 
That  if  they  did  not  deliver  the  ToWn  to  him  by  the  j^3 
^July,  according  to  Lieutenant  (?^f}^4/ Hamtltozv^ 
Propofalsy  he  would  difpatch  his  Orders  as  far  as  Ba« 
li/hanny,  Charlemont,  Belfaft,  and  the  Mordny  0/ 
Ini/hoven,  and  rob  all,  frottBed  as  well  as  unfrotmed^ 
ProtelfantJ,  that  were  either  related  to  the  Garrifon^ 
or  of  their  FaHion^  and  that  tbey  Jhould  be  drii^en  utp^  / 
der  the  fValls  tf/Derfy,  wljere  they  Jhould  befuffer^d  •} 
to  Starve,  He  alfo  tbreatned  to  ruin  dnd  lay  W4{fte  alt 
their  Country^  if  there  fhould  appear  the  leaji  prdbaiis 
lity  of  any  Troops  coming  from  Englatld,  /or  their  ^ 
iief'j  But  concluded.  That  if  they  would  rehtm  fo 
their  Obedience^  and  Surrender  tlx:  Town  uphn  any  tele- 
rahle  Conditions^  he  would  canje  tlje  CafituUtion  tit 
be  punilually  ohfervd^  and  proteB  them  frcm  Ml  Iri- 

F  f  j Uriels 


66  The  Reign  $f  King 

A,  C  Jtiries,  But  the  Befieged  received  this  Lettcjr  wiA 
\6%9.  ^^^  ^me  Concempt  and  Indignation  as  they  had 
— '   done  Hdmihon^s  Propofels. 

The  News  of  this  Order  beine  brought  to  Dxrf- 
/i»,  the  Biihop  of  Mcath  applied  himfelf  to  King 
J/ipjes  in  order  to  prevent  the  Execution  of  it ;  His 
Ma)cftjr  told  that  Prelate,  That  he  had  heard  of  the 
Order  before^  and  had  already  countermanded  it  \  That 
General  Rofe  was  a  Foreigner^  and  ufed  to  Juch  Pro* 
teeiings  at  were  Jlrange  to  t/V,  th<f  ccmnton  in  other 
Placet^  and  that  if  he  had  been  his  own  SuhjeB^  he 
would  have  calPd  him  to  an  Account  for  it.  But  ne- 
Vertlielcfi  the  poor  Proteftants  were  gather  d 
together  to  the  Number  of  Seven  Thouland,  and 
jhrought  under  the  Walls  of  Londonderry^  where 
thcy^muft  have  Famifh'd,  if  the  Garrifon  had  not 
erected  a  Gallows  in  view  of  the  Befiecers,  threat- 
ned  to  hang  all  the  Prilbners  they  had  taken  du- 
fing  the  Siege,  by  way  ot  Reprizals,  and  acouaint- 
cd  the  Enemy,  that  they  might  (end  Priefts 
to  their  Friends  to  prepare  them  for  Death  after 
their  own  Methods.  Tne  Prifoners,  detefting  their 
Barbarity,  declared  they  could  not  blame  the 
Garrifon  for  putting  them  to  Death,  feeing  their 
own  People  exercised  (iich  Cruelty  on  wretched^  in- 
tmcent  Perfons,  that  were  under  their  Prote^ion. 
They  dcfir*d  leave  from  the  Governor  to  write  to 
I^icutenant  General  Hamilton^  which  being  allowed, 
they  lent  him  a  Letter  Sign'd  by  Ketervill^  Butler^ 
Ayhnery  Macdonely  and  Darcy^  acquainting  him,  Hat 
ihe  Lives  of  Twenty  Prifoners  lay  at  fiakf^  and  there* 
fore  they  made  it  their  Hequefl  that  he  would  refrefent 
ihir  Condition  t^  the  Marfkal  General.  That  tljey 
were  all  willing  to  die^  with  their  Swords  in  their  Hands^ 
fir  hit  Majefty  ^  but  ^twas  hard  to  fuffer  lil^e  MaiefaBorSf 
mrcoidd  they  lay  their  Blood  to  the  Charge  of  the  Gar- 
rifoHj  the  Governor  and  the  reft  having  treated  them 
Koitb  all  Civility  imaginable.  To  this  Letter  the 
lieutenant  General  anfwerM  :  That  what  thofe  few 
feofle  were  lik^  to  fuffer^  they  might  thank,  thenfelvet 
foTy  being  their  own  Faults  y  which,  they  might  frevemt 
by  aecefting  the  Conditions  that  had  been  offered  them  ; 
mti  that  1/  th^  /»#<frV,  it  could  not  be  helped^  htt 

/h^uld 


W  1  L  L  I  A  M  /i&<r  ThirJ.  67 

Jhould  be  revenged  on  many  Thoufinds  of  thofe  Peofle   A.  C* 
(as  weU  Innocent  as  ethers)  within  or  without  thui    1689 
City:    Neverthelcfi  the  fight  of  the  Gallows,  and  V^VVi 
the  importunity  of  feme  Friends  of  thbfc  who  were 
to  fufler  upon  them,  preval^d  upon  Ha$nilton ;  (b 
that  on  the  4th  of  July  the  poor  half-ftarv'd  Pro* 
teftants  had  leave  to  return  to  their  Habitations; 
The  Garrifcn  now  confifted  of  /709  Men,  and  to 
leilen  that  number  yet  more,  the  Governors  crowd- 
cd  foo  of  their  ufelefi  People  among  the  Preteftants ' 
under  the  Walls,  wlio  f>afi'd  undiftinguifli'd  with 
them ;   tho'  in  exchange  they  got  Ibme  able  and 
ftrong  Men  out  of  their  Numbers. 

By  this  time  the  fcarcity  of  thcvileft  Eatabks  wa^ 
encreas'd  to  fuch  a  degree,  that  the  Garrifen  atid 
Inhabitams  had  nothin£  left,  unlefi  they  could  prey 
ujDon  one  another ;  and  'tis  remarkable,  that  a  cer* 
tain  Gentleman  who  had  preferv'^d  himfelf  in  £()q4 
cafe,  whilft^  the  Generality  were  reduced  to  Skelc-t 
tons,  conceived  himfelf  in  the  greateft  danger,  and 
fancying  feveral  of  the  Soldiers  looked  upon  him 
with  'A  greedy  Eye,  thought  fit  to  hide  himfelf  fot 
three  lAiys.  Dr.  tValk^^  the  Governor,  being  with 
good  reafon  apprehenlive,  that  thefe  Di(courage<» 
ments  mifiht  at  length  overcome  that  Refolution  the 
Garrifon  nad  (b  long  expreft,  confider'd  of  all  ima- 
ginable Methods  to  (upport  them,  and  finding  in 
himfelf  ftill  that  Confidence,  that  God  would  not» 
,afterfo  Miraculous  a  Preicrvation^foffer  them  to  fall 
a  Prey  to  their  Enemies,  Preaches  in  the  Cathedral^ 
endeavoiKsto  confirm  their  Con ftancy,  by  remind- 
ing them  of  ftveral  Inftances  of  Providence  given 
them  fince  the  beginning  of  the  Siege ;  and  ofwhat- 
Confideration  it  was  to  theProteftantReli^on  at  this^ 
time  •,  and  tells  them  they  need  not  doubt  a  Ipecdy- 
Deliverance.  ^ 

The  Event  made  it  appear  that  this  Great  Man; 
was  anhsated  with  the  true  Spirit  of  Prophecy ;  for 
about  an  hour  after  Sermon ,  t w  Garrifon  difccver'd '       ,    . 
three  Ships  which  Major  General  KH  had  lent  ac-  ^"don- 
cordinfc  to  his  Promife,  that  when  they  could  liold  Jrj^  j^* 
out  ilo  longer  he  would  be  fure  to  relieve  them.  f<>iy^3o. 
the  hazard  of  himfclf,  his  Men  and  his  Ships.  The 

F  f  2  Momitjvy 


68  The  Reign  of  king 

A-  C.  Montjoy  of  Drrr;,  coitithandcd  by  Captain  Brow^ 
KlSp.  w,  and  the  Pl^enix  o(  Colrain^  by  Captain  Dou^ioL 
being  both  loadcn  with  Provifion,  were  convey  a 
by  the  Dartmouth  Frigat.  The  Enemy  made  a  moft 
furious  Fire  upon  them  from  Culmore^  and  bocb 
fides  the  River,  which  thcyreceivM  and  returned 
with  the  greateft  Bravery .ThcAi^iiw/yoy  made  a  little 
ftop  at  the  Boom,  occauon*d  by  her  rebound,  after 
ftriKing  and  breaking  it,  fb  that  (he  was  run  a* 
ground :  Upon  this  the  Enemy  ^ave  the  loudeft  and 
moft  j^iul  Shout,  and  tne^Inoft  dreadful  to 
the  Befieg'd,  fired  all  their  Guris*^|pon  her,  and 
were  preparing  their  Boats  to  boailHier.  The  Trou- 
ble and  Concern  of  the  Befieged,  to  fee  their  laft 
Hopes  dilappointed,  is  not  to  oe  expreft ;  but,  by 

Eeat  Providence,  firing  a  Broad- ude,   the  flioa: 
t>fned  the  Ship  (b,  that  Ihe  got  clear  and  pals*d  the 
1^  Boom.    Captain  Douglas  all  tnis  while  was  engaged, 

I  and  the  Dartmouth  gave  the  Enemy  very  warm  En- 

tertainment, till  at  length  the  three  Shipsgot  up  to 
the  City,  to  the  unconceivable  Joy  and  TranAon 
of  a  Garri(bn  which  reckoned  only  upon  two  Days 
Life  \  having  nothing  left  but  nine  lean  Horfes,  and 
a  Pint  of  Meal  to  each  Man.  This  brave  and  Cue- 
f^^is^s  cclsful  Undertaking  fo  difcourag'd  the  Enemy,  that 
JJv'*  M.the  laft  of  Juij  they  raised  the  Siege  in  the  Night 
time,  with  great  Confufion ;  and  in  their  Retreat 
made  a  miferable  Havock  of  the  Country.  TTicy 
firft  Encamp'd  at  Strabane^  but  hearing  of  the  De- 
feat of  their  Forces  under  Lieutenant  General  Atrc- 
k^rty^  by  the  InniskjUin  Men,  they  remov'd  their 
Camp  farther  off.  Major  General  Kjrk  being  conic 
to  Deny  was  received  by  the  Governor,  and  the 
^holc  Garrifbn  with  the  greatcft  Joy  and  Acclama* 
rions;  and  the  next  Day  Mr.  Wi/t<?^  Complemen- 
ted him  with  his  own  Regiment,  That  after  dohi 

the  KJ^  all  the  Service  in  his  Power ^  he  might  return 
to  his  oxpn  Prqfcffion.  But  thc  Major  General  defiur'd 
him  to  difpoie  of  it  as  he  pleas'd,  and  accordingly 
he  beftow'd  it  on  Captain  fVbite^  a  Gentleman  of 
ejcperienc'd  Valour  and  known  Merit.  The  fame 
Day  a  Council  was  call'd  at  Derry^  wherein  the  Go- 
vernor was  defir'd,  and  prevailed  on  immediatel  v  to 

Embark 


WILLIAM  the  Thirl  69 

Embark  for  England,  to  carry  an  Addrcfi  of  Thanks,'  A.  *  C. 
from  the  Garrilon  and  Inhabitants  to  their  Majcfti^s.    |  (f  g^. 
Mr.  iValksr  being  arrlv'd  ^at  Court,  rcceiy'd  that  y^0^y^>^ 
Royal  Welcome  and  Bountiful  Reward  which  his 
great  Services  had  merited. 

Nor  did  InnukjHin^  another  Town  in  the  Kortb  jf^^^^f  ^ 
of  Ireland^  contribute  left  than  London- Oerry  to  the,^^  Innit 
aflertingthe  Protcjinnt  Caule;  for  upon  notice  that  kilUnA/m*- 
the  latter  had  deny'd  Entrance  to  the  Lord  Antrints 
Regiment,  the)^  r'efblv'd  not  to  admit  any  /  ifh  Gar- 
rlfbn,  and  having  raised  a  Regimcqt  of  Twelve 
Companies  gave  the  Comrnand  of  it  to  Guftavus 
Hamilton  Efq^  Perlbn  of  Conduft  and  Refoluti- 
on,  whom  they  likewi(e  chofe  their  Governor.  The 
Towns-men  being  thus  in  fbme  pofture  of  Defence 
proclaimed  King  PViHiam  and  Queen  Marj  on  the 
the  I  ithof  Ma/ch  ;  but  the  Lorn  Gilmoy  declaring 
for  King  James,  (bme  time  after  his  Majefty's  arrival 
at  Dublin,  fiimmon'd  the  Governor  of  Inniikjiiin  to 
Surrender  that  place  to  him,  with  a  promile,  a$ 
from  King  James^  to  grant  them  better  Terms  than 
they  might  ever  exped  from  him  afterwards.  A 
Coiincil  oeing  calPd  upon  this  Supimons  it  was  U- 
nanimoufly  ac;reed  to  ftand  firm  to  their  former  Re- 
folutions^  of  defending  the  froteftant  ^Uvion^  and 
inaintaining  King  Hilliami  Title;  Whereupon 
the  Lord  Qilmoy  landed  all  his  Forces  towards  Crow^ 
a  Caftle  16  Miles  diftant  from  InnlskjHin^  and  jpolC 
(Ifs'd  by  the  Protefiann^  which  was  Befiegy  fome 
time  by  part  of  his  Troops ;  but  the  Inniikjltincrs 
having  thrown  a  Relief  of  200  Men  into  the  Caftle, 
forc'd  him  to  raift  the  Siege,  and  to  retreat  to  Bel- 
turbat.  On  the  a4th  of  April  a  Detachment  of 
the  Garri(bn  oi  InniskjlUn^  headed  b^  Lieutenant 
CoUonel  Llcydy  made  an  Excurficn  into  the  Elne- 
inics  Pountry,  took  and  dcmoUfli'd  the  Caftle  a^ 
Anghor^  arid  retum'd  home  with  a  confiderable 
Booty.  Several  qther  Skirmifhes  and  Rencounters 
pafi'd  between  the  two  Parties,  wherein  the  Innis^ 
l^illiners  figndlz'd  their  Valour,  and  always  came 
off  with  Advantage;  but, none  of  th(^  A£Hon$ 
was  fo  remarkable  as  that  w^ch  happen'd^  as  ic  \ 
were  by  a  particular  Appointment  ol  Providence, 

iff  3  on 


70  the  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.   on  the  Gunc  Day  hondon-Oerry  was  rcliev'd,  where- 
KJ89.  in  xooo  Innukjllincri  fought  and  routed  6000  Irijb^ 
l,^y^  at  a  place  caird  Ncwfon  Butier^  and  took  their  Com- 
mander Macknrty^  with  the  lofi  only  l)Cao  Men 
kiird,  and  /o  wounded.  ^ 

Purliiant  to  King  Jameses  Proclamatim  tly  Jriy3E» 
Parliament  met^  at  Dublin  on  the  7th  of  A^«  and 
the  Cime  Day  his  Maiefty  made  a  Speech  yrherein 
he  told  them^ "  That  the  Exemplary  Loyalty  which 
jr.Jamc$'5'*  that  Nation  exprefi'd  to  him,  at  a  time  whcno- 
$ptech  t9  "  lY^cTS  of  his  Suojefts  (b  undutifully  misbehaved 
ihi  irifh  «'  themlelves  to  him,  or  fb  bafcly  betrayed  him,  and 
^^^'     **  ^eir  le^onding  his  Deputy  as  they  did  in  this  bold 
j^^        *'  and  refolute  aflerting  his  Right,   in  prcftrving 
^       ."  that  Kingdom  for  him,  and  putting  it  in  a  pofture 
"  of  Defence,  made  him  refolure  to  come  /to  them, 
**  and  to  venture  his  Life  with  them  in  defence  of 
*'  their  Liberties  and  his  own  Right  j  That  ro  his 
"great  Satisfa6lirn  he  had  not  only  foufid  them 
ready  to  ftrvehim,  but  that  their  Courage  had 
equaird  their  Zeal.  ^  That  he  had  always  been 
•*  for  Liberty  of  Conlcience,  and  againft  invading 
any  Man's  Right  or  Liberty  ;  having  ftiU  in  mind 
that  faying  of  Holy  Writ ;  Do  as  )ou  woulJ  te  don^ 
fOf  for  this  is  the  Law  and  the  Prophets.    Thar  ic 
**  was  this  Liberty  cf  Confcicnce  ht  gave,  which  his 
*^  Enemies,  both  at  home  and  abroud,  dreaded  to 
*' have  Eftablilh'd  by  Law  in  all  his  Dominions; 
*'  and  made  them  (et  themfelves  up  againft  him, 
*•  though  for  diflferent  Reafons ;  feing  that  if  he  had 
*'  once  fettled  it,  hia  People  ( in  the  Opinion  of  the 
**  one  )  would  have  been  too  happy  ;  and  ( in  the 
•*'  Opinion  of  the  other  )  too  great-    That  this  Ar. 
**  gument  was  made  ufe  of  ro  perfwade  their  own 
**  reople  to  join  with  them,  and  fb  many  of  his  Suh- 
^  je&s  to  uie  him  as  the^  had  done :  But  nothing 
^^  ftould  ever  perfwade  him  tp  change  his  Mind  as 
to  that,  and  wher^cver  he  was  Maflcr,  he  iie- 
(ign'd,  God  willing,  to  Eflablifh  it  by  Law,  and 
f  *  have  no  other  Teft  or  Diftinftion  but  that  of  Loy. 
^*  ahy.,  expecftinjj  their  Concurrence  in  fb  ChrifHan 
**  a  Work,  and  m  making  Laws  againft  Prqphanefi^ 
"aad  againft  all  fi)rta  of   Debauchery.     That 


44 


WILLIAM  thethirJ.  7I 

^'ibould  moft  readily  confentto  ch«  making  luch  A.  O, 

"good  wholefbm  Laws  as  might  be  for  the  Good    liJSp. 

*^  of  the  Nation,  the  Improvement  of  Trade,  and  U/" 

**  relieving  fijch  as  had  been  injur'd  by  the  lateA^ 

"  of  Settlement,  as  far  forth  us  might  be  confiHeot 

"  with  Reafbn,  Juftice,  and  the  publick  Good  of 

"  his  People.    That  as  he  fhould  do  his  part  to 

**  make  them  Happy  and  Rich,  he  made  no  doubc 

**of  theii   Atliftance,  by  enabling  him  to  oppoie 

*^  the  unjuft  Deiigns  of  his  Enemies,  and  to  make 

**that  Nation  flourifli.    That  to  encourage  them 

**  the  more  to  it,  they  knew  with  how  great  Gene« 

*'  roCty  and  Kindneft  the  moft  Chriftian  King  gave    * 

"  fiire  Retreat  to  thft  Qiieen,  his  Son,  and  fanafeUy 

"  when  they  were  forced  out  of  England^  and  c^me 

"  to  ftek  tor  Proteftion  and  Safety  in  bis  King- 

*'  doms  ;  how  he^  embraced  his  Intereft,  and  gave 

him  (uch  Supplies  of  all  forts,  as  enabled  hini  to 

come  to  them,  which  without  his  obliging  A:fli- 
**  ftance  he  could  not  have  done ;  and  that  mis  he 
**  did  at  a  time  when  he  had  (o  many  coniidera. 
"ble  Enemies  to  deal  with,  and  ftill  continued  lb 
"  to  do.  His  Majefty  concluded  as  he  had  begun, 
''  and  aflbr'd  them  he  was  as  lenGble  as  they  could 
**  dtfire  of  the  fignal  Loyalty  they  had  exprefi^d  to 
"  him  ;  and  that  he  ftiould  make  it  his  chief  Study, 
it  had  always  been,  to  make  them  and  ail  his 

Subje(S-s  Happy. 

This  Speech  being  ended,  and  the  King  with- 
drawn, Sjr  BJchnrd  Ne/igU,  Attorney  General,  whoi 
was  cholen  Speaker  ofrhe  Commons;  cxtoll'd  ^o 
that  Houfe  their  great  Obligations  to  the  Kinjp  of 
France,  and  the  Duke  of  Tjrccnncl  for  that  glorious 
Meeting,  and  how  meet  it  was  for  both  Houies  to 
return  his  Mjijefty  Hunks  for  his  Gracious  Speech, 
and  to  deiire  Count  d'  Avaux  to  do  the  fame  to  his 
moft  Chriftian  Majefty,  On  their  behalf,  tor  his  Ge* 
nerous  Aififting  Kin^  Jame:.  Thejfe  AddreUes  were 
drawn  up  and  prelented  aCcordin|,ly,  and  dien  au 
iBill  was  brought  in,  containing  a  Recognition  ot^ 
the  King's  Title,  and  an  Abhorrence  of  tne  Prince 
of  Or^nr^'s  Ufiirpation,  a^ad  Defe^ion  of  the  £i^« 
UfiK    tV  next  Day  his  >lajefty  .pubUHi'd  thefol 

F  f  4      *  '    lowing 


'•as 


'Zi      ' 


y%  The  Reign  of  King 

A:  C.   losing  DecUrMtion  AddrefsM  to  all  his  loving  Sub- 
1689.  j^  in  the  Kingdora  pf  Evgiand, 


JAMBS  Rex, 

K  lunu*f^  JK^^^^^^^ ^^^  many  Calumnies  and  difmal  Sto- 

Dul^TMtiw  "  ^^9  ^7  which  our  Enemies  have  endea- 

$m  f  his    **  voured  to  render  us  and  our  Government  odious 

^g]i£h    ^  to  the  World,  do  now  appear  co  have  been  ad- 

SukjtBf^    **  vanced  by  them,  not  only  without  any  Ground, 

**  but  againft  their  own  certain  Knowledge,  as  is 

••evident,  by  theijr  not  daring  to  attempt  to  prove 

*•  theft  Gharges  to  the  \^'orlcl^  which  we  cannot  but 

••  hope  hath  opened  the  Eyes  of  our  good  Subjeils 

•*  to  fee  how  they  have  beenimpoftd  upon  by  dc- 

••  CgnJng  Men,  who  to  promote  their  own  ambiti- 

♦•  oils  Ends  care  not  what  Slaughter  they  reduce  our 

•*  Kingdoms  to ;  yet  we  cannot  but  rejoyce  that  we 

**  have  had  an  opportunity  to  demonftrate  the  Falf- 

••  nefi  and  Malice  of  their  Pretences,  fince  this  our 

•*  arrival  in  this  our  Kingdoijn  of  Ireland^hy  making 

•*  It  our  chief  Concern  to  fitisfie  the  Minds  of  our 

•*  Proteftant  Subjefts,  the  defence  of  their  Religi^r 

**  on.  Privileges  and  Properties  is  equally  our  Care 

•*  with  the  Recovery  of  our  Rights,    To  this  end 

•*  we  have  preferred  fuch  of  them  of  whofe  Leva  J - 

•*  tv  and  Ane<ftion  we  are  Satisfied,  to  places  boih  oF 

•**  tnc  hicheft  Honour  and  Truft  about  ourPerfon, 

as  weli  as  in  our  Army.    We  have  by  granting 

our  Royal  Protection  to  ftich  whole  Minds  were 

•*  fliaken  by  the  Arts  of  our  Rebellious  Subje£ts, 

**  diipell'd  their  Apprehenfions,  and  efFeftually  fc- 

•'  cur'd  them  againft  the  Attempts  even  of  their 

•*  private  Enemies.    Our  Ear  hath  always  been  o- 

•'  pen  to  their  juft  Complaints,  and  (b  far  hath  our 

•'  Royal  Mercv  been  extended  to  thofe  who  were  in 

•*  Anns  againft  us,  that  we  have  a6hially  pardon'd 

•'  ftvcral  Hundreds  of  them,  and  moft  Notorious 

•*  Criminals  are  kept  in  an  cafie  Confinement,  (  as 

••they  thcmfclves  acknowledge)  We  have  taken 

•*  care  that  our  Subjefts  of  the  (Jhurch  of  EngUnd 

•*  be  not  difturbed  m  the  Exercise  of  their  Religi- 

**  on,  and  all  Proteftant  Diflenters  enjoy  Liberty  of 

♦'  their  Consciences  without  any  Molcftatlon,  and 


it 


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4€ 


WILLIAM  /knW  73 

**  out  of  our  Roval  Care  for  the  Prolpcrity  of  our  A.  C 
**  People,  We  have  recommended  to  our  Parlia*  itfgo* 
^  ment,  as  the  firft  thing  necefiary  to  be  di^patch'd* 
^  to  fettle  (uch  a  Security  and  Liberty  both  m  Spin- 
^^  tual  ^nd  Temporal  Matten,  as  may  put  an  end 
**  to  theft  Divifions  which  have  been  the  Source  of 
^^  all  our  Mileries;  being  refelved,  as  much  as  in  us 
"lies,  to  entail  Liberty  and  Happinefi  upon  our 
People,  fo  far  as  to  put  it  out  of  the  power  of 
^'  our  Succeflbrs  to  invade  the  one,  or  infringe  the 
''  other;  and  this  we  take  God  to  witnefi  was  Jwavs 
**  our  deiign,  of  which  we  iee  our  good  Subje^ 
•*^cre,  arc  more  and  more  convinc'd  by  the  great 
**^umbers  of  thole  who  having  been  (educed  or 
•'  frightned  by  the  reftlefi  Importunities  of  our  E» 
**  nemies  are  retum*d  to  their  Country  and  Habitat^ 
^^  ons,  and  who  afiiire  us  dai^  more  would  follow 
**  if  the  Ports  were  open;  but  the  Vfurfers  know 
*'  too  well  the  Sincerity  of  our  Intentions  to  permit 
the  Repa0age  of  our  did  Subje£ls,  fearins  no^ 
thin^  more  than  that  their  Experience  (bould  un- 
**  deceive  the  reft,  who  are  rcftrain'd  more  through 
**  Ignorance  than  any  ill  Intention,  and  therefore 
*'  deny  them  that  Liberty,  which  we  afford  to  all, 
•*  whofe  Defigns  we  are  (atisfied  tend  not  to  the  di- 
**  fturbance  ofthe  Peace.  By  this  our  Gracious  and 
*'  Royal  Care  of  our  Proteftant  Subjects,  where  the 
*'  greateft  part  of  our  Nation  UC4tbolicliymd  have,as 
**  well  as  We,  received  the  higheft  Provocation  from 
*'  their  Fellow  Subjeds  of  contmry  Perft^afions,  fo 
^*  that  nothing  but  our  Inclination  to  Tuftice,  and 
*'  defire  to  fee  our  People  flourifli  couldf  move  us  to 
**  (uch  a  Proceedbg ;  Wehope  our  Subjcfls  in  £»f. 
♦*  land  will  make  a  Judgment  of  what  they  may 
*^  expc&  Scorn  us,  and  we  do  hereby  promUe  and 
^^  declare,  tliat  nothing  ihall  ever  alt^r  our  Re(blu<. 
*^  tions  to  pur(ue  (uch,  and  no  other  Methods,  as 
*^  by  our  (aid  Subjects  in  Parliament  (hall  be  found 
•'proper  for  our  Common  Securinr,  Peace  and 
"mppiiic(s;  and  that  none  may  be  debwr'd  of 
^  amft^pg  us  in  recovering  our  Rights,  and  redeem- 
•*  ing  of  our  People  from  their  pre(cnt  Slavery,  out 
!^  o(  any  apprehenfion  from  paft  MUaurriages.we  do 

J^  hereby 


M 


74  The  Reign  of  Xing 

A«  C  "  iief^by  affure  all  our  SubjeAs,  of  wFlt  Qpality 
tdSo*   "feeder,  let  their  Crimes  againft  ui  \>^^t^cr  to 
^i»J\j  ^  F^t,  that  if  m  Twenty  four  Days  aftct^our  Ap- 
"pcarancc  in  Pertm  in  our  Kingdom. 'fef^wgAjwi/ 
•*  they  return  to  their  Obedience,  by  deftrting  our 
••*  Enemies  and    ioinJng  with  us ,   we  will  crant 
^  them  our  full  rardon,  and  all  paijb  Mifcarriaces 
*•  (ball  be  ^got ;  (b  little  do  we  fielicht  in   Sic 
*' Blood  or  Ruin  of  our  People.    But  ir  after  thij 
**  our  Gracious  Condefcenfion  they  (hall  yet  con- 
/  "  tinue  to  aflift  our  Enemies  and  Rebels,  we  do, 

•*  bdfore  God,  charge  all  the  Biood  wl^ch  (haU  be 
**  afterwards  Ihed,  upon  them  and  their^  Adherents, 
**  and  wc  doubt  not,  by  the  Blefling  of  God  upon  our 
"  Anns,  to  force  the  moft  Obftinate  to  their  Duty, 
though  as  we  have  made  appear  in  rediicinff  our 
Rebdlious  Subjefts  in  rliis  Kingdom,  we  defire 
"  to  ufe  no  other  than  Lenity  and  }Acrcy, 

On  the  larhof  M^jf  a  B/A' was  brought  into  the 
Hou(e  of  Commons  by  Chief  Juftice  Nugent ^  for 
^fenling  the  A^  efSettle^nent^  which,  without  any 
oppofition,  Was  read  three  times  and  (ent  to  the 
Lords.  In  tfhe  Upper  Houfe  the  Bifhop  of  McAth 
very  learnedly  argued  againft  the  Bill,  alledging, 
amongft  other  Ofijeftions,  That  no  Penalty  was 
provided  on  fiich  as  entered  Eftatcs  without  Injunfti- 
ons;  nor  Conliderations  for  Improvements;  nor 
laving  for  Remainders  j  nor  time  given  to  Tenants 
and  rofleflbrs  to  remove  their  Stock  and  Com ; 
nor  Provifions  for  Protefisint  Widdows,  and  that  it 
allow'd  only  Reprizals  for  Original  Purchale  Mo- 
ney,  which  was  nard  to  make  out,  and  was  an  inju- 

Sr  to  the  (econd  or  third  Purchafer.    But  notwitb* 
anding  the  Validity  of  thefe  Reafbns,  back'd  hy 
an  Addrefs  to  King  jAma  from  Judge  Kieatin^^  ux 
iti  AS  »fl>ehalf   of  the  Purcha(crs  under  the  Aft  pfact- 
«tf«/rtB««  dement  i  and  notwiihftanding  Ws  Aiajcfty*s  An- 
t^efe^N.   (wer  to  Ksatingy  That  he  would  not  do  Evil  that  Good 
might  come  orft^    Yet  Chancellor  Filton^$  Argumcncj 
prevaird,  and  the  Bill  received  the  Koyal  Aflent^ 
and  paft  into  an  Aft '  Nor  indeed  could  ir  be  ex- 
pefted  otherwil^^  the  JMajority  of  bQth  Houfb 

confiftiog^^ 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /)^^  third.  ,75 

coofiftinc   of  l(oman  Cathoiick/j   ou  wbom  King  A.  C. 
9ames  (lad  his  Sole  Depeodance,  and  who  were  die    i  ^So. 
Sons  and  Defcendants  of  thoft  Peribns  that  had  for- 
feitcd  their  Eftatcs  for  their  bloody  Rebellion  in 
i(S4i. 

To  give  ftill  a  more  fatal  Blow,  there  was  an  AA/^  ^  ^^ 
o£  Attainder  p9&  In  Parliament,  in  order  to  which '^^"^  '• 
every  Member  of  the  Houle  of  Comment  returned  '"^""^ 
the  Names  of  all  fiich  Pronftaru  Gentlemen  as  liv^d 
near  them,  or  in  the  County  [or  Borough  for  wbidj 
they  fery.  When  this  Bill  was  preloited  to  the 
King  for  his  Affcnt,  the  Speaker  of  the  HouC  of 
Conmions  told  him ;  Th4t  nuiny  were  attainted  in  that 
AH  ufon  fucb  Evidence  as  fatisfied  the  Houfe,  and  the 
rtfi  ufon  Common  Fame,  In  this  black  ASt  there  wejt^ 
no  fewer  attainted  than  x  Archbilhops,  i  IXike 
17  Earls,  yCounteffes,  a8  Vifcounts,  a  Vifcoun^ 
tcffes,7  Bifhops,  1 8  Barons,  3  9  Baronets,  fi  I^igbti. 
83  Cler^men,  218a  Elquires  and  Gentlcmca-- 
And  all  of  them,  unheard,  declared  Traytors^  and  ad- 
jud£d  to  fuffer  the  Pains  of  Death  and  Forfeiture.  Tbc 
famous  Profcrlption  at  I{ome  during  the  laft  Trium^ 
virate,  came  not  up,  in  (bme  refpecfts,  to  the  Hor- 
rors of  this ;  for  ^lere  were  Condemned  in  dils  lit^ 
de  Kingdom  more  than  double  the  Number  that 
were  Profcrib'd  through  the  vaft  extent  of  the  I^otjum 
Empire.  And  to  make  this  of  Ireland  yet  the  more 
terrible  and  unavoidable,  the  A6k  it  (elf  was  coa- 
ceaPd,  and  no  Proteftant  allowed  a  Copy  of  it  till 
four  Months  after  it  was  paft ;  whereas  in  that  of 
Kpme,  the  Names  of  the  Perfons  profcribM  wei^ 
affix'd  upon  all  the  publick  Places  of  the  City  tjbe 
very  Day  the  Profcription  was  Decreed,  and  there, 
by  opportunity  was  wyen  to  many  to  preferve  than- 
felves  by  a  Ipecdy  Tlicht.  This  Anti-Parliamcut 
Cif  Imay  locallit;  aherthey  bad  made  Ibmeo- 
ther  A&s^  and  amongft  the  reft  one  for  Uber^^  ^ 
Ctnjfiitnee^  was  Prorogued  oa  tjbe  the  aoth  cifufy^ 
to  the  19^  of  y4«tf47  aifiiiog  J  and  to  ended  th« 
Seflion,  whole  Proceedings  occgfion'd  nollefi  Di- 
fturbancc  in  the  Kingdom  of  trelavi  than  the  War 
itftj£ 

If 


76  ft:ie  Reign  of  King 

A  •  C.       It  was  not  thought  enough  that  Tyrconnel    had 
1 689.   ftopM  the  Maintainance  of  the  Univcrfity  oF  Dublin^ 
\Jr^'\i  l>ut  upon  King  James  s  arrival,  the  Vicc-Prefidcnt, 
Fellows  and  Scholars  were  all  farther  proceeded  a- 
galnft  and  tum'd  out ;  their  Furniture,  Library 
and  Communion-Plate  (eiz'df  and  every  thing  that 
belonged  to  the   College,  and  to  the  private  Fel- 
lows and  Scholars  taken  away.    All  this  was  done 
notwithftandinjg  that  when  they  waited  upon  Kins 
Janes  at  his  iuft  coming  to  DukUn^  he  was  pleas'd 
to  proraife  them  ;  That  he  wotfid  frefejvc  tb^  in  abeit 
jj^.       Liberties  and  Properties^  and  rather  aupnent  than  di-* 
]^|™. '      minijh  their  Privileges  and  Immunities ^    thr,t  had  been 
wTiU  ^M«^^i/  them   by  his  Predeccjfors.    In  the  Houfe  the/ 
•^       ^''  put  a  Garrifon,  and  turn'd  the  Chappel  inta  a  Ma- 
gazine,  and  the  Chambers  into  Prifcns  for  Pro^ 
teftants.    One  More  a  Pofijh  Priefl;  was  made  Pro, 
voft,  and  pne   hiackarty^  aWb  a  Prieft,   Library- 
keeper,  and  the  whole  defign'd  for  them  and  their 
Fraternity.    One  Archbifhoprick,  fcveral  Bj(hop- 
ricks,  and  a  great  manv  other  Dignities  and  Livings 
of  the  Church  were  aedgnedly  Kept  Vacant,  and 
the  Revenues  firft  paid  into  the  Exchequer,  and  af- 
terwards difpos'd  of  to  Titular  Bifliops  and  Priefts  ; 
while  in  the  mean  time  the  Cures  lay  negjc^cd,  ^ 
that  it  appeared  plainly  that  the  defign  was  tode^ 
ftroy  the  SuccejCon  of  the  Protejiant,  Clergymen. 
At  length  things  came  to  that  height,  that  moft  of 
the  Churches  m  and  about  Dublin  were  feiz'd  upoix 
by  the  Government,  and  Luttereli^  Governor  of 
that  City  iffued  *  out  his  Order,  Commanding  oB 
*.  JnTitit.proteJIantSy  who  were  not  Houfe-keepers^  to  depart  out 
1^9^'        of  the  faid  City  \  and  all  fuch  as  were  Houfe'k.eepers  to 
deliver  up  their  ArmSy  both  Offenfive  and  Defenjive ; 
and  Hkfwife  forbidding  above  Five  f  roteftants  meeting^ 
any  where  ufon  pain  of  Deaths  or  fuch  other  Punifh^ 
ment  as  a  Court  Martial Jhould  tbiid{  fit:  The  Gover- 
nor bein^  asfced,  whether  this  was  deCgn'd  to  hin- 
der meeting  iii  Churches?  He'  anfwer'd,  this  was 
defign'd  to  prevent  their  Affembling  there,  as  well 
as  in  othftr  Places ;  and   accbrdihgly  all  the  Prc- 
tejiant  Churches  were  (hut  up  throughout  the  whole 
Kingdom. 

Whilft 


WILLI  AUthe  third.  77 

.  Whilft  King  Jsmies  by  thofe  deifpotlck  Mediods  A.   C 
that  were  luggefted  to  him  bv  his  ill  Advifers,    1689* 
( chiefly  by  the  French  Ambaflador,  who  (at  Para- 
mount  in  his  Council )  loft  daily  his  Intereft  a- 
inon|ft  thofe  who  had  remaiilM  true  to  him,  upon 
a  fond  (bpl>olal  that  ^he  fenic  of  his  paft  Misfor- 
tunes would  have  enclin*d  him  to  alter  nis  Condud: 
King  Wllitm  by  Policy  and  Forbearance  cemented 
his  di^ointed  Government.  ^  Nor  were  his  Ma^ 
jefty's  Thoughts  (b  taken  up  with  the  Eftablifhmenc 
of  his  Throne,  but  that  at  the  lame  time  he  con- 
lulted  the  general  Good  of  Chriftendom^  and  was  at** 
tentivc  to  the  Ncceflities  of  his  Allies,  who  had 
favoured  his  Expedition  into  England^  not  for  the 
Security  of  the  Froteftant  Religion,  the  chiefefl:  of 
them  being  B^nun  Catholicksy   but  principally  to 
dieck  the  growing  Power  of  France.    The  Empe* 
ror's  Envoy,   Don  Fedro  de  ^nauillo  the    Spanijh 
Ambaflador,  and  the  Dutch  Ministers  reprefented  to 
his  Majefty  how  France  had  declarM  their  Mafters 
her  Enemies  for  being  his  Friends,  and  eameftly 
preft  his  Majefty  to   proclaim  War  againfl  that 
Crown.    Over  and  above  the  Reaibns  •f  Gratitude, 
Khgff^ilUm  was  prompted  to  comply  with  the 
Dcnres  of  his  Confederates  by  that  noble  Ardour 
he  ever  had  to  liipprefi  the  Exorbitant  Power  of 
the  French  M>narch,  but  he  knew  the  Humour  and 
Temper  of  an  EngUJh  Parliament  fo  well,  as  not 
to  engage  in  an  expenfive  War  without  their  Con* 
lent  5  and  therefore  he  managed  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons fb  dextroufly,  that  on  the  xjxh  of  April  they 
prefented  him  with  an  Addreft,  wherein  H^ey  mojl  Mdrefi  ff 
humbly  laid  before  his  Majefty  their  earneft  dejjrc,  that  '^^  ^^^^ 
his  Majefty  Vfould  be  f  leafed  to  take  into  his  moft  tender  **?"'  *^ 
Coftpderation,    the  deftruEtive   Methods   taken  of  late'J^Jlf.  ^ 
Tears  by  the  French  KJn7^  againft  the  Trade,  ^^^^>tidllu7 
and  Intereft  of  this  JQ'ngdomy  and  particularly  the  pre-  ^^^  *Jf 
font  Invitfion  of  Ireland,  and  fuf porting  his  Majefty s  frainO 
Hfbellious  SubjeBs  there.    Not  doubting  in  the  leaft,  luf  France 
that  throf^h  bis  Majeflfs  Ti^fdom^  the  Alliances  4/- April  t^, 
ready  made^  with  fuch  as  might  hcreafttr  be  concluded 
^n  this  occafion  by  hisMajeJiy^  might  be  cffcilucl  to  reduce 
the  French  ^/wjf  to  fuch  4  Condi tionj  thnt  it  might  not 

be 


7  8  The  Reign  of  King 

K,  Ck  hein  his  Power  hereafter  to  violate  the  Peace  of  Cttri- 
1689.  flendotn,  nor  frejtoHce  the  Trade  and  Profferitj^  4^ 
\  this  I^ngdom.  And  to  this  end  tbej  moji  humbly  befeugbt 
his  Majefiy  to  reft  ajfared  ufon  this  their  folenrn  mnd 
hearty  Promife  arhd  Encouragement ^  'That  vfhenhis  Kin* 
jeSj  Jhomld  thinks  fit  to  enter  into  a  PVar  againfi  ti^ 
I'i'ench  Kjngy  they  would  give  his  Mdjefiy  fuch  AJfh' 
ftanee  in  a  Parliamentary  way^  as  might  enable  him  r# 


tUsUa^        To  this  Addrch  his  Majcfty  Anfwer'd, "  That 
yfifs  Aih  **  He  received  it  as  a  Mark  of  the  ConfiienGe  they 
^wr.         '*had  in  Hiniy  which  He  took  very  kindly,  aiuf 
^  ffiodd  endeavour  by  all  His  A6ltons  to  conSnn 
•*  Acm  in  it.    That  his  own  Ambition  (hould  ne- 
^  ver  be  an  Argument  to  encline  Him  to  engage  la 
**  a  Wartlwt  might  expofe  the  Nation  either  to  Can- 
*•  ger  or  Expence.  But  in  this  prclent  Cafe  he  look'd 
^  upon  the  War  la  much  already  declared  in  effcd 
^  by  Prance  againft  ^nglandythsit  it  was  not  Ibproper- 
**  ly  an  ASt  of  Choice,  as  an  Inevitable  Neceility 
**  in  their  own  Defence.    That  He  fhould  only  tell 
*•  them.  That  as  He  had  ventured  His  Life,  and 
**  and  all  that  was  dear  to  Him  to  reicue  this  Nation 
**  from  what  it  (iiflfered,  He  was  ready  ftiil  to  do 
**  the  (ame,  in  order  to  the  prelcrving  it  from  all 
''^Its  Enemies ;  and  as  He  did  not  doubt  of  (iich 
**  an  Ailiftance  from  them  as  Ihould  be  fuitable  to 
**  their  Advice  to  Him,  to  declare  War  againft  a 
**  Powerful  Enemy,  lb  they  might  rely  upon  Him, 
**  that  no  pjart  of  that  which  they  (hould  give  for  the 
**  carrying  it  on  with  Succcfi,  (hould  be  diverted  by 
**  Him  to  any  other  u(e. 

It  became  a  Prince  who  ow'd  his  Greatneis  chief- 
Ij  to  his  being  the  Support  of  the  Protefiant  InterefL 
to  cad:  an  Eye  of  Compaflion  upon  thole  whohacL^ 
abandon*d  their  Podeilions  and  various  Callings  in 
France  upon  the  fcore  of  Religion  ^  wherefore  hi^ 
fteocb     Majefty  ilEied  out  a  Proclamation,  whereby  He 
Protiftants  declared.  That  finding  in  his  SubjeSs  a  true  and  juSt 
tm^a^d  fenfe  of  their  Deliverance  from  the  Perfecution  lately 
to  comt  ^  threatning  them  for  their  J^ligien^  and  of  the  Miferies 
vir^  AprU  4nd  Oppreffions  the  French  Prote(famts  lay  under ^  fuch 
*^'  tf  them  as  JhouldfeeK  ^bftr  Hffuge  in^  and  Transport 

then^elves 


WILLIAM  the  thirl  79 

thenfthes  into  this  IQngdom  of  Englftnd,  Jhtmid  not    A*   C 
only  Ijove  Bis  ^pyal  ProteHion^  but  he  would  fo  aid  4nd    16899 
A/pJi  them  in  their  fevoral  Trades  and  wafs  of  Ltvolihood^  K^/"^^^ 
^s  that  their  being  in  this^ealm  migljt  be  confortaUe  itnd 
eAfie  to  jthem.    Some  People,  altogether  void  ot  Cha- 
rity, repin'd  at  this  Invitation  given  to  Foreigners 
to  fettle  here ;  but  the  Generality  highly  applauded 
his  M^efty  for  it,  not  only  out  of  aChriftian  Teta- 
demels  for  their  Perfccuted  Brethren,  but  aUb  out 
of  their  Love  for  the  Welfare  of  England'^  wifely 
coniidering,  that  the  kind  Entertainment  C^ee^ 
R(i:(aheth  gave  to  the  Walloons y'^hom  the  Inquil^oa 
drove  out  of  the  Lot^Countries^  had  vaftly  impifov'd 
thft  Woollen  and  Silken  Manufkfhires  rf  this  Na- 
tion ;  and  that  the  Dutch  daily  ehcrea3^d  iti  Riches 
and  Strength,  by  the  Favour  they  ffiew'd  to  the 
French  Refugees,  amongft  whom  were  many  weal- 
thy Merchants,  and  the  reft  oi  whom  con&fted  ei^ 
ther  of  Laborious  and  Induftrious  Artificers,  or 
Brave  and  Experienced  Officers  and' Soldiers,  who 
would  chearfiilly  venmre  their  Lives  ill  the  De- 
fence of  the  Protrftant  I^eligton^  and  of  thofe  States 
chat  afforded  them  Pit>te<^ion.    At  the  fame  time 
that  his  Maiefty    enconrag'd   the    Proteftants   of    • 
France,  He  imied  out  another  Proclamation,  Piro- 
hibitiiig  the  Importation  of  all  forts  of  Manufa* 
£hires  and  Commodities  whatfeever  of  the  Growth, 
Produdion  or  Manufa<Jhire  of  that  Kihgdom,  ao() 
^ich  was  a  Fore-runner  of  the  War. 

Not  many  Days  after,  his  Maje(w  to  ftcw  the  *  , 

? articular  rcgarcl  He  had  to  the  Eftabllfh'd  Laws,  cwnitustd 
'onltituted  thole  Perfons  to  be  the  Gqairdians  of  jj^y  ^^ 
the  fiune,  which  in  the  moft  difficult  times  had  bold- 
ly  ftood  up  in  their  Defence,ai!d  whole  Learning  md 
Integrity  juftified  his  Majeft/s  Choice.  Sir  3^.obn  Holt 
Was  made  Lord  Chief  Juftice,  and  Sir  ffiSiam  Dol- 
bin,  Siy  William  Gregory,  and  Gihs  Byres  Efo;  Ju- 
ftices  of  the  King^s  Bench ;  Sir  Henry  Pidltjrfen  Lord 
Chief  JufHce,  and  Sir  Jbhn  Powel,  Thomas  Jipkeby 
and  Peyton  Vtntris  Efijuires,  Juftices  of  the  Common 
Pleas ;  Sir  Sphere  Atkins,  Lord  Chief  Baron,  and 
SixBdiOatd  Nevil,  Nicholas  Lechmere  axrf  JoimTur^ 
fm  E(^uijre$^    Baiiotis  of  th9  Bxghe^uef  ^  and  Jphn 

Trmcbiird 


». 


8o  the  keign  of  king 

A.  C.  Trenchmrd  E(qs  Chief  Jufticc  of  Cbefter  ;  Sir  Gevgt 
1689.  Trety  Attornqrt  and  3(^^  Sommers  Eiq;  SoUickor 
General  to  hit  Majefty.    Whilft  the  Places  of  Jud' 


cature  were  thus  ulling  up,  to  the  general  Satisfa- 
^on  of  the  Nation,  Three  H^man  CMthoUcks  of  Di- 
ftin£ti<Mi  .were  committed  Priibners  to  the  Tower, 
to  wit,  the  Earl  of  Montzonurj^  Son  to  the  Mar- 
quifi  of  Powis^  the  Earl  01  Caftlenuin^  and  the  Lord 
Clifford ;  and  oecaule  the  Earl  of  Jirrdn\  Petition, 
for  his  Enlarcment,  was  foond  defedivc,  he  was 
Confined  a  Ntonth  longer. 

The  King  being  aflured  of  the'iU&it^uice  of  the 
Commons,  acQuainted  the  Lords  wtih  bis  lorentioa 
feeedihr  to  declare  War  againft  Prance ;  whereupon 
meir  Lordihips  unanimoiulv  relblv^d  to  aiCft  and 
fenre  his  MaydSj  therein  to  their  Power«  The  Omt 
Thy  his  Ma|eftv's  Declaration  of  War  againft  Fr^jm 
was  (blemnly  Proclsum'd,  being  mafterl^  drawn  up 
by  that  Eminent  Civilian  Mr.  (  now  Lonn^Sam* 
jwr/,  and  whidi  contained  in  Sid>ftance,  *'  That  ic 
M«r»  ji.  **  having  pleas'd  Almighty  God  to  naake  his  Ma jefty 
gsinB       ^*  ^  happy  Infhrument  of  refining  theie  Nations 
France,    ^*  fi^iQ  gi^cat  and  eminent  Dangers,  and  to  place 
May  7«    '^  Him  upon  the  Throne  of  thele  KingdcMns,  He 
"  thought  himfclf  oblig'd  to  promote  the  Welfare 
"  of  His  People,  which  could  never  be  effedualJy 
**  (ecuf'd,  but  by   preventing  the  Mileries^  that 
"  tlureaten'd  them  from  Abroad :  That  when  He 
*^  confider*d  the  many  unjuft  Methods  the  French 
^  King  had  of  late  Years  taken  to  gratifie  his  Am< 
**  bition,  that  he  had  not  only  invaded  the  Tcrri- 
^*  tories  of  the  Emperor,  and  the  Empire,  now  in 
**  Amity  with  his  Majcfly-  lavinc  waft  whole  Coua* 
^^  tries,  and  deftroyina  tne  Inhabitants  by  his  Ar- 
**  mics,  but  declar  d  War  a^inft  his  Majefty's  Al- 
*•  lies  without  any  Provocation,  in  manifeft  viola* 
*'  tion  of  the  Treaties  confirm^  by  the  Guaranr^ 
**  of  the  Crown  of  EmUnd,  He  could  do  no  left 
*^  than  join  with  His  AlHes  in  onppfing  the  Deiign^ 
**  of  the  French  King,  as  the  Difturber  of  the  Peace, 
*'  and  the  common  Enemy  of  the  Chriftian  Worli 
*^  That  befides  the  Obljgatiofis  his  Majefty  Uy  un- 
)  ^  der  by  Treaties  wita  hi3  Allies,  which  wcpre  a 

[  ^  faflScicnt 


Vf  ILLl  AM  the  Thircf.  81 

"  Sufficient  Juftification  of  Him  for  taking  up  Anns  A.  C, 

"  at  this  tinjCy-^fincj  they  had  calPd  upon  Him  fo  to    i  (J89.  ^ 

*'  do,  the  many  Injuries  done  to  Him  and  His  Sufak 

"jcfts,  without  any  Reparation,  by  theFrewA  King, 

"  were  fiich,  that  (  howcyer  of  late  Yearsthey  were 

**  not  took  notice  of,  f#  Realbns  well  known  to 

**thc    World,   ncverthelcfi^  He  would  not  pafi 

*'  them  over  without  a  oublick  and  juft  Relentmcnt 

**  of  fiich  Outrages.  ^  That  it  was  not  long  fince 

*'  the  French  took  Licenies  from  the  Governor  of 

^^  NewfoundUnd  to  Fiih  in  the  Seas  upon  that  Coaft, 

**  and  paid  a  Tribute  for  (uch  Licenies,  as  an  Ad- 

*^  knowledgment  o(  the  £>le  Right  of*  the  Crown  of 

**  England  to  that  IJUnd ;  yet  of  late  the  Encroach* 

*•  ments  of  the  French  upon  that  Ifland,  and  hit 

"  Majefties  Subjcfts  Trade  and  Fifhcry,  had  bcetl 

*'  more  like  the  Invafions  of  an  Enemy,  than  be- 

*'  coming  Friends,  who  enjojr'd  the  Advantages  of 

*•  that  Trade  only  by  Permiffion.     But  that  the 

**  French  King  fhould  Invade  his  Majefty's  Charibbec 

**  Iflands,   and  poflefi  himfelf  of  the  Province  of 

*'  Ncvp  Tork^  and  of  Hudfon^s  Bay  in^  a  Hoftile  man- 

*•  ner,   detaining  feme  of  his  MajelHes  Subjefts 

^^  under  the  hardlhip  of  Impriibnment,  and  caufing 

"  others  to  be  Inhumanely  kill'd,  wftre  A£Hons  not 

**  becoming  even  an  Enemy ;  and  yet  that  he  was 

*^  fb  far  from  declaring  himlelf  (b,  diat  at  that  very 

*'  time  he  was  Negotiating  here  in  England,  by  bn 

*•  Minifters,  aTreaty  of  Neutrality  and  good  Corre- 

"  (pondence  in  America.    That  the  French  King's 

*'  Countenancing  the  Seizure  of  Enpifh  Ships  by 

**  French  Privateers,  forbidding  the  Importation  ck 

**  great  part  of  the  Product  and  Manufa<9iire  of 

^^  mis  Kingdom,  and  impofing  Exhorbitant  Cuftoms 

*•  upon  the  reft,  notwithftanding  the  vaft  Advanta- 

*'  gcs  he  and  the  French  Nation  reap'd  by  theirCom- 

'  *'  merce  with  England^  were  fiiflacient  Evidences  of 
*'  his  Defies  to  deftroy  the  Trade,  and  confequent- 
. "  ly  to  rum  the  Navigation,  upon  which  the  Wealth 

'      *^  and  Safct^  of  this  Nation  very  much  depends. 

I       "  That  the  Bjght  of  the  Flag^  inherent  in  the  Crown 
**  of  England^mdi  been  difpuced  bj^  the  French  King's 

\      .*'  Ordets,  in  Violation  of  his  Majdly?s  Swaicrcignty 

'       Gg  rofc 


'  8t  The  Reign  of  Khg 

A.  C  "  of  the  narrow  Seai,  ^  which  in  all  Ages  had  been 
1689W  ^^aflerted  by  his  Majefties  Predeceflbn,   tfid  He 
^'  was  reiblv'd  to  maintain  for  the  Hoaour  of  His 
^*  Crown  and  die  EngU/h  Nation.    But  that  which 
"  moft  nearly  touched  his  Majcfty,  was  the  French 
**  King's  UnchriiUan  Profccuiion  of  many  of  his 
"  Majefties  EngHfif  Protcftant  Subjcfts,  for  Matters 
*'  of  Relirion,  contrary  to  the  Law  of  Nations,  and 
**  exprefi  Treaties,  forcing  thera  to  abjure  their  Rc- 
^  ligton  by  ftrange  and  unuiiial  Cruelties ;  and  Im- 
**  priibning  (bme  of  the  Mailers  and  Seamen  of 
*^  Rngl^  Merchant  Ships,  and  condeinning  othen 
^*  to  tte  Gsdlies,  upon  pretence  of  having  on  board 
*' either  Ibme  of  his  own  miferable  Proteftant  Sub- 
'•  jedb*  or  their  Efie6l:s.     And  laftly,   that  as  he 
*'  had  (or  ibme Years  laft  paft  endeavourM  by  lofinu- 
^  ations  and  Promifes  of  Ai{iftance,to  overthrow  the 
**  Government  of  England^  fb  now  by  open  and 
*'  violent  Methods,  and  the  acShjal  Invafion  ot  inr- 
•*  Und^  in  fopjport  of  his  Majcfty's  Subjects  in  Re- 
**  hellion,  he  was  promoting  the  utter  Extirpation 
**  of  his  Majefties  Good  and  Loyal  Subje6b  in  that 
"  Kingdom.    That  bring  therefore  thus  neceliitated 
*'  to  take  up  Arms,  his  Majefty  thought  fit  to  declare 
"  War  agamft  the  French  King. 
SdF'  ht      SomeL)ay8  Ijefore  this  Proclamation, the  War  was 
J  j^^^.  more  fffeftually   dedar'd  by  an  Engagement  be- 
Bsy,  Nlly^^^^^  ^^  Er^lijh  and  French  Fleets,  m  Bantry-B^. 
f^  *         Admiral  Herbert  being  inform^  that  a  confiderable 
Supply , which  die  King  of  France  lent  to  King  James, 
was  Snipping  off"  at  Brefi,  intended  to  have  gone  di- 
xeftly  towards  that  Harbour,  but  the  Wind  coming 
Eafterly,  which  might  bring  the  French  Fleet  out,  he 
flood  on  the  2.4th  of  April  over  to  Kjngfale^w\\\<^  he 
•judg'd  the  likelieft  way  to. meet  them.    The 50th 
.  the  Englifh  Admiral  heard  the  Enemy  were  gone  in- 
to Baltimcre,  being  44  Sail,  Commanded  by  Mon- 
fieur  ChateaU'I(enaut ;  whereupon  he  bore  away  to- 
wards that  place^  but  found  there  no  fign  of  them. 
In  the  Evemng  his  Scouts  got  (ight  of  them  agaj a  to 
~    the  M^ejhford  of  Cape-Cleare^  and  Czw  them  making 
Bantry-Bay.   The  En^ijh  Fleet  lay  off*  the  Bay  affl 
Night,  and  the  nesct  Morning  by  breakof  Day  fhs>od 


V  ILLI  AUthe  Thirl  A3 

\%  and  found  the  French  at  Anchor.    Upon  their  ap-   A.   C 

g roach  the  Enemy  got  prefcntly  under  SaiU  and  .  16S9. 
ore  down  upon  them  in  a  Line  of  a8  Men  ofWarAXV^ 
a<!d  $  Fireftiips.     When  the  French  came  within 
Musket  fiiot  of  the  Defiance^   the  forcmoft  of  the 
Englifh  Ships,  Monficui-  de  Chnteau-I^enaut  put  out 
the  Signal  of  Battle,  which  was  begun  by  Firing 
great  and  (mail  Shot  at' the  EngUjh  Fleet,  berore  they 
could  form  their  Line.    The  Enfii/h  made  ftveral 
boards  to  gain  the  Wind,  or  at  lead  to  engage  the 
Encnij  clofcr,  but  finding  that  way  of  working  veiy 
di&dvantageous.  Admiral  Herbert  ftood  pff  to  Sea, 
as  well  as  to  have  got  his  Ships  into  a  Lme^  as  to 
have  gained  the  Wind  of  the  French^  but  fbimd  them 
fe  cautious  in  bearing-  down,  that  he  could  never  ^ 
-^tt  an  oppditunity  to  do  it,  which  oblig'd  him  af- 
ter federal  hours  batteriftg  upon  a  ftrctch  to  bear  oRi 
and  return  towards  StUly.  wirh  the  lofe  of  ico  Men 
Kiird,  and  about  300  Wounded.    The  ^^/i/feOf.     ■  ' 
i^trSj  and  Seamen  bdiav^d  themleives*  widi  fidi 
extraordinary  Bravery  and  Chearfulnefi,  as  deterrM 
the  Frerieh  from  improving  the  Advantage  of  the 
Place,  the  Wind,^heir  Pirefliip^,  and  their  b^ing 
much  Superiour  irt  Force  •  for  they  hadi  1%  Ships, 
the  kaft  whereof  was  as  big  as  the  Eii:rabeth^  in 
which  was  the  Englifh  Admiral,  whereas  the   lattdf 
had  with  him  but  8  Third^Rates,  1 1  Fourrh.Ratci, 
I  Firft-Rafte,  and  2  Tenders.    A  Fortnight  after 
his  Majefty  went  to  Pertfmoufh,  both  to  haften  thie*  3f&  Itifig 
refitting^  oi  the  Fleet,  ^nd  to  diftribure  Rewards  ^^''  '• 
to  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  who  had  diftinguifli'd  P®"J: 
thennfilves  in  the  late  Engagement.    Admiral  ^^''^m^v  ic 
hert  was  declared,  and  (bon  after  made  Earl  of  Tor^  Mmir*l 
ring^ef^i  Captain  3.Bjm  AJtpby^   Conuilftnder  of  the  Herbert 
bffUncey  and   CaftSan  cUudeJly  Shovel  of  the  Ed^nr^  made  Earl 
received  the  honour  of  KnigbthM^  ;  and  each  9e^- «/  Tor* 
tnan  a-Gntfuity  of  10  i.  which  amoiuntedto  the  Sun!t  rington, 
of  ofidoo  /.  Befides  this  Donative  to  tlie  Livings  hi  sJon«  «• 
Majefty*8  Bounty  extended  to  the  Aelicrs  of  thofe 
Vrho  had  loft  their  LiVesi  in  His  and  their  Countries 
Service^ '  Some  report,  th««f  when  the  King  received 
the  N^ws,  of  this  S^a-FJght,  He  fiid,  Vm  ^twnt 

G  g  Ji  '  .    ..-i     •  mceffaty 


\ 


84  ne  Reign  of  King 

A.    C.   ncceffkry  in  the  beginning  gf  a  IViur^  bui  thui  it  Imt 
1689.    ^^»  r4p9in  the  courfe  rf  it.  ^ 

I  \^^\J     Being  returned  bom  Fortfnmutb^  bis  Majdfy  went 

I  The  Kini   with  w  Queen  to  view  die  Earl  of   Nottii^bim^s 

^  PwrebMjes  Houfe  at  Kfnfingfn^   which  he  defignM  to  pui^ 

Kenfing-  chafe,  and  there  to  make  his  Refidence  during  the 

ton  H9uj4  fitting  of  Parliament,    Upon  account  of  its  Situaii- 

pJid^''  on  in  a  healthfiil  Air,  and  in  the  Ncichbourhood  o£ 

•       London ;  their  Majcftics  having  liked  the  Houfep 

and  coniiderM  what  Additions  it^  might   receive 

I"  to  be  made  a  Royal  Pala£e,a  Barg^  was  (boa  after 

ftruck  up  with  the  Lord  Nottir^hm  h>r  oooooiL 

which  were  paid  him  out  of  the  Treafinry , 

AdJitiOnsI    ^^  «W5ray  the  extraordinaiy  Expencei  of  tbc 

PolUBill,  War,  wbtch  the  King  had  entered  into  by  Advice  of 

his  Parliament,  the  Commons  paft  an  additioaal 

f  A&  to  the  late  A&  for  raifing  Money  by  %  PoU, 

^  ^         which  being  (ent  up  to  the  Lords  for  their  Coacur- 

*"J^  ^*  rence,  their  Lordmips  added  *  a  Qaufe  to  it,  /»r 

gating  4tnd  Taxing  .tlje  Peers  ty  Commoners  of  their  awn 

Naming^  appointing  a  ColleHor  to  receive  the  ^fites  and 

>  Taxes  of  the  Peers^  and  freeing  their  Ferfontfrom  .fo» 

fr(fonment.    To  this  Claule  me  Conmionsdijfagreed, 

i^.Becauie  the  Bill  in  Queftion  tax'd  Commons 

only ;  and  zdly.  Becaufe  the  Poll-bill  already  paft 

had  (ttfficiently  provided  for  Taxing  all  die  No- 

bility,  to  which  the  Lords  had  confented.    On  the 

other  Hand  the  Peers  infifted  on  their  Claule,  al- 

ledging,  ^'  That  it  is  the  common  courfe  of  Parlia- 

'*  ments  to  pals  Explanatory  A6ts,  if  any  thing  has 

*'  been  omitted  or  ill  exprefi'd  in  any  other  A6i 

*'  pafi'd  in  the  fame  Sellion,  which  was  the  prelent 

'    ^         ^*  Cafe.    2.  That  the  Houfe  of  Commotis  had  in 

.   \j       ^^  this  Bill  taken  care  of  the  Seijeants  Inns,  and  the 

*^  Inns  of  Court  and  Chancery,  that  they  fhoidd 

^^  be  Rated  by  their  own  Members,  an4  that  fince 

*^  there  is  no  Comparilbn  t^  be  made  between  them 

^'  and  the  Peers  of  England^  ^  therefore  the  Peers 

^^ou^ht  to  be  Rated  by  none  but  thole  who  are  of 

**  their  own  Houle.    2.  That  die  Houle  of  Peers 

^'  out  of  th^ir  elctraordinsuy  2W  for  the  Reducing 

•  '^  ni  Ire/and,  the  Poll-Bill  coming  up  lb  late  to  them 

^  from  the  Houfe  of  Commons^  that  they  had  hoc 


ib 


W  ILL  J  AM  the  ThhJ.  8f 

^•*  lb  much  time  to  deliberate  upon  every  part  of  it  A.  O 
"as had  been neccflary,  if  fopreffing  an  occafion   1889. 
*•  fhould  have  aliow'd  it,  did  make  this  Omiflion,  \y^y^s^ 
"  which  for  that  r^lbn  only  ought  not  to  turn  to 
"  their  Prejudice ;  it  being  their  undoubted  Ri^ht, 
which  had  bcefi  prcfcrv  d  in  all  former  Poll- Bills, 
and  particlarly  in  the  \z&,  which  paft  in  the  x^xh 
Year  pf  King  Cba>les  Ih  the  Provifoin  that  Bill 
**  being  concciv'd  in  the  fime  Form  with  the  ClaMfe 
**  now  offer'd  by  their  Lordlhips.    To  theft  Rea- 
/onsthc  Commons  Anfwer'd,  "  That  the' admitting 
their  Lord  (hips  Amendment  would  in  a  manned 
Repeal  the  Bill  for  the  Tax,  and  therefore  they 
"  infiWed  in  their  difegreement  to  it.    But  the  Peers 
being  politive  in  Adhering  to  their  Claufe,   the 
Commons  let  drop  the  Additional  A6b,  and  inftead 
of  that  made  and  pafs'd  a  Bill  for  a  Grant  to  their 
Majefties  of  an  Aicl  of  Twelve  Pence  in  the  Pound 
for  one  Year,  for  the  neceffary  defence  of  their 
Realms,  to  which  the  Lords  having  given  theiv 
Concurrence,  it  iya«  *  prefented  to  the  Ring  by  thel^  July  2  a 
Houfe  of  Commons,  upon  which  occafion  their  ^  BiV/ /•' 
Speaker  Addreft  himfelf  to  his  Majeftyin  ^hefol-r'^'.^*''' 
lofvine  manner.  MMjiftin   . 

*'  The  Commons  in  this  prefent  Parliament  At?^  f***  * 
**  fembled  do  with  aU  Duty  and  Humility  acknow-J'^"  ^^* 
"  lege  yourMajefty's  great  care  for  the  Prote6lionof        • 
^*  the  People,in  that  yourMajcfty  hath  made  it  one  of 
**  the  firft  Ads  of  your  Reign  to  declare  War  a- 
^^  gainft  the  French  King,  and  to  (eek  Reparatioa 
^*  for  the  Loffes^  and  Injuries  your  Subjeas  have 
*^  fiiftained  from  that  Nation. 

"  If  we  confider  the  Balance  of  Trade  between 
**  the  two  Kingdoms,  we  (hall  find  the  French  King 
*'  of  late  Years  continually  loading  the  EngUJh  Ma- 
"nufafiures  with  new  Duties  and  Impofitions, 
'''  ^hereby  prohibiting  in  effed  all  Commerce  in  his 

P(»ninioQs,  but  for  ready  Mon^. 

"  If  we  coqiider  our  Laws  and  Liberties,  he  bath 
^-  always  affifted  and  emcouraged  thole  that  have  de- 
^*  dcfi^nM  their  Subver£K>n.     If  we  confider  our  j 

^.^  Religion,^  the  Mi(eries  be  hath  infli^d  upon  his  .    ; 

1!  Qwa  Subje^  pf  the  (ame  Proftifion,  dofuffi'-  « 

G  g  3  II  cicnfly 


it 


B6  The  Reign  of  King 

A.   C  "  cicnily  demonftrate  how  great  an  Enemy  he  is  to 
1 689.   '*  Ours;  and  who  ever  look  up^n  the  prefent  State  of 

LxV^o  "  Europe  and  fee  the  Injuries  made  upon  Your  Ma- 
** jefty's  Allies,  the  horrible  Devaftarions  of  cheir 
*'  Countries^  and  the  open  fupporting-  Your  Ma- 
"jefty's  Rebellious  Subjcits,  muft  needs  confefs 
**  that  the  War  which  Your  Majefty  hath  declared 
**  againft  France^  is  at  this  time  not  only  Juft,  but 
*'  Neceffary. 

"  To  this  War  as  Your  Dutiful  and  Loyal  Com- 
"mons  did  humbly  offer  their  Advice  and  Affi. 
"  ftance  before  Your  Majefty  entered  into  it,  fo 
**  they  are  now  come  to  prefent  Your  Majefty  with 
"  a  Supply  towards  the  carryinjg  it  on,  humbly  dc- 
"  firing  Your  Majefty  to  reft  afiured,  that  they  /ball 
*'  never  be  wanting  to  expofe  both  their  Lives  and 
"  Eftates  in  Defence  of  YoUr  Majefty  againft  all 
**  Your  Enemies. 

The  Dilcontented  Party  (  which  chiefl?  confifted 
of  thoft  whofe  Compliance  with  the  Arbitrarine/s 
of  former  Reigns  maaerhem  liable  to  theCcnfore  of 
the  prefent  Government )  juftly  apprehending,  that 
as  (bon  as  the  Supplies  inould  have  been  provided 

JH  «/ *»'for,  the  Aft  o(  Indemnity,   though  recommended 

dmnitj.  )yj  ^he  King,  would  be  laid  afide,  obftruflbed  the 
pafSng  of  the  Money  Bills,  till  they  had  Afliirances 

given  theto  bv  the  contrary^  ^^^*  ^^^^  ^^^  '?*^  ^^ 

would  fpeedily  be  brought  into  Form,  to  their  Satis- 

fa£):ion.     The  firft  ftep  the  Commons  made  in  this 

Bill  feem'd  to  deflroy  the  hopes  of  Impunity  which 

a  great  many  had  conceivM  from  it ;    for  being 

refolvM  into  a  Committee  of  the  whole  Houft,  it 

•  p  fi      was  *refolvy,  '*That  for  the  Safety;  Settlement 

hex    **  *"^  Welfare  of  the  Nation  for  the  future,  and 

cepted%m^^^^^^^'^y^^  ^^  Publick  Juftice,   (bme    Perfons 

,>f  "  °^I8^^  juftly  be  excepted  out  of  it,     i .  For  the 

liiay  23.  ^  iJSaaaeg\  Advifing  and  Pmmoting  of  the  Difpen* 

"  cing  Power,  and  Sufpence  of  Laws,  and  fotetu- 

**titigA£  Laws  without  CofrfentofParliam^t,  and 

the  Afting  in  puriiiance  of  that  Difi>encinc"Pdweri 

a.  For.  tbe  Commitriient  of  the  Seven  Bi0iops,^ 

knd  PrbfiscntiT^  of  them.    3.  t'or  Adv^ifing,  Pro- 

>*  xnottag  Qiid  Executing  tbe  late  Comimili/on  for 

"  '*  •'         '■'-'■  '' EcclefiafticaV 


It 

4( 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /i&e  ThirJ.  87 

■*  Ecclefiaftical  Caufes.  4.  For  advifing  the  Levy-  A:  C 
**  ing  Money,  and  Colleding  it  for  the  ufe  of  the  1689. 
•*  Crown,  oy  pretence  of  Prerogative,  for  other  \,yy^ 
*'  time,  and  in  other  manner  than  granted  by  Parlia- 
**  ment.  j.  For  the  advifing  the  raifing  and  keep- 
**  ing  a  Standing  Array  in  time  of  Peace,  without 
*'  Conftnt  of  Parliament,  and  Quartering  of  Sol- 
*'  diers.  6.  For  adviflng,  procuring,  contriving,  al- 
*'  tering  and  fiibverting  Corporations,  and  procu- 
*^  ring  new  Charters,  and  violating  the  Rights  and 
**  Freedom  of  Eleftions  to  Parliament  in  Coun- 
ties, Cities,  Corporations,  Burroughs  and  Ports, 
and  qucftioning  the  Proceedings  of  Parliament 
out  of  Parliament,  by  Declarations,  Informations 
"or  otherwife.  7.  For  undue  Conftruftions  of 
**  Law,  and  undue  and  illegal  Profecutions  and 
**  Proceedings  in  Capital  Cales.  8.  For  undue  Re- 
**  turn  of  Jurors,  and  other  illegal  Proceedings  in 
^'  Civil  Caufes.  9.  For  the  requiring  exceiiivc  Bail, 
*'  impofing  excelfive  Fines,  giving  excefllve  Da- 
*^  mages,  and  ufing  undue  means  For  levying  fuch 
•*  Fines  and  Damages,  and  infliiling  cruel  and  un- 
*'  fiial  Punifliments ;  and  laftly  fqr  advifing  King 
^  Charles  II.  and  King  James  ll.  that  Parliaments 
**  need  not  be  calPd  according  to  the  Statutes.  By 
thcle  Heads  of  Exceptions  a  great  many  Members 
of  both  Houfcs  were  left  expos'd. 

The  fame  *  Day  Major  lVild(nan  Reported  from  ^.^  *■ 
the  Committee  appointed  in  relation  to  the  Prifon- Jfj^   ^* 
ers  in  the  Tower,  "  That  having  inipefted  and  «-f[J]J^j2fr 
*'  amined  the  Accounts  of  Mr.  Burton  and  Mr.  Gra^  Graham, 
"  Lim^  who  had  been  committed  fbme  time  befprc,  *  jyiay  a 3. 
"  they  found  that  the  faid  Burton  and  Graham,  from 
^  the  Year  1679,  to  the  Year  i688,  had  received 
"  great  t  Sums  out  of  the  Exchequer,  which  they 
**  alledged  to  have  paid  to  \^'ltne^les,  Jurors,  SoUi-"''  ^'^'' 
"citors.  Council,  and   to  themfclves   and  other  ^?°®** 
^  Perfons  in  their  Proiecutions  of  Indidbnents,  In- 
**  formations  and  Tryals  of  Perfons  in  Capital,  and 
**  other  pretaided  Criminal  Cafes,  aitd  in  Qjfo  pyar-^ 
^^rantos  againft  Corporations ;  and  other  Proceed-  m'' 
"  jngs  in  the  Name  and  on  benalf  of  the  late  King. 
"  Tnat  for  Inftance  in  Profecuting  (  for  pretended 

Gg  4  " conftrusflive. 


g8  TTj^  Reign  ^f  King 

A.  C    **  conftrafiive  Treafons  )  the  Lord  I{ujfel^   Al^ernZ 

1689.   **«»  Sidney  Elqi   Sir  Tbom^s   Amjlrong^  the  L.ords 

**  Brandon  and  DeUmercy  John  Hamden  Efq;  AJdcr- 

•*  man  Comifh^  and  divers  others  \  and  in  their  Pro- 

**  Seating  upon  Information  for  fiippos"'d.  Mifde- 

^^  meneanors  and  Crimes  not  Capital,  Sir  Samuel  Bar* 

•*  nadiftony  Sir  Patience  fVard^  Sir  Thomas  Pilkjngton^ 

**  Slingsby  BetheB,  Sir.  IV.  iViaiams ,    Mr.  ^itrnw^rX 

•*  Johnfony  Oates,   and  many  others,   they  charc'd 

**  their  Accounts  with  exhoroitant  Expjences  ;  Thar 

**  there  were  feveral  Witnefles  concurring  with  theie 

**  Accounts  to  make  it  manifeft,  that  the  laid  Graham 

"  and  Burtoyt  were  Inftrumental  in  moft  or  all  the 

**  illegal  Proftcutions  for  the  taking  away  the  Lives 

**  and  Eftates  of  thofe  that  had  fuffer'd  the  lofs  of 

**  either,within  Eight  Years  laft  paft ;  And  that  thcjr 

"had, by  their  malicious  Indiftmcnts,  Informations 

•*  and  Prolccucions  of  Q^w  fVarrantos,  openly  endea- 

**  vour'd  the  Subverfion  of  the  Proteftant  Religion* 

"  and  the  Government  of  the  Realm,  and  wafted 

**  many  Thouland  Pounds  of  the  publick  Revenue 

"  thereof  in  their  undue  Prolecutions  and  SoUid- 


.*'  tations. 


In  this  Interval  moft  of  the  Princes  and  Poten- 

ISng  WiUtates  of  Europe  acknowledged  their  Majefties  Title, 

Jiam  and  and  Congratulated  their  happy  Acceilion  to  the  Im- 

fijw«iMa.  perial  Crown  oE  England  by  their  publick  Mini- 

2&*"-^  fters;  particularly  the  Emperor  by  Monfieur //<?/- 

%um^t  ^"^^  ^  }^^  King  of  Spain,  by  Don  Pedro  de  Hpn^uillo; 

'  the  King  of  Sweden^  by  Monfieur  Liomher^ ;   the 

King  of  Denrnarl^,  by  Ndonfieur  Pelfs  and  Monfieur 

Geftorf'y  the  Elcftor  of  Brandenburgh^  by  Monfieur 

Sehmettau ;  the  Dukes  of  Bmnfmck  and  Lunenburgb^ 

by  the  Baron  de  Schut:^ ;  the  Landtgrave  of  Heffe- 

C/tffely  hj  the  Baron  de  Goers  (  or  Gorts )  and  the 

States  Cjeneral  of  the  United  Provinces,  by  Met 

fieurs  Van  Engelenhurgb,  Van  IVitfen^  Van  Odyd^ 

*M«y  ^7- Van  Citters^  and  Van  Ihckyelt,  who  diftincniih'd 

The  Earl    |.i^mfelvcs  from  the  reft  by  a  moft  Magni&ent  * 

broke'/fw/^"^''^'.  ^"  acknowledgment  ot  this  Solemn  Em- 

-Mnvoy  t9    ^^'^^  ^^^  Majefty  lent  the  EzrloE,  Pembroke  to  the 

States  Jf    States,  as  a  Pcrlbn  who,  both  by  his  Birth  and  Capa> 

Holland,  ^i  V,  was  able  to  ballancc  the  congregated  Merit  of 

many  others;  Abouc 


WILLIAM  the  third.  89 

About  this  time  the  King  being  iaform'd  that  A.  Cj 
fbineofthe  Officers  of  the  Army  detained  part  of   1689. 
jthe  Soldiers  Pay,  which  had  occafion'd  Diibrders  y^y^^/^j 
among  them,  and  Abufcs  and  Injuries  that  had  been  jhufis 
put  upon  the  Pcrfons  where  they  were  Quartered,  rwwffi>rfi 
His  Majefty  granted  a  Commiilion  to  the  Duke  of  ^7  s^lditrf 

Schcmberg^  the  Earls  of  Drut^w/i/rff  2IiA  Mordant^  tht  ^'^^^f'd 
Lord  DeJa  Mire^  Mr.  M^oarton^  and  fome others,  to ^V  '3- 
enquire  into  the  Cau(e  of  thofe  Diibrders,  ^nd  Ke- 
drefe  the  fime,  of  which  his  Majefty  gave  publick 
Notice,  by  a  Proclamation  for  fr^enting  of  falfe 
Mujlers  and  Injuries  which  might  he  done^  either  to 
the  Soldiers  or  SubjeRs, 

It  was  Natural  for  the  Upman  CathoUcks  to  rcDine  Difimtenti 
at  theprefent  Settlement;  and  their  diflatisfaai^ /it Eag>» 
was  fofar  excu&ble,  that  it  was  the  cfFe6l  of  th&Iuid. 
Zeal  for  their  Religion,  which  they  apprehended 
was  in  danger  of  a  total  Extirpation  9  fince  they  had 
loft  a  King  whom  they  always  efteem'^d  to  have 
been  rais'dby  God  Almighty,  to  reeftablifli  and 
propagate  the  Upman  Faith  in  thefc  Nations  y  But 
'twas  ftrange  to  fee  a  fort  of  Prot^ftants  difgiifted 
.  with  a  Revolution  that  fcem'd  to  have  been  accom- 
plilh'd  under  the  particular  Diredion  of  Heaven, 
for  the  Prefervation  of  the  Reform'd  Rcligroil. 
Thefe  Malecontents,  not  darine  publickly  to  Profefi 
their  AfFeftion  to  the  Abdicated  Monarch,  infinua- 
ted  thcmfilves  into  all  Ck)mpan!es,  privately  fow- 
ing  the  Seeds  of  Sedition  in  fiich  Tempers  as  they 
found  prepared  to  receive  them.  They  murmured 
at  the  prelent  Pofture  of  AfiFairs,  whi/pering,  that 
all  was  illegal  and  unjuftifiMe  j  That  the  DoBrine  of 
Mariana  the  Spanjft  Jcfuit^  was  now  praiiicabfy 
tranjlated  into  Engliih,  and  that  Men  needed  not  am 
longer  be  beholding  to  Koniefor  Diffenfatiohs  and  Ab- 
folutionsy  fince  in  England  every  JMan  had  found  out 
fhe  way  to  become  his  own  Qonfeffor^  and  could  readily 
Abfolve  himfelf  from  Oaths  of  Allegiance ;  TW  Kjt^ 
James  would  (hortly  return  with  a  Powerful  Army  ^  and 
Settle  things  on  a  ^ight  Foundation-^  That  the  Interefi 
if  the  Church  ^England  was  involved  with  that  of  his 
Ma/ejlyy  and  that  the  one  could  notfubjifi  without  the 

J{efi9mi9n  of  the  Qthcr.    Tbefc  Seditious  Infmuati- 
/,....  '•  ■  "  on$. 


90  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  onsbemccountcnancMby  fbmeDmncs  whorefiisM 
I  (J8o,    ^®  ^'^^  ^^  ^)aths,  Dr.Bx/rwr^  Bifhop  of  Salisbury^  em- 
^^^,,-i^N^  ploj'd  his  Pen  to  reiHfie  their  Errors  and  conquer 
Dr.  Bur-  ^heir  Obftinacy,  Addrelling  a  Paftoral  Letter  to  the 
nctV  Pii-  Clergy  of  his  Diocefi  concerning  the  Allegiance  due 
fiv0l  Lti'  to  King  Pf^iliam  and  Qpeen  Mary,     But  it  far'd  with 
fer  profv  him   as  it  generally  does  with,  foch    as  write  in 
ifticKing    Favour  of  a  prevailmg  Party ;  that  is,  he  over-fhot 
^Jo***"  ^^^  Mark  ;  for  whereas  he  (hould  have  been  con- 
WV^«i  jgnted  to  aflert  their  Majefties  Title  by  laying, 
Cmuerm  ^*'*^  '^^•^.  ^^^^  ^^ually  in  Pojfejjion  of  the  Throne^   hy 
Eh^€d        the  unanimous  Confent  of  the  B^frefentatives  of  the  fid* 
May  15.  ^'^9  ^^  carried  his  Realbning  further,  and  endea- 
vour'd  to  prove  that  King  fViUinm  had  a  juft  Claim 
to  the  Crown  by  his  Sword.    He  alledg  d,  "  That 
•*  there  were  few  of  thoft,  who  did  not  think,  that 
*'  the  Kins,  when  he  was  Prince  of  Orange^  had  a 
''  juft  Caule  of  War,  when  he  firft  undertook  this 
Expedition,  for  even  at  Common-Law  an  Heir 
in  I^emaindery  has  juft  Caufe  to  Sue  him  that  is 
in  Pofleilion ,  if  he  makes  wafte  on  the  Inheri- 
**  tance  which  is  in  Reverfion ;  That  it  is  much 
**  more  realbnable,   fince  the  thing  is  much  more 
**  Important,  That  the  Heir  of  a  Crown  (hould  in- 
**  terpolcjwhen  he  fees  him  that  is  in  PoflelCon  hur- 
**  ried  on  blindfold  to  fubje6l  an  Indej^endent  King- 
**  dom  to  a  Foreign  ]uri(di6tion,    and  thereby  to 
*'  rob  it  both  of  its  Glory,  and  of  its  Security  ;  That 
**  when  it  is  manifeft  that  this  muft  occafion  the 
^  greateft  Ruin  and  Miferies  poffible  to  that  King- 
"  dom,  and  when  a  pretended  Heir  was  fet  up  in 
**  fiich  a  manner  that  the  whole  Kingdom  believ'd 
^'  him  Spurious,  in  fiich  a  Cafe,  it  could  not  be  de- 
**  nied,  eveix  according  to  the  higheft-  Principles  ot 
**  pa/live  Obedience,  that  another  Sovereign  Prince 
**  might  make  War  on  a  King  fo  abufing  his  Power  ; 
That  this  being  the  Cafe  in  Fa6l,  here  was  a 
War  begun  upon  juft  and  lawful  Grounds,  and 
being  (b  begun,  it  was  the  uncontroverted  Opi~ 
nion  of  all  Lawyers,  That  thefuccefs  of  a  juft  PVkr 
gives  a  Urpful  Title  to  that  which  is  acquired  in  the 
Progrcfs  ofit^  and  therefore  Kmg  James  haviiig  fo, 
"  far  Sunk^  in  the  War,  that  he  abandon'd  his  feo^ 


4C 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //;tf  ThirJ.  ^i 

pie,  and  deferred  the  Government,  all  his  Right  A.  C 
and  Title  did  accrue  to  King  H^ttMn^  in  the    i^go. 
'^  Rieht  of  a  Conqueft  over  him.     But  tho*  with  v.xyO 
"  Relation  to  King  Jameses  Rights,  he  was  vcfted 
**  wiih  them  by  the  Succeffes  of  a  War,  yet  His 
'*  Majeflrjr  was  willing,  with  Relation  to  the  Peers 
"  and  People  of  Englandy  to  receive  the  Crown  by 
"  their  Extermination,  rather  than  to  hold  it  in  the 
**  Right  of  his  Sword.    The  (ame  Argument  was 
purfiicd  and  illuftrated  about  three  Years  after,  in 
a  Pamphlet  entituled  *  King  VVilli4m  TJiA  0^^^^*  Sutpos^d 
Man  Conquerors,   at  which  the  Parliament  then^,  bevrif' 
Sitting  were  fo  offended,  that  they  order'd  both  that,  ten  by  Mr. 
and  Dr.  Burnet's  Letter  to  be  publickly  Bgmt  by  Blount.  * 
the  Common  Executioner.    Some  time  before  the 
Bifhop  publilh'd  this  Paftoral  Letter,  the  Malecon- 
tents  difpers'd  a  Libel,  called  A  Jhort  HUtary  of  the 
Convention^  or  new  Chrifiend  Parliament^  againft  which 
His  Majcfty  t  put  forth  a  Proclamation,  promifing  f  May  7. 
a  Reward  of  100/.  to  fiich  Perfons  as  fhould  difco- 
yer  cither  the  Author,  Printer  or  Publifher  of  th€ 
(aid  Treafonable  Pamphlet. 

To  refiime  the  Proceedings  in  Parliament,  the 
Commons  having  afjpointed  a  Committee  to  make 
an  Eftimate  of  Forfeitures,  Ground  Rents,  and  Ad- 
ditional Excife.,    in  order  to  raife  further  Aids  to 
carry  on  the  War,  Mr.  Papillion  reported,  "  That  Repmsm 
•'  as  to  Forfciaircs  the  Committee  had  perusM  the  ^'"^  ^^^' 
<*  Lifts  delivered  in  by  the  Members  of  the  i'^^mlf^Y'!^,, 
**  Counties,  and,  on  Examination,  did  find  great  ^"^^f^^l" 
**  Difficulties  in  the  Matter,  as,  whether  fome  that  /• /^  j^^y 
J'  were  nam'd  had  afted  in  their  Offices?    Whe-  ,r ' 
***  thcr  others  were  not  inlblvent  and  unable  to  Pay  ;     ' 
**  whether  others  had  not  qualified  themfclves,  and 
**  whether  there  were  not  ftveral  omitted ;  •  but 
•'  Aat  on  Confideration  of  the  whole,  it  was  their  O- 
**  pinion  that  the  Forfeitures  in  the  ieveral  Counties 
^  might  produce  ^4^000  /.  without  ifidddbg  the 
*•  Counties    of  Bedford,,   Lincoln ,    and  Cardigan , 
**  there  being  no  Lift  brought  in  of  thofe  Coun- 
ties.    That  as  to  the  Additional  Excile,  it  was 
the  Opinion  of  the  Committee,  that  Nine  Pence 


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**  -^er  Barrel  might  prt>ducc  l  aoooo  /.  fer  Annum  5 

ut  thai  as   to  toe   Groond- Rents  the  Com^ 

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^^  fcr 


9%  The  Reign  of  King 

^.  C  '^  mlttce,  as  yet,  could  not  find  out  Means  to  copie 
I  ($89.   *^  to  any  prooable  Grounds  to  make  an  Eftimate* 

V,,,.r/\^"  but  they  were  endeavouring  it,  and  in  «  fairvFaj 
"  towards  it. 

It    was    neceflary,     in   order  to   Juftifie   the 

^f!!^'^T  prefent   Settlement,  to  animadvert  upon  the  ir- 

^^''^  regular  Proceedings  of  the  preceeding  Reigns^  more 
^(pecially  thole  of  the  corrupt  Judges  in  Weftmin^ 
fter  HdlL  Therefore  Bills  were  brought  Into  the 
Hou(e  of  Lords  to  reverie  and  annua  the  Attain- 
ders of  the  Lord  H^ffel^  Alicia,  Lijle^  and  M^rnoot^ 
,  Sidney,  which  being  recommended  from  the  King, 
paft  both  Houfes  with  great  Unanimity.  A  Com- 
mittee  of  Priviledges  being  appointed  m  the  Houlo 

April  2  2.  of  Peers,  and  having  Exammed  the  Caie  of  the  £arl 
'  of  Devonfhire,  their  Lordfhips  reported  their  Opini* 
on,  which  was,  That  tht  Proceedings  againfi  the  faid 
Bar  I  in  the  Court  o/King's-Bench  /»  Eafter-Tenn, 
sn  the  Third  Tear  of  King  James  IL  upon  an  Irrforma* 
tion  of  an  Affault  upon  Mr.  Culpeper,  wherein  his, 
l^ordfaifs  Flea  of  Privijedge  of  Parlian^nt  was  ♦wr^ 
ruled^  and  he  was  Find  JOOOQ  /.  and  thereupon  commit^ 
ted  to  the  King's-Bench  in  Execution,  was  a  great 
Violation  of  the  Priviledges  of  the  Peers  of  England  ; 
And  likfiwifey  that  thofe  Judges,  who  fat  in  the  faid 
Court,  when  the  faid  Judgments  were  given,  and  eb^, 
faid  Commitment  made,  fhould  be  required  to  attend  ok 
the  Bar  of  this  Houfe,  to  aifwer  for  the  great  Offence, 

which  they  committed  thereby.  Hereupon  the  Lords 
order'dthat  S>}x  F(pbert  Wright^  whb  upon  the  with- 
drawing ofKing?4iw/,  had  been  committed  R"r» 
foner  in  Newgate^  Sir  £(iahard  Holloway,  Mr.  Bradbury^ 
Mr.  Fetyt^  and  Mr.  Jufticc  PawelU  fhould  attend  their 
Houfe  on  the  6th  of  May  following,  which  tbey 
did  accordingly.  The  Deputy  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
Crown  OflSce  m  the  Kjn^s-Bench  havinjg  publickly 
Read  the  Record  relating  to  the  Earl  oi  Deifonjhirts 
Cafe,  and  the  Judges  being  ask*d  what  they  had  to 

iay  for  themfelvcs  in  thi&BiSine^  ?  Mr.  Juftice  Powel 
aid,  That  it  was  his  great  Misfortune  fh^t  he  was  mif» 
guided  by  feme  Boo^s,  which  he  lool^d  on  as  Authorities^ 
and  which  he  found,  by  their  Lordfhips  JudgmefUs  were 
Tfotfo,  and  he  humbly  begged  their  Lord/hips  and  the. 
Earl  0/ DcvonlhireV  Pardon.    Tha^^as  to  tb^ Fine^he 

thought 


WILLIAM  thcTbirJ.  pj 

thi^  it  excrbiunt^    and  hol^d  ufn  3000  L  tint   A.  C 
tnm^h\  and  that  his  Silence  in  that  Bufinefs  was  his.  i6Sgi 
greatefi  Faulty  for  which  he  alfo  beg^d  Pardon.    Sir  jF(*- 
tert  Vyrizhe  allcdg'd,  That  as  to  the  Breach  of  Frivi^ 
ledges  thej  were  mijguided  by  Precedents'^    as  to  the 
Fine^  (which  is  ufuallyfet  a^ording  to  the  Qifality  and 
teftate  of  the  Per/on  Fin^d)  It  came  from  the  Puny  Judge 
^0000 1.  and  fo  to  him  lofty  according  ta  the  courfe  ef 
the  Court  ^  and  if  he  was  miftakfn  he  begged  Pardeft^ 
for  he  never  had  the  leaft  DiJrefpeH  to  the  Earl  of  De-* 
Vonfhire.    Then  Sir  I(Jchard  Holloway  (aid,  That  he^ 
as  Second  Judge,  pronounced  the  Fine,  joooo/.  which 
Was  fet  Ncmine  Contradicente  ;  that  if  a  lejfer  Fins  . 
had  beenfrofos^d  hejhould  have  accepted  it :  and  beg* 
ged  nti  Lord  Devon(hireV  Pardon^  and  fubmitted  all 
io  their  Lardfhifs.  After  that,  die  Lords  asking  them^ 
whether  they  had  no  Difcoiuie  together  before^ 
concerning  the  laid  Fine,  Sir  i(d^^^|^ri;£r^  affirm- 
ed, it  was  neyer  mentioned  but  in  Court ;  and  Sir 
BJehard  Holloway  alfo  declared.  He  had  na  Diredi- 
on  in  it,  either  From  Kin^  James  or  Chancellor  Jef^ 
freys  -whereupon Mr. Jufticc  Powell  replied ,  Sir  Ri- 
chara  Holloway  might  remember  there  was  a  Dijcourj^ ' 
of  the  Fine  five  or  fix  Days  btfere  at  the  Lord  Chancet- 
ler^s,  wAffTtf  S/r  Robert  Wright,  S*r  Richard  Hollo, 
way.  Sir  Richard  AUibone  and  hinfelf  were.    This 
Sir  Hjchard  Holloway  pretended  he  did  not  remem- 
ber ;  and  Sir  Robert  Wrirht  denied,  that  they  were 
there  purpofely  about  me  (aid  Fine.    Thefe  two 
being  withdrawn,  Mr  Juftice  Powel^  was  ask'dy  what 
Difcourfe  thev  had  at  the  Lord  Chancellor's  ?  To 
which  heanfwcrM,  That  the  Chancellor  firft  proposed 
aoocol.  and  afterwards  fdid,it  would  be  better  if  ^OOOO 
Poundj  and  then  the  KJng  might  abate  loooo  1.  And 
that  to  this  he  declared  his  dtjlike  to  the  other  Judges^ 
th^  not,  before  the  Lor d^  Chancellor.    After  this  Ejca- 
minatipn,  Notice  hay ine  been  given  to  the  King's 
Council,  to  the  end  if  they  had  any  thing  to  offer, 
iVhether  a  Peer  of  this  I{ealm  might  by  Law  be  com* 
ntitted  in  Execution  for  a  Fine  ?  The  laid  Council 
did  accordingly  give  their  Attendance,  but  offered 
aothiue  therein  ;  wherefore,  upon  hill-  ConGderari- 
Qn  of  me  fercral  Cafts  and  Precedent^  wherein  the 

Pnvi- 


1  *  . 

T 


^4  7^^  R€iff$  of  Kinz^ 

A^    C    Privilcdgcs  of  the  Peers  have  been  concefnVl,  the 

J  689*   Lords  ^iritual  and  Temporal  did  Declare  and 

%,^^0iY'su  Adjudge,  That  the  Court  of  King's- Bench  in  ovcr^ 

May  15.   ruling  tije  Eari  o^Devonfllirc'j  Pica  of  PrivifeJge  of 

Barliament^  and  forcing  him  to  plead  over  in  Chiefs  it 

being  within  the  ufual  time  of  Friviledge^  did  thereby 

commit  a  mauifefi  Breach  of  PriviieJge\  and  that  the 

Fi/ie.  of  30000 1.  imfoj^d  bj  the  Coz/r^  <jf  King's- Bench 

ttfonthejaid  Eari^  xoas  excejfve  and  exorbitant  and  a^ 

t^ufie  ^^ffUttfi  Magna  Charta,  the  Common  Hight  <f  the  Sub^ 

Judpnmt  y^g^  ^^  ffj^  i^g^   ^  ffj^  Land,  and  that  no  Peer  of 

tf^  1  K     ^^^  B^alm^  at  any  time^  ought  to  be  committed  for  "Non^ 

^J.^'P4Pjwir»/  of  a  Fine  to  tl^e  I^ir».     About  a  t  Month 

tdtoberem^^^'^  Mr.  7flib«/i«*s  Trial  and  Sufierings  being  re- 

^fifl^    "ported  to  che  Confimons,  the  Hou(e  gave  an  In- 

ftru6tion  to  the  Comnuttee  appointed  to  drav  the 

BiU  for  Reyerfing  the  Judgment,   to  declare  the 

Proceeding  in  the  Eccleiiaftical  Court  againft  the 

^d  Mr.  Jahnfon  as  to  his  Degradation,  void  ;  and 

Refi>lv'd,  That  he  be  recommended  to  His  hiajeftyfor 

Preferment, 

Titns  The  Famous  Titus  Oates  took  this  fevourable  Ojv 

Oates  «ff-  poreunitjr  to  joftifie  his  pretended  Veraci^  m  his 

^avwrs    inforaiatioiis  relating  to  the  Popifh  Plotjand  ftirr'd  fo 

liTy^aci^^^^  about  TVeJhninJier  and  Whitehall^    that  Mr. 

J-  "juftice  Dolben  naving  brought  into  the  Houfc  of 

Loids  three  Writs  of  Error  between  him  and  King 

Charles  II.  and  the  Duke  of  Tor/^,  to  which  04/f/^ 

Council  declared  their  Exceptions  in  Writing  to 

•  April     the  Lord  Chief  Jufticc,  their  Lordfhips  *  orderM, 

ay.  that  Sir  I{ichard  HoHoway  and  Sir  Francis  IVithcns 

Aouid  attend  their  Houfe,  and  give  their  Heafbns 

and  Grounds  for  their  Judgment  againfl:  Titus  Gates 

in  the  Court  of  Kjn^sBench.    Whilft  this  Bufinefs 

was  depending,    Gates  printed  a  Paper  which  he 

^-May  25.own'dt  before  the  Houfe  of  Lords,  and  wherein 

OatesV     healledg'd,  "  That  in  the  Year  i<78*  he  drfcove* 

^fi*         •*  red  a  horrid  Pofiflo  Con^iracy  for  the  Deftru- 

^'  aion  of  the  late  King  Charles  II .  his  prefent  Ma- 

"jefty,  then  Prince  ox  Grange^  and  the  Proteftanc 

"  Religion,  Within  theft  Kingdoms,  and  prov'd  it 

*'  fo  fiilly,  that  feveral  Parliaments  and  Cpurts  of 

"  Juftice,  before  whom  he  gave  his  Teftimoffjr,  d^- 

"  dar'd 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //;<?  ThirJ.  95 

**  dar'd  their  Belief  of  it  by  pubiick  Votei,  and  A.  G. 
^'  the  Condemnation  of  the  (everal  of  the  Coolpi-  1689. 
•*  rators,  accused  riot  only  by  htm,  but  by  feyeral  u<Y%i 
**  other  Wimeflcs,  That  the  Houfe  of  Lords  be- 
*'  ing  (enfihle  of  the  great  Service  of  Qs$es^  g/LVC 
^^  him  tb^r  Thanks  in  a  moft  pubiick  manoer ,  «nd 
•^  Addrefled  to  King  Charles  if.  to  Grant  hfa  Royal 
^'  Prote£bioa  to  the  faid  Oates^  and  Rive  him  a  S^b- 
**  (iftance  till  the  Parliament  coniSler'd  of  »  Re* 
^^  ward  (uitalble  to  his  great  and  pubiick  Service  to 
^^  the  King  and  Kingdom.  That  the  &d  O^fs  iif- 
*•  coverM  the  Traiterous  Conipiracy  \i^bicb  Cpie-- 
^^  man  held  with  La  Chaife^  Confeflbr  tO'  the  Vr^nA 
^^  King,  which  gave  both  Houlea  of  Parliamecit  hA 
^^  lati^a<%ion  ofthe  Fq^  Plot ;  and  other  LMers 
"  were  produc'd  by  a  PerCm  a  Quality,  by  wfaich 
*^  the  Government  was  ^tisfied  of  die  Underhand 
*^  Dealing  ova  peat  Minifier  efState^  at  tWcime^ 
*'in  order  10  procure  a  Sum  of  Money  cq  put  oft 
**  the  Parliament,  all  which  did  ftill  juftj&thcfei 
^^Oates^  and  did  verifie  the  Truth  of  hisDi^ave- 
•'  ry.  That  the  Duke  of  Xork^  having  a  great  ior 
fiuenoe  upon  King  Charles  II.  as  ali&  levjeraji  o- 
thers  of  the  Fopi/h  Party,  did  prevail  upon  him 
*'  to  fiiffer  the  fiid  Oates  to  be  indiSied  of  Perjury 
*'  in  two  feveral  Indidhnents,  fix  or  fcv«n  x  ear« 
••  after  he  had  given  hisTeftimony  concerning  the 
Ffipijh  Plot,  and  brought  the  mot  to  Trial  ja 
i6Bf.  in  the  Reign  ofKin^  James  II.  with  an 
**  Addition  of  (bme  other  Wmieiles,  but  ail  Pa- 
**  pifts,  andbrou^t  up  at  St.  Oroers^  excepting  one, 
*^  who  had  likewife  his  Education  at  St.  Omers^  but 
**  was  turned  Proteftant,  as  he  pretended,  and  was 
**  made  a  Minifter  by  the  Bifliap  of  St.  Afafb.  That 
"  the  Lord  Chief  Juftice  Jeffreys  Brow-beatinjg 
Gates's  Witnefles,  as  (everal  Peers  could  Tcfti- 
fie,  and  appearing  ib  much  Oiirex's  Enemy,: the 
King's  Council  perverting  the  Teftimooy,  and 
no  Council  daring  to  appear  for  Oaies^  he  was 
found  Guilty  of  Peijury.  That  the  aforeiaid  In- 
^^  didments  be  had  remov'd  into  the  Lords  Hou^ 
**  by  Writs  of  Error,  and  if  their  Lordfliips  would 
V'  ^  pleased  to  Examine  into  the  Merits  of  the 

^'  Caufc, 


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^6  The  Reign  of  King 

'A.  C.  **Cairfe,  he  would  produce  three  Witneflc^  yeCa- 
l58o.  "  ^^^»  ^^^  would  juftitie  his  being  in  Town  at  the 
•'  time  that  St.  Omers  Witncfles  Swore  him  out  of 
**Town;  that  he  could  produce  Mr.  Jennifin^ 
*'  vAiQ  would  prove  that  Ireland  waj  in  Town  in 
Au£t(fi  1678.  which  contradidied  the  Stttffordjhire 
Witnefles.  That  the  Papifts  themielves  having 
**  juftified  Oates^s  Teftimony,  by  their  open  and  a- 
**  vow'd  Violation  of  our  Laws,  Liberties  and  Re- 
^  li^ion,  and  executing  thele  things  in  the  Reign 
**  oi  the  late  King,  which  he  did  discover  them  to 
^  be  contriving  in  the  Reign  of  King  Charles  IL 
^'  v^ch  was  me  Subftance  of  his  TefUmooy^  he 
•*  hop'd  die  Reputation  of  St^  Omers  Witncfles,  who 
•*  were  brib*d  with  Places  and  Offices  in  the  Ar- 
^^  my,  and  Sums  of  Money,  (hould  not  prevail  with 
^^  the  Houfe  of  Lords  from  letting  afide  the  Judg* 
•*  ments  brought  before  their  Lordlnips.  All  whtdi 
was  humbhr  Offered  to  the  Coniideration  of  the 
Lords  aiul  Commons. 

After  a  long  Debate,  die  Queftion  propounded 
was.  Whether  this  Paper  own'd  by  Titus  Gates  did 
contain  Matter  tending  to  the  Breach  of  the  Privi. 
ledge  of  this  Houfe  ?  Which  being  carried  in  the 
Afiutnative,  the  Duke  of  Ba/r0»,the  Carls  of  Macclts^ 
field  and  Stamford^  and  the  Lords  Ccmwallis^H^artmy 
and  Sidney^  diHented  from,  and  protefted  againft 
che  (aid  Vote ;  Firft,  "  Becaufe  the  Matter  relbl- 
•*  ved  to  be  a  Breach  of  the  Priviledge  of  that  Houfe^ 
*'  was  not  plainly  iand  diftb<ily  expreft  in  the  laid 
•*  Vote ;  nor  dici  it  appear  therein  what  particular 
**  Priviledge  of  the  Houfe  of  Peers  was  broken  by 
•'  any  Matter  contain'd  in  that  Paper  ;  and  there- 
•*  fore  this  Vote  could  be  of  no  ufe  to  fupport  any 
**  Priviledge  of  that  Houfe,  or  prevent  the  Breach 
**  of  any  ot  them  for  the  Future.  Secondly,  Becaufe 
*'  the  laid  Vote  might  tend  to  the  Diiimion  of  both 
*>  Houies,  which  nught  prove  of  dangerous  Confe- 
**  quence  to  the  King  and  Kingdom,  they  appre- 
*'  bending  the  whole  Drift  of  the  (aid  Paper  to  be, 
**  to  have  Relief  in  a  Legiflative  way,  and  accord- 
*'  inriy  the  Cafe  and  Prayer  was  direded  to  both 
^  Houfes :  And  Thirdly,  Becaufe  that  Day  bemg 

ap. 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  97 

"  apjjointed  by  Order  of  that  Houft,  to  hare  the  A.  C. 
**  Opinion  of  the  Judges  on  the  Writ  of  Error  in  1 689. 
*'  the  Cafe  of  the  fijd  Oates^  and  the  (aid  Judges  at- 
**  tending  accordingly,  they  did  think  it  proper, 
that  the  Houft  would  have  heard  their  Opinion  : 
and  thereupon  havef  according  to  ufiiai  Courfe  ot 
*'  Judicature  in  fiich  Cafes  )  proceeded  to  Sentence 
**  Defore  the  taking  into  Confideration  the  /aid  Pa- 
*'  per,  introduced  but  that  Morning  into  the  Houfe 
Yet  notwichftanding  this  Proreftation,  Oatcj  was 
immediateh^,  by  their  Lordftiips  Order,  commit- 
ted to  the  Prifon  of  the  Kf^g's  Bench.  ^ 

He  had  been  but  two  Days  in  Prilbn  when  he 
prcfentcd   a  Petition  to  the  Lords,   letting  forth, 
*^  That  he  ever  was  fo  far  from  laying  or  doms  any 
thing  willingly,  which  the  leaft  interred  wim  the 
Rights  and  Privileges  of  that  Honourable.Houfe, 


€C 

**  that  if  any  thing  was  Inferted  in  his  Cafe,  which 
*'  oflFended  their  Lordftiips,  it  proceeded  from  Igno- 

C6 


ranee  or  *  Inadvertency,  and  humbly  bcgg'd  their  ♦  May  30^ 
Lordftiips  Pardon.Upon  this  Oates  was  brought  to 
theBar  to  make  his  fiibmiilion  to  the  H6u(e  of  Lords, 
but  refufin^  to  ftrike  out  the  Title  he  had  affum'd 
in  his  Petiuon,  of  Doitor  of  Divinity,  at  which 
there  were  Exceptions  taken,  he  was  immediately 
remanded  to  the  Cuftody  of  the  Marfliallca  of  the 
Kjng'  Bench, 

C5n  the  2ift  of  Mny  the  Houfe  of  Lords  having 
heard  the  Opinion  of  all  the  Judges  concerning  the 
Illegality  of  the  two  Judgments  againfl:  Titus  Oaus^ 
upon  the  point  of  Perjury,  for  which  he  had 
brought  hfe  Writs  of  Error  the  Houfe  had  this 
main  Queftion  proposed;  Whether  to  Reverie 
the  fiiid  two  Judgments.  Which  being  Reiblv'd 
in  the  Negative,'  and  the  faid  Judgment  con- 
firm'd.  Thirteen  Lords  enter  d  their  Diffents  to 
it.  *'  Firft,  Becaufe  the  K^ng'j  Bench  being  a 
*'  Temporal  Court  made  it  part  of  their  Juag^ 
**  mcnt,  that  Titus  Oates,  being  a  Qerk,  (hould  for 
*'  his  Perjuries  be  divefted  of  his  Canonical  ^n<i 
**Priefl:lv  Habit,  which  is  a  matter  wholly  out  of 
"  their  Power,belonging  to  the  Ecclefiaftical  Courts 
*^  only,    ^dlj,  Becaufe  the  £ad  Judgments  are  Bar- 

Hh  ..I'l^rwus, 


5)S  .    the  Reign  of  King 

jL  C  ^  barous.  Inhumane  and  Ubchrifttan,  and  there  is 
1689.  ^*no  Precedents  to  warrant  the  Punifhments  of 
*'  Wlfipping  and  committing  to  Priibn  for  life  for 
**  Ae  Crime  of  Perjury,  which  yet  were  but  part  of 
^*  the  Punifhment  infl]6):ed  upon  him.    ^dfy.  becaule 
^*the  particular  Matters  upon  which  the  Indid* 
*•  ments  were  found,  where  the  Points  ob)e£led  a- 
**  gainft  Odfcis  Teftimonv  in  ieveral  of  the  Tryals, 
•'  which  were  allow'd  to  be  ^ood  and  credible  Wit- 
**  nefles,  though  teftified  againft  him  by  moft  of  the 
^*  lame  Perfbns  who  wimefled  againft  him  upon 
thefe  IndiAments.    4/i^/;.  Becauie  this  would  be 
an  Encouragement  and  an  Allowance  forgiving 
*'  the  like  Cruel,  Barbarous  and  Illegal  Puniflunents 
hereafter,  unlefs  thole  Judgments  were  Reversed* 
ftbfy.  Becauie  Sir  John  H^lt^  Sir  Henry  PoUexfen, 
the  Lord  Chief  Juftices,  Sir  Upbert  A^Um^  Qiief 
^  Baron,  widx  fix  Judges  more,  for  thele  and  ma- 
many  odiers  Reafons  did,  before  that  Houle,  lb- 
lemnly  deliver  their  Opinions,  and  unanimoufly 
declare.  That  the  £iid  Judgments  were  contrary 
**  to  Law  and  Ancient  Pra^ice,  and  therefore  Elr- 
^  roneous,  and  ought  to  be  Revers'd.    And,  L^fily^ 
'^becauie  it  was  contrary  to  the  Declaration  of 
*^  Rights  on  the  1 2th  ot  Fcbrudry  laft,  wherein  it 
^*  doth  appear,  That  txceffroe  Bail  aught  not  to  be 
**  re^ir^dj  nor  excejpve   Fines  imposed,  nor  cruel  and 
*^  umtfuat  Punifhments  ii^iSed.     This  Proteflation 
worked  lb  powerfully  in  the  Houle  of  Lords,  that 
the  fbllowmg  day,  their  Lordflijps,  after  hearing 
Council  at  the  Bar,  to  argue  the  Errors  afCgn'd  by 
Oatesj  did  Order  and  Adjudge  that  the  Judgment: 
given  againft  the  fiid  Oates  (bould  be  Revers'd  j  and 
kave  was  given  for  the  bringing  in  a  Bill,  for  the 
iecuring  Pedbns  hereafter  from  the  Prejudice  whicb 
might  come  from  his  Teftimony.    But  upon  the  Se-« 
ccMod  reading  of  this  Bill  in  the  Upper  Houle  ('which 
had  alredy  paft  the  Lower  )  there  were  leveral  A.-» 
inendments  made,  and  a  Provifo  inlerted,  wherebjr 
it  was  declarM,   That  until  the  lAatters  for  whicA 
Titus  Oates  was  committed  for  Perjury  were  beard  am^t 
dettrmirfd  in  Parliament^  that  the  faid  Oates  Jhotti^ 
nH  he  received  in  any  Court  or  Caufe  whatfoover  to  b^  ^ 

vntn^,^ 


ftC 

**  no  Man  ou^hr  to  be  oppreft  Arbitrarily,  and  in 
**  this  cafe  ic  (eem'd  to  be  k>  :  for  the  other  part  of 

a 


f 

th^  Bill  revers'd  two  illegal  and  unjuft  Judgments 

2ga\tiit  Titus  Oater,  affirm*d  upon  Writs  pi  Error^ 

^nd  this  Vrovifo^  without  hearing  him,  enafted 

**  Titus  Dates  to  be  uncapable  of  being  a  Wltfiefi, 

^  which  IS  more  Infamj^  than  being  a  Slave,    ^ly. 

^  Becaufe  the  Provlfo^  as  it  was  Penn'd,  that  k  might 

^*  have  a  (hew'bf  Juftice,  feeni'd  to  givtOaus  Itber- 

^  ty  to  clear  himfilf,  but  in  reality  it  was  impofll- 

**  ble  for  him  (l)  to  do.    idly.  Bj^caufe;  If  Oates  could 

'**  not  acquit  himfelf  of  Perjury,  as  this  Pf^^t/i 

*'  feem'd  to  give  him  Liberty  to  do,  in  the  Moijfe 

^*of  Lords,  he  could  never  bring  it  into  any  Infe- 

**  rior  Court.    And  laft  of  all,  b^aufe  the  refuting 

**  to  condemn  the  Verdifts  brought  againft  Oirfey  in 

**  the  Kifj^s  Bench^  did  condemn  at  the  fame  time 

the  Creditor  the  Poj^ip  Plot,  whidh  Wtisflffirta*d 

by  (b  many  Votes  in  feveral  Parliiffneots,  fince 

the  firft  Diurovcry  of  it  wa^  given  upon  thls*W?iY 

**  Evidence,  for  which  he  w'as  convifted  of  Per jilrV; 

"  though  by  a  packM  corrupt  Jury,  by  the  hif^eft 

Opprcllion,  and  by  a  former  Ju*-y  in  the'Mme 

Cafe  acquitted.    Tne  Bill  with  the  Amendmtiits 

and  Provifo,  having  been  read  a  third  tkne,  paft, 

and  fent  to  the  Commons,  that  Houfe  di^grs^d  to 

the  (aid  Amendments,  particularly  to  thcnrft  (yl 

To  leave  out  ,  the  faid  PirdiBi    hroji^   in '  <^*«,^ 

the  fnid  Oates  xf^eie  cerruft).^  Bteauie  the  Pfrim'in 

**  which  the  Perjuries  were  aflign'^'ln  tfcte.  Ittfbfini- 

^  tions  were  (blemnly  cxamitf d  and  try'd  at  fofmer 

"Tryals,  wherein  the  Proceedings  were  Regdar, 

^*  axii  wh^n  things  wefe  freftr  m  M«moiy;'  ioii  k 

Hh  2  ••tbofc 


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u 
€i 
It 


WILLI  AM  fi^ThirJ.  ^ 

Wltnefs,    This  Provifo^  as  well  as  the  Amendments,  A.  O 
being  agreed  to  by  the  Houfe,  the  Earls  of  0;c-    ftfg«. 

ford^  Suffolk^.  Monmouth^  Montt^ue  ^  Maccitsfieid^^ 
Bedford,  Stamford^  and  Sujfex,  and  the  Lords  Ntv^ 
fort,  Berl^Iey,  ComXvrMis,Paget^  and  Herbert  prorefted 
againft  both,  particularly  againft  the  Provifi.  iff. 
*^  Becaufe,  by  the  Laws  of  Englnnd,  no  Man  ou^ht 
*'  to  be  punim'd  unheard,  and  though  the  Parliament 
*^'  has  Power  in  all  things  poliible  in  its  L^Hlarive 
Capacity,  yet  by  all  the  Rules  of  Law  and  Juftice 


•)  J  - 


lOO  The  Reign  cf  King 

A-  C.  "  thofc  Trials  the  Teftimony  of  Oates  was  (apjport- 
1689.  **  ced  by  concurrent  Evidence,  to  the  full  fatisfadi- 
^"^  '  **  on  ot  the  Courts  and  Juries ;  Becaufe  it  z'fmxfd 
**  by  unqueftionable  Evidence,  that  fcveral  Thou- 
*•  (and  Pounds  were  bcftow'd  and  expended  upon 
**  the  Jurors  and  Witneffes  about  the  Trials  for  the 
^  fappos'd  Peijuries,  which  Sums  were  much  greater 
*'than  could  be  expended  in  a  fair  and  uncorrupt 
•*  Profecutiqn.  Becaule  the  Juries  who  pafi'd  upon 
**  the  Trials  were  rctum'd  by  Officers  unduly  cho- 
**  fen,  after  the  unjuft  (eizure  of  the  Liberties  of 
^  the  City  of  London^  and  in  the  Rei^  of  a  Popijh 
^*  I^nc,  and  at  fiich  a  time  when  neither  Council 
•*  nor  Witnefles  durft  appear  for  the  faid  Titus  Odtes^ 
**  when  Perjury  was  Countenanced  by  Suborning 
*^  Witneiles  \  xyy  Judges  not  daring  to  take  notice 
**  how  Witnefles,  m  later  Trials,  had  contradided 
•*  what  they  had  Sworn  in  former  Trials,  but  Crf- 
^^  fer'd  Air.  Comijh,  in  particular,  to  be  attainted  up- 
^  on  (uch  contrary  Evidence,  though  the  (aid  coo- 
*•  trary  Evidence  had  been  twice  Printed  before  by 
**  Authority.  The  Lords  infifted  on  their  Amend* 
tnents,  chiefly  upon  the  following  Reafbns,  which 
were  Reported  by  the  Earl  of  Upchefter.  •'  Firft^ 
^Becaulenew  matter  might  have  arUen  between 
*^  die  firft  and  the  iiiblequent  Trials,  but  nothing 
*•  of  this  now  lay  before  them,  nor  had  the  Evi- 
**  dence,  ujjon  which  the  Verdifts  were  given,  been 
^  yet  examined.  2Jfy.  Becaule  there  did  not  appear 
^  CD  the  Lords  any  Evidence,  much  lefi  any  that 
.  ••  was  unquefHonable,  of  any  fiich  Sums  of  Money^ 
/*  expended  upon  the  Jurors  and  Witnefles,  as  might 
**  Mider  the  Prosecution  unfair  or  corrupt.  And 
^dly.  Becaule  the  ReverfingjR)  many  Judgments  as 
were  fiiven  in  a  courie  ot  many  Years,  was  at- 
i^tcoded  with  very  ill  Confcquences.  As  for  the 
[.  fn^fp  die  Lords  alledg'd,  ''  That  they  did  not 

••  lay  any  new  Ccnfiire  on  Istus  Oatts^  but  hft  him 
^  ia  die  State  in  which  they  found  him,  as  to  his 
**  being  a  Witnefi,  till  the  Particulars  Were  ex- 
*^  amiird ;  and  that  they  did  not  intend  to  bring  ia 
^  Qjieftion  die  Popifh  Phf,  but  thought  it  both  for 
1^ tM Honour  of  tibe  Nadoa and Refijrion,  thatdie 

r  Validity 


"'  U 


WILLIAM  the  Thir^  loi 

^  Validity  of  Titus  Oatts^s  Eyidencc,  for  the  fiitare,  A.  O*. 
"fliouldnotbe  allowed,  nor  a  Convi<^ion,  p^sn    iCSm^ 
*Vthc  Forms  of  Law,  be  ftt  afide  till  the  whole  ^^^^^y^^ 
"  Matter  of  FaA  were  duly  exiimin*d. 

On  the  a9th  of  July  there  was  a  free  Conference  *     - 
which  was  begun  by  the  -Managejs  of  the  Houie  of  (wjjj^ 
Commons,  who  (aid,  "  That  they  look'd  upon  thac^^  J^ 
^"^  Bill  not  to  be  the  Bufinefs  of  a  particular  Man^  iwan  tbt 
^  but  of  every  Subjeft  in  England,  with  regard  to  Urdt  imd 
^hts  Perfon  and  Eftate,  and  that  the  Honour  of  ^i&f  Ooh 
*'  Parliaments,  publick  Juftice,  and  the  Proteftaat^tw  ami? 
•*  Religion  wcjpe  concem'd  in  it,  as  well  as  the  In- J?^«lf 
•'  tegrity  of  King  Chi$rks  11.  and  his  Privy  Coqncil ;  ^'•*^* 
*^  and  that  the  Lords  Amendments,  if  agreed  tp, 
**  would  make  that  Bill  of  great  Prejudice  to  the 
**  Subje£bjnftead  of  anlwering  the  Endfs  which  were' 
*^  intended  by  the  Commons.    That  the  Lords  A- 
^*  mendments  were  of  two  (bits,  (bme  lelattqg  to  tho 
^^  Juttgmems^,  and  others  to  the  Verdi8s :    That  as  lo 
^^  the  firft  the  Commons  had  hop'd,  chat  after  the 
^'  Declaration  presented  to  their  Majefties,  upon  ac- 
*'  cepting  the  Crown,  wherein  their  Lordihips  iud 
^'  join'd  with  die  Commons,  in  compiainiog  of  the 
^  cruel  and  illegal  Puniflimencs  of  me  late  Re^n, 
*^  and  after  this  Declaration  had  been  (b  lately  re- 
newed in  that  part  of  the  Bill  of  Rights,  wnkfa 
the  Lords  had  agreed  to,  they  fhouid  not  have 
^^  (een  Judgments  of  this  Nature  g^girnid^  and  been 
^^  put  under  a  neceflity  of  (ending  up  a  Bill  for  Re- 
**vcriing  them.     That  thc(e  £>eclaiiadon8  would 
**not  only  be  u(ele(s,   but  of  pernicious  Ccnife- 
••.  quence  to  the  People,  if,  (b  fbon  after,(uch  Judg- 
**  ments  as  thefc  ftood  afBrm'd,  and  were  not  taken 
"  to  be  CruH  and  lUegaK   within  the  meaning  o£ 
^\  the(e  Declarations ;  That  the  Commons  had  a 
*^  particular  regard  rotheie  Judgments,  amoQgfto-' 
^*  thers,  when  that  Declarati<m  was  firft  made:  and 
^'  muft  infift  iHpon  it  that  they  are  Erroneous,  CruelY' 
*^  Illegal  and  ^ill  Example  to  future  Ages,  whidi 
"  was  the  Charafter  fix'd  upoo  them  by  the  Bill  (cnc 
^  up  to  the  LoRkTliat  the  Lbnds  having  gQDe(b  &r 
^  as  to  a^ree  thejiidgments  to  be£rr0firoMr,it  could  noc 
*^  be  demedthtt  they  wereJXt^tfi^fbrthatwhich  nukesi 
^  T^Juigmafi  U>}$M2l  it  tt  'agaioftL4ip.That  k  was  of 


«4 


Tov  The  Stig^  of  King^ 

A.  C.  •*  Eaoatnple  for  a  Teirtporal  Court  to  div«ft  a  Cla|k 
1689   '^'o£  hb Canonical  H9Jb!€j..Thac  it  was  botk  of  lU 
^  Eatample,  Illegal  and  Cruel,  that  a  judgment  of 
**  perpetual  Impri/onrnent  fhould  \>t  given  in  a 
**  G«  where  there  is  no  express  LaW  to  warrant  it ; 
^^That  an  £>;^/^Maa  (nould  be  expps^upoaa 
^^  Pillory  ib  many  times  a  Year  during  his  Life,  and 
*^  that  a  Freeman  4hpuld  be  whipped  in  (uch  a  ba^- 
^  baious  manner^  as  in  probability  would  determine 
•■in  Death.     That  there  were  many  Precedents 
fumade  that  did  not  concern  this  Man  only,  or  this 
^^  Oftncc,  but  the  judgments  t^ii^^  Gates  were 
^Judgroemsaflnaft  every  Efijzii/h  Subje£b.  Eccleii- 
^^aftical  as  well  aa  Temporal,  the  Lords  as  well  as 
*^  Commons.     That  this  wa6  arow'd  when  theie 
^^  Judcments  ^toere  given  by  the  then  Lord  Chief 
^  Juftioe  of  the  l(iiig'iBeiic/7,  who  declar'43  TUfdlt 
**  ^Judges  had  met  and  unanimoufljh  agrced^bdt  where 
*^  the  Sul?jcBs  were  ptfecuted  at  Cgmn^n  Law  for  a 
^  MifdetneanaTf  it  was  in  the  Difcretien.  ef  the  Comt 
*^  te  if^UB  what  Ptmi/kment  theyfleaid^  mt  extending 
^^  te Life  or  Member.    That  as  Iben.asthey  had  iec 
•*  up  this  Pretence  to  a  Diicretionary  Power,  it  was 
'*  oMenrable  how  they  put  it  Pradice  in  other  Caie» 
^  and  for  other  Offences,  by  infli£kift£  fiich  cruel 
^^  and  ignominious  Punifhments  aswoidd  be  agreed 
*^  to  beTar  wortfe  than  Death  it  (elf,  to  aby  Man  who 
^^lias.  the  lenie  of  H<»K>ur  or  Shame.    That  the 
*'  Lords  Additional  Clauie  was  (b  far  from  declar* 
^.ing  thefe  Judgments  Illegal,  that  it  mi|ht  pkunly 
^*  import  aa  aUowance  <a  them ;  nor  did  it  gQ  v> 
^*  fer  as  to  provide  a  Remedy  fix  the  future,  for  it 
^did  only  Ena£l,   that  fucb  ^exeeffioe  Funijhmetets 
^*^eugJ9t  not  to  be  inftiHedfor  the  future^  which  feem'cf 
**  ratner  to  refer  to  the  Severityof  the  Execuriqa, 
^  tbatt  t^  the  kidgment  ir  iel£    That  it  was  agreed 
*^hy  the  Lota;  at  theformcr  Cxx&tttffM^  that  the 
^w^ments  ef  Afimuineey  %vrt&  by  dcie  Lords,  eottld 
not.  nor  bttgbt  ttot  to  mnd  when  the  TudgiBCfirs 
'^oftlie  Kj^^tBend^wnt  Revers'd^  ami  therefbre 
^  the  Commons  thought  themfelves  cdnccrn'd  to 
^  in  lift,  that  the  Ad  might  feeak  plain,  and  that  it 
;;f  might  be  undeirftood  by  all  wmi  had  heard  the 

'  Judgment 


W  I  L  LI  A  M  /i&^  ThirJ.  loj 

'  Judgment  againft  Omes  were  once  affirmed  by  the  A.  CX 
^  Lords,  ^  chofe  Judgments  of  jiffirmathn  mi^t  1689^ 
^  fiibiift  no  longer.  As  to  the  Lords  Amendments 
which  related  to  the  VerdISs,  it  was  urg'd  by  the 
Managers  for  the  Commons,  ^'  That  fo  levere  and 
'  extraordinary  a  thinsas  making  a  Man  Infamous, 
and  taking  away  his  Teftimony  by  Aft  of  Parlia- 
ment  ought  not  to  be  done  but  upon  the  greateft 
Coofideration,  eipedally  in  iiich  a  Caie  as  thls» 
where  the  honour  of  Parliamentary  Proceeding^ 
and  of  the  Emii/h  Juftice  were  more  concerned 
than  Qdtej.  That  the  Uiiineis  of  the  P^ijh  Fht^ 
had  great  Ei^amination  in  (everal  Parliaments,  upd 
inleveral  Courts  of  Juftice,  in  all  which  cV<v'  ftood 
a  good  Witnefi,  and  thou^  his  Teftimony  was 
confirmed  by  other  Witneues  anil  l>y  Letters^  ycc 
die  declaring  him  to  be  an  incompetent  Witnefi 
by  Aft  of  Parliament  would  be  tnterptete4  % 
great  ftep  towards  a  diiavowing  the  Pop^  Bht  j 
it  being  certain  that  what  had  oeen  done  by  the 
Lords  in  afiirming  the  Judgment  againft  him,  had 
already  iiich  an  Interpretatioo  beyond  Sea.  That 
by  Law  when  the^udgment  is  erroneous  (^  whidi 
was  confeft  in  this  Cafe)  the  whole  Record  i$  to  be 
annuU'd,  and  therefore  to  let  (b  much  of  the  Re- 
cord mnd  as  related  to  the  Convi6tion,  which 
was  inefteft  done  by  the  Lords  Second  Claule, 
was  to  do  an  extraordinary  thing,  and  plainly  to. 
pa£  a  new  Cenfiure  upon  Oates^  and  m,  make  that 
which  was  (ingly  the  Opinion  of  the  Jury  before, 
to  be  the  Aft  of  die  wnole  Parliament.  That 
though  it  be  confefi'd,  that  the  prefent  Proceeding 
was  according  to  the  Legifladve  way,  and  there- 
fore there  was  no  ncceility  of  ftriftly  purfuing  the 
Forms  of  the  Courts  0/  Tuftice,  yet  when  the 
Commons  reflefted  how  they  came  to  be  driven  to 
ule  this  extraordinary  coune  for  Rever&ig  thefe 
Judgments,  they  could  not  ftrift^  Odsfie  them* 
ielves,  d^  it  was  juft  to  take  from  the  Party  an 
Advantage,  which  he  ought  to  have  hadin  the  or- 
dinary matters  of  Law,  'wi^bout  ftiximger  Reafons 
than  they  had  in  this  Caie.  That  they  oUerv'd  the 
!  perjuries  a^gn*d  againft  Oates  were  not  &  the  Sub- 

^      HhA  Jftancc 


j©4  .        1^^  /?^^«»  ^/  J(i^l 


'  Perjury,  and  that  a  colourabW'  Counter-Evidence 

*  might  DC  cafily  fet  up  when  the  thing  was  under  the 

*  Management  of  Jcfuitss  whofe  whole  Order  was 
f  wounded  by  O/ttcs's  Evidence,  and  who  are  not 
*fcrupobusof  ufincindircft  Ads  topreftrve  thcif 

*  Credit  and  Intercft.  That  tifter  all  endeavours  to 
^  the  contrary,  Odtes  ftood  upright,  his  Teftimonv 

*  un{haken,  till  a  ?4pift  was  upon  the  Throne,  till 

*  Irrecular  Sherifis  were  made;  new  Freeholders 

*  Books  (  confining  only  of  Peribns  fit  to  ftrvc  the 


ging  Junes,  anauu  nritocr  v^unncu  n 

*  couTd  with  {afery  a  ppear  tor  OMtes.    That  ViolatiJ 

*  oa  of  Law,  Partiality  and  Corruption  were  the 

*  CharaSer  oFthe  Times,  and  were  vifible  in  every 

*  thing  that  mov'd  towards  the  attaining  tliefcl^r- 

*  diBs,    That  if  nothing  elfe  but  a  direS;  Proof  ot 

*  Money  civen  make  a  corrupt  Verdift,  it  would  be 

*  very  diracult  to  fhew  that  ever  a  corrupt  Verdift 

*  was -given  ;  nay,  that  'tis  poHible  a  Jury  might 
^  have  taken  Money,  and  yet  ^ive  a  true  and  honefjb 
'  Verdidi    That  any  Partiality  in  the  Jury,  let  ei- 

*  ther  Malice  or  Affe&ion  be  the' Motive,  makes  the 

*  VcKiifi  corrupt.    That  if  the  Juror  does  but  de- 

*  dari  his  Thoughts  before  the  Trial  'tis  a  good 

*  ctufeof  Challenge ;  that  (b  nice  is  the  Law  in  re- 

*  quiring  that  Jurors  be  indifferent,  that  if  any  one 

*  of  the  Jury  be  retum'd  at  the  E)enomination  of  the 

*  Party,  or  to  the  end  that  he  (hould  be  more  favou- 
^  rahlc  to  the  one  fide  than  the  other,  the  whole  Ar- 
'  ray  ought  to  be  quafli'd.  That  it  appeared  to  the 
'.  Comaxms,  diat  lb  great  a  price  was  (et  on  the 

*  deftroying  Oateit  Credit ,   that  the  Profecutiop 

*  was  notorioufly  carry'd  on  by  exprefi  Direftiwis 
^  and  Coounands  fi-om  the  Court,  that  great  Sums 

*  had  been  diftrilxttrd  in  order  to  it,  and  fit  Inftni- 

*  mcnts  employ*d   in  prompting  and   inlhwding 

*  W^fif&i  ta  Swear  igalnft  Oates^  in  the  lame 
^♦Feints  which  h^  been  fully  examined  before, 

*That 


WILLIAM  the  third  loj 

That  under  colour  ol  paying  their  Charges  coafi-   A.  C 
deraUe  Sums  of  Money  had  been  given  to  Wit-   liS^. 
nefles ;   that  to  make  uire  of  them  before  hand, 
they  were  required  to  m^t  Affidavits  beyond  Sea, 
of  what  ^y  were  to  Swear  at  the  Trial,  which 
were  drawn  fo,  that  it  was  prov'd  to  the  Houfe  of 
Commons,  that  one  of  the  intended  Witnefles  re- 
fuied  to  Swear  again  what  they  had  thought  ik  to 
iet  down  for  him  in  his  Affidavit.    That  Qubs 
were  kept  at  Taverns  where  Juries  were  namM  in* 
thefc  State  Trials  (  as  they  were  call'd )  where 
Burtom  and  Graham  were  allifting  to  give  their  Di-» 
Te£lions.    That  beGdes,  there  lay  an  Exception' 
of  Partiality,  the  Witneffes  being  all  of  them  No- 
vices at  St.  Omen,  a  College  or  JcfuitSy  s^gainlb 
which  College  Oatcs  had  given  particular  TeftiJ 
mcny.    Bef^s,  as  Jefuits,  they  could  not  efteem 
it  of^linle  Coniequence  to  their  Order  to  discredit 
the  Evidence  of  the  Popifh  Plot^  and  dilparago 
thole  Parlianients  who  had  proiecuted  it  withio 
much  Vigour ;  and  how  far  the  Principles  of  the 
Jefiiits  would  alk>w  them  to  inftrud  tneir  Novi-^ 
ces,  that  an  Oath  Adminiftred  by  Hereticl^  Magi* 
ftrates  was  to  be  little  re|rarded,  might  deferve  to 
be  thought  upon.    That  m  this  Cafe  no  Icis  than 
Nine  of  the  rooft  coniiderable  Council  were  em* 
plov^d  againft  Oates^  and  had  frequent  Meetings^ 
and^eatFec^,  which  (eem*d  extraordinary  when 
nothing  was  in  Qiieftion,  but  a  Point  of^Time : 
That  great  Treats  were  given  leveral  times  to  tJie 
Jurors,  which  the  Law  does  ^  not  ^ow ;  and  diaC 
above   9000  i.  was  expendeH  about  Convi6ting 
Oatesj  which  was  tbo  great  a  Sum  to  be  fairly  fpenc 
upon  occafion  of  two  Trials  by  Lon^/on  Juries.  That 
the  Gonuncms  law  no  caule  to  add  any  Authority 
or  Reputation  to  Itich  Verdi^  upon  a  bare  poill.. 
bility,  that  new  Matters  might  arile  between  tht 
former  Trtab,^  and  thole  for  the  Penuries,  fincek 
was  at  leaft  alike  poiSble  that  no  iuai.new  Matter 
did  arile.    For  on  the  one  fide  it  was  ownM  by  die 
Lords,  that  they  had  examined  the  Fa<9:,  and  oa 
die  other  fide,  the  Indi^hnent s  fliew'd.  that  die 
^  £ointt  in  which  thePexjuries  were  alCgn'a  were  not 

•  new 


io6  .         The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C,  *  new  Matters,  but  the  fame  which  had  been  drawn 
1  <J8o.   *  ^^  Qpeftion  in  the  £brmer  Triak,  and  upon  the 

*  Credit  of  the  lame  Witnefles;  fo  that  the  P»- 
^  iumption  lay  ftronger  on  the  Commons  fide.  That 
^  as.  to  what  was  mentioned  by  the  Lords  at  the  kii; 

*  Conference,  that  the  Corruption  of  the  Vcrdii^s 
^  did  not  appear  to  them,  that  was  not  the  Fault  of 
^  the  Commons,  the  Lords  having  the  &me  means 

*  of  being  infbrmM  as  the  Commons^  had,  if  th^ 
•'h^d  thought  fit  to  ufe  them.  That  it  was  agreed 
*'to  the  Lords  that  there  was  a  Re(pe£l  to  be  had  to 

*  Legal  Proceedings,  but  then  that  Rclpe£J:  ought 
*^ta  be  equal,  and  the  Examination  oi  the  &me 
^  Faults  in  the  (eyeral  Trials  in  King  Char  la  z  Reign 

*  did  deferve,  at  leaft,  as  much  Regard  as  the  E»i- 

*  ipipation  ot  the  fame  Fafts  in  King  3ame£s  time ; 

*  cfyecially  when  the  former  Triak  ftood  Confirmed 

*  by  the  concurring  Opinions  of  King  Charles  him* 
•fclf  and  (uccemve  Parliaments,  Bcfides  it  was 
^fcarce  Credible,  that  the  judges  who  could  be 
*'§uilty  of  giving  an  extravagant  judgment.could  be 

*  mdinerent  in  their  Directions  at  the  Trial.    That 

*  the  Lords  Second  Claule  did  make  it  impoillble 

*  for  Gates  to  clear  his  Innocence,  ( though  that  was 
^  fiid  to  be  the  end  for  which  it  was  intended  )  for 

*  if  the  Conviction  ftood  ,  there  was  no  L^l 

*  Courfe  for  hearing  and  determining  the  Matters 
^  for  which  he  was  Convided.    That  were  it  fbp- 

*  pos'd  the  Lords  fhould  think  fit  to  givethen^lves 
'  the  trouble  to  enter  into  the  Examination  of  the 

*  whole  Matter,  and  could  find  out  a  means  of  do* 
^ingit;  yet  if  the  Lords  Pr^vifo  were  agreed  to, 

*  Oases  CQuld  have  no  manner  of  Ad vanuge,  though 

*  his  Innocency  was  fully  clearM,  by  any  Judgment 
*'  the  Lords  could  give,  but  he  muft  ftiU  remasn  an 
^  Infamous  Pcrfon,  unlefe  a  new  Law  was  made  ta 

*  reflrore  him.  That  by  purfiiing  the  k^own^  Mc- 
^.thods  at  Law,  iand  intirely  Reverfing  the  fudg- 

*  ments  by  A£l  of  Parliament  now,  as  it  ou^t^to. 
Miave  been  done  before  by  the  Xx>rds  in  their  Judi- 
*^  qal  Capacity,  04r/rj  might  be  again  Individ  and 

*  brought  to  an.  indifferent  Trial,  according  toihe 
'*(uccefe  of  wjiich  his  Cr^tt  would  Jland  or£ill; 


k 


WILLIAM  the  third.  xq, 

*  ^dthat  was  the  only  rcgukrWay  which  remained    i.     q 

*  to  have  thefe  Matters  re-examin'd;  .     ^oT* 

The  Earls  of  BtCchefier^NotHngham and B<?rjy^and-i>!#>^ 
the  Bifliops  of  London  and  Salisbury  (  who  were  the  7^^^^ 
Managers  for  the  Lords  who  (poke  at  this  Coirfc- 
-ence  J  alledgM^  *  That  if  it  waa  proved  to  Acm 
that  the  Verdicts  were  corrupt,  it  would  cncline 
them  to  agree  with  the  Commons,  that  being  dye 
Iffue  between  the  two  Houfts:  if  that  wa&  not 
made  out,  the  Lords  did  not  tnink  fit  that  Qatu 
Ihould  take  Advantage  of  an  Erroneous  Judmcnt 
to  deftroy  the  Verdia.  That  to  make  the  Vtrdid 
corrupt  there  muft  be  (bme  Corruptions  made  out 
between  the  time  of  the  former  Trials,  and  the 
time  of  the  fiibfequent  Trials  for  the  Perjuries. 
That  they  agreed  there  might  be  other  Metho^U 
of  Corruption  than  by  Money,  but  that  it  was 
hard  to  aifign  them.  That  the  Pcrfcns  who  ferv^ 
upon  the  Juries  at  Oaus^s  Trial  where  Men  cf 
great  ConSderation  in  London,  and  to  diipute  their 
verdi<5b  was  in  effect  to  attaint  them,  and  that  few 
Men  but  would  have  been  pleas'd  ro  have  had  /iidi 
a  JuxT  in  a  Cafe  of  dieir  own.  That  die  Lords' 
would  rather  believe  Oaes  guiky  of  Perjury  and 

JQidvcry^  than  look  upon  the  Grand  Jury  and  Petit- 
3wy  to  be  Perjur'd.    That  there  was  no  Proof  be- 
fore the  Lords  that  there  was  any  f  Lvour  in  thp 
Return  of  thejury,  or  that  they  were  Nominated 
by  a  Club.    That  there  was  no  Incompetency  in 
the  Witneffes  agajnft  Oates,  for  though  he  tuul 
Sworn  againftw4»ji,  he  had  not  Sworn  ^zitAaU 
AxeJ^uits.   That  the  Treaties  of  Juries  wasa<;. 
knowledge  to  be  Scandalous,  but  there  was  no 
proof  of  that  before  the  Lords,  and  if  it  were  tru^ 
yet  it  had  not  been  (uffident  to  fit  afide  the  Ver- 
di£l$,  without  other  Proofs  of  Corrupticii*  and 
thofe  fit  for  a  Court  of  Record  to  receive.   That 
they  did  not  think  it  fu&ckni  that  Graham  and 
a«r/<»»  had  charged  great  Sums  in  their  Books,  as 
paid  UP^  the  account  of  thofe  Trials,  for  diat 
might  be  61fe,  or  fuppofe  it  were  expended  on  the 
Witnefles,  that  did  not  make  the  Verdift  corruptv 
to  chat  the  Lordi  niight  Lc^y,  Judicially  md 


lo8  the  Reign  of  King 

A  .•  C.  *  Honeftly  give  dicir  Vote  upon  the  Qiieftion.  That 

1689.   *  it  was  a  Matter  of  great  Importance,  and  con- 

,^f^^*  ccm'd  every  Man  in  his  Life  and  Eftate:  if  It  were 

*  taken  for  granted,  that  bccaufe  a  Man  had  at  a 
'  Trial  pafi'd  for  a  good  W  itnels,  he  was  not  to 

*  be  Profecuted  afterwards  for  Perjury.     That  a 

•  Man  accused  was  then  in  a  very  unfonunate  Con- 

*  dition,  for  the  Grand-Jury  was  to  keep  the  King's 

•  Secrets,  the  Prifoner  in  liich  a  cafe  was  for  me 
*inoft  part  keptdofe,  and  his  Witnefles  were  not 

*  Sworn,  fo  that  he  could  not  be  ready  for  his  De-, 

*  fence  for  the  prelent,  and  if  the  Witnefles  might 
*not  afterwards  be  Profccutcd  f:*'  Perjury,  then. 

•  there  was  an  end  of  all  Profecution  for  Perjury. . 
••  That  the  Point  of  Time  was  Material,  and  that 
*'a  Perfott  accus'd  of  Treafon  had  hardly  any  thing 

•  die  whereby  to  make  his  Innocence  appear,  fince 
.    •  there  was  no  proving  of  a  Negative.  That  Coun- 

•  Cil  was  aflign'd  loOates^  and  rhat  ^^'ltncfles  were 
*&mmon'd  and  did  appear  for  him.    That  there 

•  was  no  way  to  reverfe  a  Verdift  but  by  hGt  of 
•Parlijiment,  and  before  that  w.is  done,  Juftice  did 
'^  require  that  the  Party  fhould  clear  his  Innocence. 

*  That  they  look'd  upon  Or.tcs  as  Perjured  in  other 

*  Matters ;  That  he  had  accus'd  the  Queen  Dowa- 
•"gerof  High  Treafen,  in  confpiring  the  Death  of. 

•  nci  Husband,  at  the  Bar  of  me  Houfc  of  Com- 

•  fnons  ,  *  which  no  Bodj  could  believe  of  Her  1 
*.Tl»t  he  had  Sworn  at  the  Council-Board  he  haa, 

*  no  other  Perfbn  to  accufe,  and  yet  after  had  ac-* 

*  cu$*d  the  Queen  Dowager.    That  Gates,  at  firft"^ 

•  might  come  in  with  a  fair  intention,  and  for  difco- 


thatit  fliould  either  damp  and  terrifie  him,  or  ere* 

*  ate  too  great  a  Confidence  '^  That  it  had  the  latter 

*  cffe6l  upon  him,  and  made  him  fancy  himfelf  ta 

*  have  a  Right  of  crtf4f /«g  Evidefict^  rather  than  de- 
^Itvcring  it ;  TTiat  it  was  not  fit  to  encourage  fuch 

*  Witnefles;  That  his  Brain  (cen;i'd*to  be  tum'd^ndl^ 

*  that  when  he  was  lately  broaght  before  the  Houfc, 
*pf  Lord?,  he  fecnfd  c^hang  hfS  Rod  over  them. 

'That 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  ^ib«^^  thirJ.  109 


TTiac  now  the  Parliament,  adling  as  LegiflatcMj  A;   C* 
wcr6not  ty'd  down  to  Forms,  and  that  they  did   1689. 
not  infli6l  smy  new  Cenfiire  on  him,  but-lefa  him 
m  the  State  tney  found  hiqi.  That  this  was  a  Mat- 
ter of  great  Expe6tation ,  That  the  Eyes  of  aU 
Europe  Were  upon  it,  and  that  it  would  be  the  00- 
caiion  of  great  Cenftres,  if  he  fliould  be  let  up 
for  aWitnefs  again.,  without  a  full  Examioatioa 
of  the  whole  Affair,  elpecially  in  rhe  csJe  of  a 
Conviction  for  Perjury,  which  had  fomcthLcig  in  it 
more  particular  dun  other  Crimes,  for  every  one 
had  a  particular  concern  to  be  cover'd  firam  it. 
That  tney  would  not  ^nter  iato  the  Qiieftion  of 
what  was  the  difference  between  an  Erronemts  and 
an  Illegal  Judgment,  though  perhaps  a  Judgment 
Ithat  was  Erroneous  in  Point  of  Form,  might  nor 
be  £iid  to  be  Illegal.    That  as  to  the  Affirmance 
of  the  Judgments,  and  the  Amendments  relating 
to  the  Judgments^  the  Judges  bad  own'd  to  the 
Lords  that  there  was  aLatitude  leh  to  the  Court  in 
Judgments  in  cafe  of  Perjury,  which  was  ode.  thing 
that  movM  them  to  affirm  the  Judgments,  butthtt 
they  had  never  done  it,  had  it  not  been  attended 
with  the  Verdidt,  which  the  Lords  thought  of  fa- 
tal Coniequence  to  take  away.    That  when  the 
Cafe  came  to  be  debated,  in  tne  Houfe  of  Lords« 
upon  the  Writs  of  Error,  there  was  not  one  Lord 
but  thought  the  Judgments  Erroneous,  and  was  ful- 
ly (atished,  that  fuch  an  extravagant  Judfimcnt 
ought  not  to  have  been  given,  or  a  Puniflunent 
fb  exhorbitant  infli6bcd  upon  an  Bnglijh  Subje£b: 
But  confiderine  his  accufing  the  Q^eenjo  impertinent" 
(y,  and  leverai  other  Inltances,  rather  than  leave 
Jo  ill  a  lilan  as  Oafes^  capable  of  being  a  Witnefi, 
they,  in  that  ftreight,  chofe  to  affirm  the  Judg- 
ments, though  they  were  fatisfied,  of  their  being 
Erroneous ;  and  to  (hew  that  they  were  (eniible  cE 
this,  at  the  lame  time  when  they  affirmed  the  judg- 
ments,  they  thought  fit   that    a  Bill  (hould  be 
brought  into  fhe  Houft  of  Peers,  to  prevent  the 
Inconveniences  of  the  like  Judgments  for  the  fu  • 
nire.    And  therefore,  when  the  Lords  had  gone 
*  ib  far  in  their  Judicial  Capacity^  as  to  affirm  the 

*Judgm.ents 


i^i>  The  Reign  ef  King 

a:  C  ^^MifeiwntB  rather  than  the  Verdixas  fliould  be  let  a,- 
•t((89,  *  fi<fc»  "Ac  Commons  were  nottoe)tpe6fc  that  thc7 
-^i-ys-^  *  iroidd  recede  now,  and  fet  up  Octcs  for  a  WhneB 

*  BjKaia,  without  uciqueftionable  proof  of  Comipti- 
•*  on  hi  the  Jury.  Upon  Ae  whole  matter  the  Lords 
^tnfifted,  I .  To  leave  out  what  conccrn'd  thcCor- 

*  nqmon  of  the  Verdifts.    a.  That  their  Prov?lb 

*  «gainfl:  0«f «  bdnjj  received  for  a  Witnefi  (hould 

*  iwrfs,  and  3 .  That  10  great  a  hard(kip  (hould  not  be 


The  Managers  of  the  Commons,  by  way  of  re- 
-ply,  gave  a  wmmaiy  Account  of  the  whole  Pro- 
^<Mdtng6  of  the  Pofifh  Plot ;  ftveral  Subornations 
«nd  otner  fiich  Pra<9bices  which  had  been  us'd  to 
iWfe  the  Evidence  and  difcrcdit  the  Witncfles,  par- 
ticularly Odtes.  As  to  the  Lords  Amendments, 
^hkh  concerned  the  Judgments,  it  was  argued  by 
«e  Mana«rs,  *  That  there  were  Precedents  made. 
*  which  aitfiiSted  every  BnzUJhman.  That  by  ta- 
lking upon  them  to  affirm  fiich  Judgments  asthefq^ 
*the  Lords  had,  in  a  manner,  taken  the  Lawinto 
'  their  Hands.  That  this  Ar — ly  Power  in  the 
Ixmis  Judicature  was  a  new  discovery,  and  if  it 
had  been  underftood  in  former  times,  would  have 
been  a  very  expeditious  way  of  altering  the  Law 
upon  levend  occafions.  That  the  Lords,  as  a 
Court  of  Judicature,  are  as  ftrictly  t^'d  to  give 
Judgment  upon  a  Writ  of  Error  according  to  Law« 
as  any  Inferior  Court  whatfbevcr ;  That  tney  muft 
not  proceed  upon  Convenience ;  Tliat  this  Judg- 
ment of  the  Lords  was  agreed  to  be  given  not  ac- 
according  to  Law,  but  according  to  an  Opinion 
which  their  Lordfliips  had  conceiv'd  of  the  Party, 
and  that  alio  without  any  Judicial  Examination  ^ 
That  inftead  of  correftingtne  acknowledgMErroi^ 
of  the  Judgments  in  the  K}n£s  Bcnch^^cy  affirm'd 
them,  and  fo  chang'd  the  Law ,  which  ought 
tt>  be  the  certain  and  ftcady  Rule  of  Government, 
into  the  Ar.— ry  Refolutions  of  that  Houfe.  That 
nothing  was  aim'd  at  by  the  Commons  in  this  Biu, 
but  to  iec  diat  matter-  right :  that  *  if  this  Bill  was 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  m 

loft,  the  Lords  had  fidcd  it  for  Law,  that  ev^ery  A.  <;. 
Subjedl  might  be  uftd  in  this  ignominious  and  bar-  i  gg^. 
barous  manner  j  That  Onus  was  the  leaft  part  of  ^^^>0\[j 
the  Quefl:ion,how  much  foevetlieifcerti'd  concerned 
in't ;  and  that  the  Grievance  was.  That  the  whole 
Kingdom,  for  Oatesh  lake,  muft  be  made  h'abic  to 
theie  Whippings.  That  the  Commons  hop*d  the 
Lords  woiud  take  this  opportunity  of  redeeming 
this  Error  by  palling  the  Bill,  as  it  was  ftntup  by 
thcCommons,and  not  expeftbecaiife  they  had  giten 
a  wrong  Judgment,  that  therefore  the  Commons 
muft  join  to  lupport  it  as  an  A6t  of  Parliament,  ^for 
their  Lordfliips  Claule  did  really  Countenance  the 
Judgment  againft  Oates ;  enading  only  that  ftct 
Puniflbment  Ihould  not  be  infliftcd  for  the  firttire. 
That  it  was  of  great  importance  to  theKingdbm  to 
have  this  matter  fetled  :  That  Judgments  of  ih^ 
kind  having  been  extended  ro  ftvcfd  Perfons,  and 
to  vtry  different  Cafes,  as  in  that  of  *Mr.  Johnfm^ 
it  was  thought,  With  reafon  enough  perhaps,  ;by 
the  Minifteirs  of  thofe  Times,  that  fuch  PtitiUh- 
ments  would  awe  the  People,  and  fit  them  for  Sla^ 

very^  worfe  than  Death  itjelf\  according  to' Sir  9J©- 
mas  Smiths  OWcrvation:  That  no  Nation  is, left 
fearful  of  Deaths  or  more  afaid  of  Torments  tfyan  the 
Englijh,  That  the  Commons  could  not  think  the 
Nation  (afe  without  an  exprefs  and  plain  Declara* 
tion,  not  only  that  the  Judgments  of.  theX"5[5*J- 
Bench  were  illegal,  cruel,  and  of  evil  Example  to 
future  Ages ;  but  alfb  that  the  Afirtnation  of  thofe 
Judgments  was  contrary  to  Law.  As  to  what  was 
{aid  by  the  Lords  to  maintain  the  Amendments 
which  concerned  die  Verdifts,*  the  Managers  for 
the  Commons  replied.  That  the  Lords  by  xnfifting 
not  to  agree  to  the  Claufe  in  the  Bill  which  ealls 
the  Verai6Vs  corrupt,  unlets  the  Commons  could 
bring  pofitive  Proof  of  an  exprefi  Contraft  for 
Money  to  be  paid  dire^lly  to  hire  the  Jurors  to 
give  tneir  Verdidts,  did  feem  to  have  inverted  the 
leveral  Methods  of  Proceedings  in  their  diftinft 
Capacities  ;  That  in  their  Judicature^  where  they 

*  ou^ht  to  aft  by  the  ftrlft  Rules  of  Liw. '  thby 'pro- 

•  cecded  according  to  a  (iippofed  Convenience ;  and 

'  in 


A.  C 
1689. 


The  Reign  of  King 

in  this  Legiflatiye  Capacity^  where  there  is  a  LatL* 
aide  of  Proceeding  according  to  a  Moral  Certainty 
and  Convenience,  a  fingleExprejlion  of  a  corrupt 
Verdict,  tho'  afferred  upon  fuch  juft  Grounds, 
would  not  be  allowed,  unlefi  a  precife  Proof  were 
made  in  the  ftridbeft  Forms  of  Courts.  That  ic 
was  not  the  buGneis  of  the  Commons  to  furnlfh  the 
Lords  with  Evidence,  or  to  inform  them  otherwifc 
than  by  reafbning  at  Conferences,  the  Lords  ha- 
ving proper  Methods  whereby  they  may  inform 
themlelves,  when  they  think  Evidence  requifite. 
Tkit  it  was  notorious  that  the  whole  Adminiftra- 
tion  of  the  Government,  elpecially  with  relatioo 
to  Religion,  was  at  that  time  corrupt ;  That  the 
Defign  was  to  overthrow  the  Reformation^  and  rejiore 
Fofery  to  be  the  National  Religion,  which  could 
not  be  effefted  odierwife  phan  by  totally  perverting 
and  corrupting  the  Laws,  or  the  whole  Cour(e  of 
Juftice  y  That  they  had  a  Popifh  King,  the  Houfe 
of  Peers  was  to  have  been  nll'd  with  Papijls  by 
Dilpeniation  with  the  AcSl  30  Car,  %.  and  a  Popljb 
Houfe  of  Commons  was  to  have  been  pack'd  by 
means  of  Quo  fVarrantos^  Surrenders,  and  Making 
and  Regulating  of  Corporations ,  That  in  the 
Courts  of  Judicature  they  did  run  upon  every  Man 
who  durit  affirm  the  lawful  Rights  of  an  EngUJh 
Subiefl,  relblvinc  by  Partial  and  Corrupt  means 
to  bow  or  break  them ;  That  for  this  purpofe  they 
provided  and  pack'd  Judges,  Sherifis,  Jurors,  and 
Witnefles,  and  thoft  in  Authority,  who  ought  to 
hold  the  Ballance  indifferently,  were  indeed  a  Par- 
ty, a  Corrupt  Party ;  That  this  was  provM  by  the 
Declaration  of  the  13th  of  Februan,  wherein  the. 
Lords  and  Commons  did  agree  that  there  were 
Evil  CounfeUors,  Judges  and  Minifters  that  alTift- 
ed  the  late  King  to  liibvert  and  extirpate^  the  Pro- 
teftant  Rdi^n,  and  the  Laws  and  Lioerties  of  this 
Kingdom ;  1  hat  the  Laws  were  (iilpended  and  dit 
pens  d  with,an  Ecclefiaftical  Commiilion  executed, 
Biihops  committed  and  profecuted  for  an  humble 
honeit  Petition,  Protefiants  difirm'd,  whilft  Paplfis 
were  armM  and  cmploy'd,  Partial  and  corrupt  Per- 
Ions  returtfd  and  ferv'a  on  Juries,  Exccifive  Baflre- 

r  quired, 


W  ILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  113 

^  quir'd,  ExcdEve  Fines  imposM,  and  illegal  and  A.  C. 

*  c/uel  Puniflimenrs  inflidcd ;  That  when  the  Com-   1 6^9. 
^  mons  fenc  up  this  Declaration)  the    Lords  ac- "       ' 

*  knowledg'd  and. agreed  to  the  Truth  of  the  Parti- 

*  culars  upon  the  Notoriety  of  the  Fa<3:,  without 

*  asking  the  Commons  to  prove  any  of  the  Articles^ 
'  That  if  there  were  fuch  tbul  and  corrupt  Proceed* 

*  ings  as  the  Lords  had  agreed  there  were,  could  it 

*  be  thought  that  in  this  particular  Cafe  of  Oi«f«,who 
'  had  highly  provok'd  them,  and  upon  the  Rum  of 

*  whofe  Credit  the  Reputation  of  the  whole  Party 

*  did  depend,  they  departed  from  themfelves,  and 

*  for  once  proceeded  indlfferentljr,  equally,  and  un- 

*  corruptly  ?  That  the  Lords  might  as  well,  if  not 

*  better,  pi't  the  Commons  to  prove  any  or  every 

*  the  Proceedings  in  the  late  Reign  to  be  corrupt  or 

*  unequal,  which  would  be  to  deny  or  doubt  In  every 

*  Particular,  what  they  had  exprefly  own'd  in  Ge- 

*  neral.    That  the  Matter  in  OAtc!%  Tryal  was  felf. 

*  evident:  they  tried  Points  that  had  been  examined 

*  in  Parliament,  and  were  proper  to  be  re  examined 

*  only  there ;  the  ^^^ltnefles  were  proyok'd  Enemies  j 

*  and  tho'  his  Evidence  was  not  againft  all  Jeliiits, 

*  it  refleftcd  upon  the  whole  Order,  and  was  direilly 

*  againft  the  whole  College  at  St.O»itfr's  ;  the  Ju- 

*  rors  were  (uch  whofe  Affections  and  Prejudices 

*  were  well  known,  and  they  were  returned  by  She- 

*  riffs  not  equally  Conftituted ;  and  the  Judges  were 

*  Chief  Juftice  JeffericszxA  his  Companions.    That 

*  to  render  a  Vcrdi^  Corrupt  it  is  not  abfolurely  ne* 

*  ceffary  that  the  Jury  fiiould  bargain  and  fell  it  for 

*  Money,  if  there  were  a  falfeByaS  by  PrepofleJlIon, 

*  Prejuaice,  Hope  of  Preferment  or  Gain,  a  Fear 

*  of  Dilpleafure,  'tis  enough;  Or  fiippofe  the  Judges 

*  were  corrupt,  and  direfted  falfe  Law,  or  fSfe 

*  Fadls,  or  overawed  the  Jury,   or  admitted  any 

*  Party  to  be  a  Witnefs  or  Juror  (  as  In  effe£l  it  was  ) 

*  that  was  enough  to  render  tHe  Verdift  corrupt;  but 

*  which  Is  worfe,  here  the  Jury  Was  return  d  at  the 

*  Denomination  of  a  Pnrty  ;  and  it  was  the  fafliion 

*  of  the  Times  that  every  one  who  was  accus'd  was 
'  to  be  convifted  at  the  Peril  of  the  Judges  and  the 

*  Jury,   That  if  O^rw's  Brain  was  turned,  as  was  (aid 

1  i  'by 


A.  C. 


the  Reign  of  Kitfg 

bjr  the  Lords,  the  mor^  wrong  was  done  by  con- 
vifting  him  for  Perjury,  which  a  Madman  could 
not  be  guilty  of.  That  after  fuch  cruel  Ufice, 
which  would  make  a  wifer  Man  road,  it  mignt 
with  more  Reafon  be  believ'd  his  Brain  was  tum'd, 
and  then  there  was  little  dancer  of  his  being  us'd  in 
Evidence  for  the  future.  Tliat  it  was  obfcrvable 
that  Dates  was  Sentenced  to  be  whipt  from  Aldgate  to 
Newgate  on  the  PVednefday.  and  from  thence  to  Ty- 
burn on  Friday  following,  which  could  be  intended 
nootherwift,  than  in  the  Nature  of  a  Rack,  that 
by  the  Smart  of  the  firft  Suffering,  and  the  ap- 
proaching  Terror  of  the  next,  he  might  be  brougnC 
to  make  fiich  a  Recantation  as  was  defir'd  \  and  it 
was  hard  to  think,  that  any  thing  but  a  full  perfiia- 
fion  in  himfelf,  that  what  he  fwore  was  true,  could 
iiipport  a  Man  under  fiich  a  Torture.  That  if 
Dates  had  been  guilty  of  Perjury  about  the  Queen 
Dowager,  or  any  other  Matter  ( which  had  not 
hitherto  been  brought  inQueftion  j  it  did  not  relate 
to  the  prefent  Cafe,  and  he  was  liable  to  be  indift- 
cd  ancfpunifli'd  for  it,  whatlbever  became  of  this 
BUi.  That  the  Commons  did  not  argue,  that  be- 
cauft  a  Man  had  been  once  belicv'd  ata  Tryal,  he 
was  not  to  be  profecuted  for  Penury  alfo  \  But 
they  obfervM  that  the  very  fime  Objeftions  had 
been  made  to  Datesh  Teftimony  at  former  Tryals, 
and  proved  by  thfe  (ame  Witneffes,  and  yet  the 
Juries  gave  credit  to  Dates :  So  that  according  to 
the  Lords  way  of  Rcalbninfe,  to  (iippofe  Dates  to  be 
perjur'd  in  thofe  Points,  was  to  attaint  theft  former 
Junes,  and  the  Lords  ought  to  be  careful  of  char- 
ging fiich  a  Guilt  upon  one  Jury  or  another.  That, 
upon  the  whole,  the  Commons  did  not  think  it 
reafbnable,  it  (faould  be  required  of  them,  to  con- 
cur to  fupport  any  part  of  this  Erroneous  Record  ; 
That  'tis  the  Right  of  the  Subjeft,  that  all  that  is 
done  before  or  arter  an  illegal  Judgment  fliould  fall 
with  it;  and  tho' in  Proceedings  in  the  Legiflativc 
way  the  Commons  were  fenfible,  they  were  not 
tied  up  to  the  Forms,  yet  they  were  certainly 
bound  to  the  Rules  of  Natural  fuftice,  and  were 
•  not  to  deprive  theSubjea  of  his  legal  Advanta^. 


W  I  L  L  1  A  M/JE^tf  nirJ,  nj 

.  The  Refiilt  of  this  memorable  Conference  w^as,  A.  C 
That  the  Commons  ftifly  rejeAed  the  Amendments  f(J8o, 
and  Provilo,  and  that  the  Lords  firmly  adhcr'd  to 
both,  of  which  they  *  acquahited  the  Lower- Houfc.  *-/*>rvj 
The  Commons  bemg  offended  at  this  Meflage,  dc-*July  31. 
rrianded  a  Conference  with  the  Lords  for  Ictthng  the 
Method  of  Proceedings  between  the  Two  Houfes 
upon  Conferences  and  free  Conferences,  and  ap- 
pointed a  Committee  to  draw  up  Reaibns  to  be  of- 
fered to  the  Lords,  and  which  t  were  itt  Subftance,  . 
Thatby  adheringgenerally,theLords  departed  from  ^  Aug.ij* 
what  was  yielded  to  upon  the  free  Conference,  W^. 
That  the  Judgments  were  Erroneous  \  That  the 
Lords  adhering  upon  the  firft  free  Conference  was 
irregular,  or  at  leaft  contrarytothe  ordinary courfc  ^ 
of  Proceedings  between  theTwo  Houfcs,eipecially 
if  (uch  adhering  fhould  be  look'd  upoft  as  conclu- 
five ;  That  it  is  ufiial  to  have  two  free  Conferences 
or  more,  before  either  Houft  proceed  to  adhere  ; 
That  as  It  is  according  to  theCourfe  of  Parliaments, 
(o  it  is  fuitable  to  the  Nature  of  the  Things,  that 
there  Aould  be  no  adhering  till  after  Two  Con- 
ferences at  leaft  ;  becaufe  before  that  time  each 
Houfe  is  not  fiilly  poflfefi'd  of  the  Reaibns  upon 
which  the  others  do  proceed  ^  nor  have  the  Hou^s 
had  the  full  opportunity  of  making  Replies  to  one 
another's  Arguments,  and  to  adhere  (boner,  is  to 
exclude  all  poilibih'ty  of  offering  Expedients ;  That 
this  Method  of  adhering  (b  fuddenly  and  uneJc- 
peftcdly,  d»6w  very  great  inconveniences  after' 
It ;  as  appeared  by  What  had  happetfd  this  Sefli- 
ons,  the  Additional  Poll-Bill  having  thereby  beeii 
loft,  to  the  great  Prejudite  of  the  Crown  i  and  the 
Bill  of  Rights  was  in  dangef  to  be  loft  alio ;  That 
the  Commons  thought  that  in  Proceedings  in  thia 
Judicial  Capacity  upon  Writs  of  Error:  their  L^ord- 
uiips  were  as  much  bound  to  give  Judgment  apoirt 
the  Record  according  to  the  m\&  Rules  of  Law, 
as  any  Inferior  Court  whatfoevcr,  and  ought  ndt 
to  entei^  into  the  Confideration  of  Peribha,  or  col- 
lateral Relpefts ;  That  for  the  Lords  to  affuriic  a 
difcretionary  Power  to  affirm  a  Judgment,  tho'  at 
the  (am^  time  they  agreed  it  to  be  Erroneous,  wa§ 


ii6 

A.  C 

1689. 


tk  Reign  of  King 

to  aflume  aPower  to  make  a  Law,  inftead  of  Judg- 
ing according  to  the  Rules  of  Law ,  That  when 
die  Commons  lent  up  a  Bill  to  their  LordQiips  in 
order  to  prevent  the  Mifchiefe  of  fiich  deftruciive 
Precedents,  for  their  Lordfhips  to  refufe  to  reverfe 
thefe  Judgments,  tho'  confeft  to  be  Erroneous,  un- 
lefi  upon  lEich  Terms  as  their  Lordfliips  imposed, 
and  to  which  the  Commons  could  not  in  reaiba 
agree,  was  to  leave  the  Kingdom  without  Redrefi, 
againft  acknowledged  Wrongs ;  That  it  was  Re- 
corded to  the  Honour  of  their  Lordlhips  noble  An- 
ceftors,  that  they  dcdar'd.  They  would  not  change 
the  Laws^  and  the  Commons  hop'd  they  would 

})urfoe  their  fteos,  and  not  by  aflSrming  Erroneous 
UQcments  go  about  to  make  that  Law,  which  was 
not  10  before;  and  by  infilling  on  collateral  Terms, 
before  they  would  reverie  thofe  Judgments  in  the 
Legiflative  way,  take  to  themfelves,  in  efFeft,  the 
whole  Power  of  the  Legiflature,  which  was  not 
only  to  change  the  Lav,  but  xofubvert  the  Conftitu- 
tion  oi  iht  Government '^  That  therefore  the  Com- 
mons hop*d  their  Lordfliips  would  not  infill  upon 
this  unulual  Method  of  adhering,  which  maniieft- 
ly  tended  to  the  interruption  of  a  goodCorrelix)n- 
oence  between  theTwo  Houfes,  especially  at  lb 
unieaibnable  a  Time,  when  an  entire  Agreement 
between  the  Two  Houles  was  of  fiich  abtolute  Ne- 
ceffity  for  the  Eftablifliment  of  the  Government, 
and  for  the  Peace  and  Safety  of  the  Kingdom. 
Thefe  Heats  between  both  Houles  were  like  to 
increafe  to  a  dangerous  Hcicht,  when  they  were 
happily  extinguilh'd  by  a  ludden  Adjournment  of  the 
Parliament ;  and  all  that  Oates  was  able  to  obtain  in 
'  June  tf.  this  Seflion,  was  only  an  *  Addrels  from  theLords, 
at  the  Commons  defire,  rcguefting  his  Majefty, 

•  Tliat  whereas  Titus  Oates^  Clerk,  had  already  re- 

•  ceiv'd  a  ftvere  Punifliment  for  the  Penury  whereof 

•  he  had  been  formerly  convi6ted,  ana  Ibme  of  the 

•  laid  Punifliments  would  ftill  be  continued  upon 

•  him,  unlds  they  Ihould  be  remitted  by  his  Maje- 

•  fty,  his  Majefty  would  be  gracioufly  pleas'd  to 

•  grant  his  Pardon  to  the  laid  Oatet.    The  King  rea- 
iSy  comply  M  with  the  Lords  defire ;  and  moreover, 


WILLIAM  thetbirJ.  ny 

as  loon  as  hy  their  Lordfhips  f  Order,  Oates  was  A.  C. 

difcharg'd  from  his  Confinement,  his  Majefty  re-    i68f. 
ceivM  him  into  his  Proceftion,  and  allow  d  mm  a  v.^-^^s^ 
condderable  *  Penfion  ,  which  occafion'd  various  t  Aiig.ao. 
Reflections.  *  shftr 

On  the  9th  of  May  the  Commons  lent  up  a  Bill  to  ^*^ 

the  Lords  for  declaring  the  Hjghtj  and  Liberties  of  the^'^^fi^ 
Subje^^  and  fettling  the  Succcjfton  of  the  Crovm  ;  which  {'/^^''Jl^*' 
their  Lordfhips' 
terpartofiti 
herJEle<aoral 

of  Hanover ;  and  thought  fit  amongft  other  Amend- Han^ 
ments,  to  add  a  Provifb  in  her  Highnefi's  favour,  orcr. 
The  Bill  thus  amended,  was  *  returned  to  theCom^*  May  35. 
mons ,   where    a    certain    Party  was  {6  prevail- 
ing, that  the  Houfe  dilagrced  to  their Lordfliips Pro- 
vilo.  Some  of  them  alledging.  That  a  Parliament  of 
England  had  never  determined  the  degrees  of  Suc- 
cellion  beyond  Two  or  Three  Perfons  :  That  the 
mentioning  the  Houle  of  Hanover  would  give  an 
opportunity  to  Foreigners  of  intermeddling  too  far 
in  the  Af&irs  of  this  Nation  ;  and  kftly,  That  be- 
fore the  Crown  (hould  devolve  on  the  Prince/s  So- 
fbia ,  (bme  of  the  Catholick  Princes,  who  were 
neareft  in  Blood,  and  who  by  this  Clauft  were  to 
be  excluded,  might  turn  Proteilants.    ITie  King 
who  wiih'd  nothing  more  earneftly  than  to  fee  the 
Crown  fetled  in  the  Proteftant  Line,  us'd  his  ut- 
moft  Endeavours  to  bring  the  Commons  to  a  Com- 
liance  with  the  Lords  ;  declaring  in  Council,  That 
is  Queen,  and  both  the  Prince  and  Princefs  of  Den- 
iiMri(;^delir'd  it  as  well  as  himfelf.  The  Lords  likewile 
warmly  infifted  on  their  Claufe,  alledging,  t  '  That ,  - 
'tho'  in  the  Inftrument  offered  to  the  King  and*J"'J^  '^ 

*  Queen's  Majefties,  the  Limitation  went  no  ranher 

*  than  to  their  Perfbns  j  yet  in  Ljw,  which  has 

*  relpeft  to  all  iucceeding  Ages,  and  that  Icttles  for 

*  ever  the  Libenies  of  the  Subjefts,  they  thought  it 

*  reafbnablc  to  carry  the  Limitation  of  the  SucceC 

*  fion  of  the  Crown  farther,  than  was  neceflary  in 
'  that  inftrument  in  which  the  Crown  was  offered 

*  to  their  Majeftiei,  and  that  bad  no  other  view  but 
!  of  the  §ucccflion  of  their  Pofterity .  a.  That  tbcy 

I  i  3  *  could 


I 


Ii8  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.    *  could  lee  not)anger,  nor  any  ill  Consequence  tliat 

1^89.   *  might  follow  a  further  Limitation,  but  very  much 

L^Wi '  to  the  i:ontrary.    For,  i .  This  fecured  the  Nation 

'  efFe£hially  from  the  danger  of  having  any  Pafifl 

'  to  Rpign  in  it,  at  any  time  hereafter  ^   fince  of 

*  (iich  a  number  of  Pnpifts  as  ftood  next  the  Crown 

*  in  the  Lineal  Succeihon,  Ibme  might  be  prevailed 

*  on  to  mak^  a  (hew  of  changing  their  H^ligion^  if  they 
\*  had  a  Project  of  fticceeding  to  the  Crown  upon 

^  it,  and  no  danger  being  fo  great  as  the  having  one 
^who  is  a  -pretended  Proteftant^  but  in  truth  a<rw- 
'  ccaPd  Pafiji^  to  Reign  over  us  ;  the  moft  effectu- 
*JaI  way  to  fecure  our  Religion,  was  to  declare  the 
*'SuccelIion  in  a  Family  that  was  known  to  be  Pro* 

*  tejinnt,     a.  It  was  the  Intcreft  of  England,  at  pre- 

*  fent,  to  do  Right  to  that  great  Houft,  by  limitting 

*  the  Succeffion  according  to  the  Provifa    For  be- 

*  ing    this  Limitation  had  been   propofed  ,  if   it 

*  fliould  b^  now  laid  afide,  it  would  look  like  Exclu* 

*  ding  of  that  Houfe,  which  might  provoke  them  to 

*  rake  Relblutions  that  might  be  ot  grea^  Prtjudice 
'  to  the  Nation  in  this  preftnt  Conjuncture. 

Theft  Realbns  having  been  delivered  to  the  Com- 
^"*^  ^    mons,  and  feveral  Conferences  having  paft  between 
[•r«  lulv^^^^  Houfts,   without  any  effect.   Heaven  inter- 
r."         -pos'd  to  terminate  theft   DiflFerences ,  by  BleHing 
^'  Her  Royal  Highnefi,  the  Princefs  of  Dcnrnm^  with 

a  Son.     He  was  Born  on  the  a4th  of  July^  and 
Chriftcn'd  on  the  2.7th  by  the  Name  of  ffWianty 
His.Majefl:y,  and  the  Earl  of  Dorfet  (  on  behalf  of 
the  King  or  Denmark  )  being  God-Fathers,  and  the 
Marchionels^  of  Halifax  God- Mother.    At  the  fime 
'  time  his  Majefty  confer'd  the  Title  of  Duke  of  Glo- 
ccfter  on  the  Royal  Infant ;  whofe  Aufpicious  Birth 
contributed  much  to  dijupate  the  diltant  Fears  of 
'  a  Pofijh  Succeflbr.    Some  days  after  'twas  proposed 
in  the  Lower  Houft,  to  advance  Her  Royal  High- 
:  ncffes  Revenue,  from  20000  to  70000/.  which  Mo- 
tion, how  re^fonable  foever,  confidering  Her  Hich- 
j  ncffes  ncceffary  Expences,  was  neverthelefi  bame<i 

*  by  fbme  who  were  for  drawing  all  the  Money  ima 
-  the  King's  Cofters,  which  they  hop'd  to  find'tneans 

rfi  empty , by-  filling  their  own  r  urfts,  ^  ^ 

.:  1        \  Much 


J. 


WILLIAM  theThirJ.  119 

Much  about  the  fame  time  the  Commons  enter'd    A.  C. 
upon  a  nice  Bufmefi,  which  as  itftem'd  to  widen    1689. 
the  Breaches  between  both  Houfes,  or  at  leaft  to  V^WJ 
cncrcafe  the  number  of  the  ill-affected,  and  which  A/f//w/«r 
reflected  on  His  Majefty's  Choice,  it  was  thought  ^»  Addnft 
ftrange  it  fliould  be  mov'd  by  one,  and  b-ack'd  oy  ^!  '•^«w 
another  ot  the  Queen's  firft  Domefticks.    The  Mo-'j'"'  j*'^" 
tion  was,  for  an  Addrefi  to  delirc  his  Majefty  to  re-v?'  ^^^ 
move  from  his  Prefence  and  Councils  fuch  ashad  •  Lt^^l- 
been  Impeach'd  by  Parliament,  and  had  betray'd-^^/^ '^^ 
the  Liberties  of  the  Subje6l ;  and  though  no  Body 
was  nam'd,  yet  it  was  ealie  to  guefi,  that  the  Per- 
ions  at  which  the  Addrefi  was  10  be  levelPd,  were 
the  Prefident  of  the  Council,  and  the  Speaker  of 
the  Houfe  of  Lords ;  and  that,  not  fb  much  on  ac- 
count of  their  Mifmanagertients  in  former  Reigns, 
as  for  their  having  Influenced  the  Refolutions  of  the 
Convention,  and  contributed  much  to  iheprefcnt 
Settlement.    This  Aftair  was  debated  witn  great 
warmth,  and  becaufe  the  contrary  Party  were  not 
prepar'd    to  foppofe  this  unexpe6lcd  Motion,    it 
would  certainly  have  been  carried  in  the  Afiimative, 
if,  by  good  luck,  thofe  that  were  for  it,  at  firft, 
had  not  cool'd  on  the  fudden.    Myn  Ht^r  Dyck3felv 
difcours'd  Mr.  fJ-—  about  the  Motion  he  had  made 
in  the  Houfe,  to  which  he  Anfwcr'd,  He  did  not 
think^it  to  be  of  any  ill  Covfequence  to  his  Majefty^and 
Ifcjidcsy   that  a  PUce  at  Court  fhould  never filence  him 
when  the  Good  of  his  Country  requir'^d  him  toffeak^.  The 

next  Day  Mr. //—- renew'd  thefimc  Motion,  anc^ 
was  fiipported  by  a  great  many;but  the  oppofite  fide 
requiring  them  to  name  the  Perfons,  and  no  Body 
offering  to  do  it,  the  Motion  fell ;  and  all  that  Mr. 
fir-  and  his  Party  were  able  to  do,  affcr  the  Reading 
the  Exceptions  to  the  Bill  of  Indemnity, was  to  carry 
this,Refolution  fThat  the  Kjng's'^  Pardon  was  not^'Junt^. 
fleadahle  in  Bar  to  an  Impeachment .  ;  The  lame  Day 
the  Commons  appointed  a  Committee  to  enquire 
into  the  delays  us'd  if^iending  Succors  to  Ireland^ 
and  into  the  Miicarriges  that  rendered  thofe  Succors 
ineffefhial. 

^   On  the  I  jth  of  June  the  Lords  having  confider'd,' 
in  a  Qrand  Comtnittee,  the  State  and.  Condition 

Vx  \  of 


4 


ixo  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  of  this  Kingdom^  and  what  means  to  uKc  againft 
1689.   the  DeGgns  of  the  Papifts^  and  the  Power  of  the 
\^yy>\y  French  King  ^  refblv'd  upon  an  Addreis  to  be  made 
'  to  his  Majelty,  to  put  the  Ifles  of  flight ^  Jerfey  and 
Guernfey^  SciUy^  Davcr-CaJiU^  and  other  Places,  which 
might  be  exposM  to  the  Einemy,  into  a  pollure  of 
Defence;  That  Pafifts  might  be  Difarm'd,  their 
Hories  taken  from  them,  and  thej^  not  be  permit- 
ted to  travel    more  than  Five  Miles   from  their 
HoUfes ;  and  that  care  be  taken  to  prevent  Proic- 
ft  ants  concealing  or  owning  Pafifts  Horfes.    At  the 
lame  time  their  Lordlhips  empowered  the  Commit- 
tee, appointed  to  prepare  this.  Addreft,  to  look  into 
the  Mifcarriages  in  Ireland^  and  to  fend  for  Perfons 
and  Papers  for  their  Information. 

The  Committee  drew  up  an  Addreft  according 
to  their  Dircdilons,  and  having  acquainted  the 
Houfe,  That  they  could  not  come  to  a  full  difco- 
MifcMrria'  very  of  the  Mifcarriages  of  Ireland  without  a  light 
/*/  *f  Ire*  of  thie  Minute  Books  of  the  Committee  for  Iri/h  Af- 
hnd /f-  f^ijpg^  iQ  the  ift  of  M4;  laft,  the  Lords  ordered  there- 
^utr  a  in»  ypQ^^  fjj^j.  another  Addrefs  be  prelentcd  to  the 
***  King,  deliring  that  the  (aid  Minute  Book  might  be 

Communicated  to  the  Committee.    His  Maj.'fty's 
tjunc  i8.An(werto  this  Addrels  was,  That  he  would  con/i- 
derof  it;  which  obftru<9:ed  the  Proceedings  of  this 
Committee  for  near  a  whole  Month ;  but  upon  the 
Commons  Voting,  That  thoje  Pe)/cns  that  had  been 
the  occafton  of  del  a/ 1  ng  the /ending  I{elief  to  Ireland, 
and  had  advud  the   KJng  to  defer  the  giving  leave  for 
fome  Membors  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons  to  infpcti  the 
Minute  Books  of  the  Ccimnitteefor  Irilh  Affairs^  were 
Enemies  to  the  Kjng  and  KJngdom  ;  and  their  debating 
fo  Addrefs  the  Kjng  for  the  rmwvijig  the  Margueffcs  of 
Halifax  and  Camarthen  from  his  Council ,  his  Ma- 
•  July  itf  J^^^  *  acquainted  the  Lords  by  the  Earl  of  JSlotting* 
^    ^'  'ham^  and  the  Commons  by  Mr.  Compcroler,  That 
he  gave  leave  that  a  Committee  of  the  Upper  Houfe 
might  infpeGt  the  Book  according  to  their  ddjre. 
However  this  Book  not  being  fumcient  to  difcover 
the  Mifcarriages  of  Ireland^  the  Lords  ordered  t  the 
♦July  ap  ^^^^  9^  Shrewsbury  and  Nottingham  to  AddreG  to 
'his  Maie^  that  he  would  be  pleas'd  to  give  or- 
der. 


WILLIAM  the  third.  ixi 

der,  that  die  Witnefles  in  Relation  to  Ireland,  fince  A.  C 
hss  Majdfty's  taking  the  Adminiftration  of  the  Go*    1689. 


vcnimenc  upon  him ,  to  the  time  the  Council-Books 
began,  might  be  Communicated  to  the  Commit- 
tee  of  their  Hoirfe.  Thcfe  two  Earls  delivered  their 
Meflage  to  the  King,  but  his  Majefty  anlwer'd, 
Thaf  there  were  no  Minutes  of  the  Irifn  Affairs  in  the 
time  mentioned  by  their  Lord/hips. 

Several  Letterg  from  King  James,  Ibme  of  them  Letters 
written  with  his  own  Hand,  and  diredtcd  to  divers  frm  Kinf^ 
Perfons  in  London,  and  in  the  Country,  having  been  James  *►• 
Intercepted  at  Lever foole,   and  lent  to  Court,  his*""^'/^''^* 
Majefty  Communicated  the  feme  to  the  Parliament.  J""^- 
And  becaufr,  among  other  Enigmatical  Exprcilions, 
mention  was  made  in  them  of  Counter-band  Goods 
ready  to  be  Shipp*d  off  in  order  to  be  run  into  (iich 
Places  where  they  might  not  be  leiz'd  by  Cuftom- 
Houle  r>fiicers,    which  (iifficiently  diftover'd  the 
dciign  of  an  Invafion^    Mr.  Hamden,  who  at  that 
time  happened  to  be  Chairman  of  the  Committee  ^^'  Ht«« 
of  the  whole  Houfe,  reprefented  the  imminent  ^®""^*^ 
I)anger  that  threatned  the  Kingdom ,   and  whatyf  f.^*^ 
Difficulties  hb  Majefty  lay  under  to  prevent  It,  for^^^^^f 
want  of  Money,  and  therefore  mov'd  for  a  farther 
Supply.    This  Motion  from  a  Privy-CounleJlor, 
and  at  a  time  when  the  Houle  was  going  to  Ad- 
journ, was  thoueht  very  Unpolitick  and  Prepofte- 
rous,  and  was  fo  rar  from  being  back'd  by  any  Mem- 
ber, no  not  by  Mr.H-  denh  own  Son,  that  it  ra- 
ther occaiion'cl  Ibme  (harp  Refle£)^ions;  ior  Mr. 
H  -'den,  among  the  Dangers  to  which  the  Nation 
was  cxposM,  having  nam'd  ihat  of  falling  into  the 
Hands  of  the  French  and  Irijb^  Add  the  Dutch,  re- 
ply'd  Mr.  S — ;  and  Mr.  G— Mw^yr,  though  one  of 
the  well-afte6led.   (aid,  That  they  had  given  Money 
enough  for  thai  Tear ,  that  if  they  had  thought  there 
had  heen  occafionfor  more,they  would  have  prevented  the 
the  Kjn^s  Demands ;  t'oat  *twas  not  the  want  of  Money 
hut  the  ill'^Cbndu&  ef  thofe  that  had  the  Management  of 
Affairs,  that  caufed  the  Difficulties  the  Government  lay 
under  ;  that  the  Mifcarriages  in  ajjiping  the  Protefiattts 
of  Ireland  had  been  of  fo  iS  Cortfequence,  that  if  they 
were  net  ffeedily  remedied,  tbeHoiffe  wotdd  be  obliged  to 


1  %%  The  Reign  sf  Khg 

A.    C  f«i^  ntftke  of  fhem,  Mr.  G^rifjpay  having  Aon&  {peak« 
I  ($89.    ttig,  Mr.  ff-v  ftood  up,*  and  (aid.  Their  frefint  Oun^ 
%,^^\j  gers  fr4>ceeded  frcm  tfjeir  not  Addrej^ng^  the  Kjnf^  for  re^ 
fnovim  his  illCowifeHors^  as  he  himlelf  mov'd  it  not 
.'  iong  before.      However  the  Houfe  having  taken 

dLclnterceptcd  Letters  into  Confideration,  refolv'd 
to  Addrcfi  his  Majefty  to  defire  him  to  fccure  all  P4- 
fifts  of  Note,   and  to  dilarm  and  take  away  the 
worfes  from  the  reft ;  and  as  a  Conftquencc  of  this 
A  Bill  fwr  Afiair,  a  Bill  was  brought  in  for  nttnintiug  fever aI 
Attainting  j^^rfons  in  I(ebellion  agairtft  their  Mnjcjiies, 
-'^'r  About  this  time  the  French  Pafifts^  taking  adiran- 

French  ^8^  ^^  jCountenance  given  to  the  Protejlnnts  of 
Pspifis  ™^  Nation,  became,  vxiy  Turbulent  and  Audaci- 
Ikrbulmt.  ^^s,  publickly  Traducing  the  prefcnt  Governmeia, 
and  dSfjjerfing  either  Papers  in  favour  of  tihe  Abdi- 
cated Monarch,  or  Libels  againft  their  prefcnt  Ma- 
jefties.  The  Houfc  of  Lords  being  informed  of 
their  Inlblent  Behaviour,  and  rurpe6l:ing  they  might 
advance  to  more  dangerous  Attempts,  Ordered  that 
^June  14  an  *  Addrefi  be  prelented  to  his  Majefty,  de/iring 
and  21.  he  would  iflue  out  his  Proclamation,  that  no  French 
Papift  might  come  into  fi-ljitehal^  St.  3amcs\  or  St, 
Jii»j^/s-Park  5  and  that  all  frwacA  Papifts,  that  were 
not  Houfc- boulders,  nor  Merchants,  ftiould  leave 
the  Kingdom  within  Six  Weeks,  and  all  others 
within  Six  Months,  under  the  Pain  of  being  Profc- 
cuted  as  Alien  Enemies  according  to  Law.  The 
Lords  of  the  White  Staves  having  prefented  this 
t  June  25.  Addrefe,hisMaicfty  an(wer'd,he  would  fpeedilv  give 
order  therein;  but  fbme  Days  after  t  the  Lord  Cham- 
berlain acquainted  the  Hou(e,T/;/!/  hisMnjefty  findings 
upon  farther  Confideration^  that  to  Banijh  ail  Frencn 
rapifts  nfight  be  dif advantageous  to  the  Nation,  they 
Tradi7ig  to  other  Countries  Toinch  were  his  I^ajefty^s  Al- 
lies, and  bcfides  his  Majcjiy  having  fromisd  tl^em  to 
Protctl  them,  whiiji  they  liv^d  peaceably  here,  thought 
fit  to  fufpeyid  tbe  ijjuing  fuch  a  Proclamation,  until 
he  had  ask^d  their  Lord/hips  further  Opinion  in  that 
Matter.  Upon  Confideration  of  this  Mcflage,  the 
Peers  thought  fit  to  leave  that  Afeir  to  his  Majefty's 
Difcretion. 

Whiift  the  Lords  were  bufie  about  the  French  Pa- 
pijis,  the  Comn;ions  were  drawing  up  Articles  of 

Hich- 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  f/jf  Third.  ixj 

High-TrcaibnagainftSir-<^</4i7j3i4/r,  Captain  Ben-   A.  C. 
zy  Vaughan^  Captain  Frederic  1^  Mole,  Jolm  Ellht  and    |  gg^^ 
JJi^/'rrr  Gr4;',  the  two  laft  Doctors  in  Phyfidc,  for  v.xVV> 
publifliing  and  dilperfing  King  Jnmeis  *  Uedarscti-  sir  Adtin 
on  ;  which  Articles  being  fent  f  up  to,  and  *  read  BItir  mid 
by  the  Lords,  and  a  Committe  t  appointed  xo\n-9thtr.s  Jm^ 
fytGc  Precedents  of  Impeachments,  the  Keeper  o![pesch*dfit 
KevpgAte  was  *  ordered  to  bring  to  be  Bar  of  the  ^^'fp^fi^t 
Houfe  the  Bodies  of  Sirjidam  Blair,  Captain  1^4*!^-  ^' JamcsV 
/ww,  C^c. .  or  fiich  of  them  as  were  in  his  Cuftody .  ^^^^^^'^ 


had  been  read  to  them,  they  defir'd  to  have  a  Copjrf  juin  %6. 
of  their  Acculation,  and  both  Time  and  Council*  Jun*  27. 
allowed  them  to  make  their  Defence,  Which  being  t  lunc  29. 
granted  they  were  remanded  to  Newgate,    On  the  *  July  a- 
I  xth  of  the  &id  Month  three    of  the  Perlbns  a- 
bovenam'd  delivered  their  Anlwers  to  the  Articles 
exhibited  iagainft  them,  wherein  they  pleaded  th6ir 
Innocence,  and  liibmitted  thenllelves  for  their  Trial 
to  their  Lordfliips  Judgments.    Three  Days  after 
Sir  Jidam  Blair  and  Dr.  Gray,  who  by  this  time  hsd 
been  apprehended  by  a  Meflengcr,were  examined  by 
the  Speaker  of  the  Lords,  and  then  committed  to 
the  Prilbn  of  the  Gate-Haufe.    On  the  xxd  of  July 
they  jE>ut  in  their  Anlwcrs  like  the  reft,  the  Copies 
of  all  which  being  communicated  to  the  Commons, 
no  farther  Prpgrels  was  made  in  this  Buiinefi  during 
this  Seifion. 

As  for  the  Commons  they  carried  on  the  Af&irs 

that  lay  before  them  fometimes  with^reat  Ardour, 

.  Ibmctimes  with  great  Remifoefe,  but  generally  with 

•  great  Warmth,    The  Bill  for  the  Additional  Excife 

being  paft,  fomeProgrefi  was  made  in  that  of  In-  \ 

demnity,  the  Benefit  of  which  was  to  be  extended  e- 

ven  to  thoie  who  had  been  concerned  in  the  Profecu- 

tion  of  the  Bifhops.  'Tis  true^the^  excepted  all  (uch 

as  bad  zStcd  in  the  Eccleflaftic^  (Zommhiion,  but  of 

ihcft  two  were  Dead,  v/;?^  Chancellor  Jejfreys  in  the 

.ToweTy  and  the  Bifhop  of  Cbefler  in  Dublin  j  fome 

Vrere  out  of  the  KiBsd6m,t7i;;.the  Earl  oi  Sunda  land^ 

and  the  Lord  Cbi^f  Juftice  Herbert ;  md  «s  for  the 

reft, 


1 Z4  the  Reign  ef  King 

A.  C  rcft,^  the  Bifliop  of  Upcbefter  was  (helter'd  by  his 
1689,  Majefty's  Proteftion  ;  the  Earl  of  Huntington  liv'd 
\^,0^y\j  retired  in  the  Country ;  the  Lord  Chief  Juftice 
W-iVAr  wasPrifonerin  the  Tower,  And  as  for  the 
Earl  of  Miil^ravc^  befides  that  he  had  alvrays  tra- 
vers'd  the  Violent  and  Defcotick  Proceedings  of  the 
reft,  his  great  Parts  and  Eloquence  which  ever  had 
a  mighty  Sway  in  the  Houfe  of  Lords,  cnclinM 
King  H^lliam  to  endeavour  to  engage  him  in  his 
Intereft^  by  an  Oflfer  of  a  more  Honourable  Title, 
which  that  Earl  declined,  till  he  found  his  Enviers 
prevented  thcAccompliihment  of  more  fblidPromifes. 
The  flow  Proceedings  of  the  Parliament,  and 
the  Heats  and  Animmities  which  divided  both 
Houles,  obftrufting  the  Progrefs  of  the  King's  De- 
ficns,  his  Majefty  thought  fit  to  make  to  them  the 
following  Speech. 

hfy  Lords  and  Gentlemen^ 
J^ifg:  Wil.  c  i-p  j|g  jjjj^p  Qf  jtjg  Year  being  fo  far  advanced,  and 

5j"J*/  ^  ^  '  there  bein^  feveral  Afts  yet  to  be  paflcd  for 
thiFarliaJ^  the  Safety  and  Settlement  of  the  Nation,  I  defirc 
mtnt^  '*  you  would  expedite  chem  as  fbon  as  you  can,  it 
June  28.  *Dcing  neceffary  there  fliould  be  fliortly  aRecefs, 
'  both  that  I  may  be  at  Liberty  to  purfiie  the  Bufi- 
nefs  oE  Ireland  with  all  poiTibie  Vigour,  and  that 
the  Members  of  both  Houfes  may  repair  to  their 
feveral  Countries  to  j(ecure  the  Peace,  and  put  the 
Militia  into  feme  better  Pofture. 
^  I  am  very  fenfible  of  the  Z.eal  and  goodAffe£lioa 
which  you,Gentlemeq  of  the  Houfeof  Commons, 
have  Oiew'd  to  ihe  Pubiiclc,  in  giving  tho^  Sup- 
plies you  have  done  already  ;  and  I  do  not  doubt, 
out  from  the  fame  Inducements  you  will  be  ready 
to  give  more  as  Occafions  require,  which  I  muft 
let  you  know  will  be  (boner  than  perhapa  you  may 
expe£t,  becaufe  the  ncceflar)^  Expcncc  oi  this 
Year  will  much  exceed  the  Sums  you  have  pro- 
vided for  it;  and  that  you  may  make  the  truer 
Judgment  in  that  Matter,  I  am  very  willing  you 
fliould  (ee  how  all  the  Moneys  hitherto  have  been 
laid  out,  and  to  that  end  I  have  commanded  thofe 
Accpuot&to  be  Ipeedily  brought  to  yQU>  by  whid^ 

•you 


W I LL  I  A  M  /i5?^  Third.  ixy 

*  you  will  fee  how  little  of  the  Revenue  has  been  A.  C. 
^  applied  to  auy  other  ufe  than  that  of  the  Navy  and    i  gSy. 

*  L^d  Forces.  ^  . 

^  I  xnuft  remind  you  of  making  ^n  ^ffe^tuil  and 

*  timely  Provifion  of  the  Motuy  for  the  States^/  Hol- 

*  land,  and  I  doubt  not  but  you  will  take  care  to  ice 

*  a  fitung  Revenue  fettled  for  my  felf. 

My  Lords  ondGenflemetij 
*  I  will  add  no  more  but  to  recommend  earneftly 


*  is  Dear  to  Us  doth  (b  much  depend  ;  and  I  do  pro- 

*  mife  that  nothing  (hall  ever  be  wanting  on  my  part 
•which  may  contribute  towards  it.  The  rarlia- 
ment  retum'd  his  Maiefty  Thanks  for  his  Gracious 
Speech,  which  nevertnelefs  had  but  little  Effe6i:  up- 
on the  Proceedings  of  either  Houfe. 

A  Bill  for  the  Chargit^  and  Colle<£ling  the  Du- >^  BjI  m 
ties  upon  CoiFee,  Tea  and  Chocolate  at  the  Cujiom-  lay  Dwtia 
Houfe^  being  fent   up  from  the  Commons  to  thew  <^fffU 
Lords,  their  Lordfhips  *  added  a  Claufe  to  it,  £>r^'^»  ^^ 
a  Drawback  on  the  Exportation  of  the  did  Commo-*  J*i^y^ 
dities,  with  an  alteration  of  the  Dare  from  the  24th  ^j  j^ 
of  July  to  the  x/th  of  Augufi'^  which  being  difagreed  f    \y 
to  by  the  Commons,  occahonM  a  warm  DilJDUte  be-  ^^^^ 
tween  both  Houfis.    The  Commons  allodg'd.  That  Rejekei 
they  had  always  taken  aV  for  their  itndoubted  Privilege^  hy  the 
(of  which  they  have  ever  been  jealous  and  tender)  TlxitCommem^ 
in  all  Aids  given  to  the  Kjngby  the  Commons^  the  Hate- 
tr  Tax  ought  not  to   be  Any  ways  altered  by  the  Lords^ 
That  the  Amendment  made  by  tU  Lords  being  in  point 
of  Time^  the  Commons  hoped  tijeir  Lordjhips  would  not 
at  this  time  renew  a  Q^efiion  concerning  the  MetJyod  if 
granting  Aids^  which  Jjad  formerly^  in  Inftances  of  this 
Nature^  occafan^d  great  Debates ^  and  which  might  now 
beget  many  Conferences^  ffeud  much  time^  and  end  in  In- 
conveniencies.     That  this  Amendment  fropofed  by  the 
Lords  made  the  Bill  Incoherent^  for  both  Houfes  having 
agreed  that  the  Forfeitures  Jhould  Commence  from  the 
2,0th  o/July,  it  would  look,  Jhange  that  the  Fmrfeiturct 
/hotdd  be  given  before  the  Duty  was  made  pajiabJe.  That 

Ships 


Jnjtftid  on 
hj  the 
Lordt^ 

July  27. 


ixS  The  Rei^  6f  fin^ 

A.  Q  Ships  were  then  nrrhing  daily  with  the  CotmnoditiH 
1689.  merit im^d  in  the  Biliy  which  would  be  A  lofs  to  the  Ki^gi 
by  futping  the  Cofnmencement  of  the  Duty  fo  far  offj 
And  that  as  to  the  Provifo  their  Lordfhifi  had  fent  to 
the  Commons^  the  Commons  did  difagree  to  it^  and  for 
that  did  refer  to  their  firfi  I{eafons  j  for  the  Provifo  be-  . 
j«5  an  Alteration  and  lejfening  of  the  Grant  made  by  the 
Commo?iSy  they  hofed  for  the/e  Heafons  thir  Lordfhifs 
would  agree  with  themy  and  not  revive  old  Difputes. 

On  the  other  Hand^  the  Lords  infiftcd  upon  their 
Provifo,  and  (aid,  *they  were  much  liirpnVd  at 
the  Aflertion  of  the  Comtrions,  that  m  all  Aids 
given  to  the  King  by  the  Commons  the  Rate  or 
Tax  ought  not  to  be  altered  by  the  Lords,  fince 
they  conceived  it  had  always  been  their  undoubted 
Right,  in  cafe  of  any  Aid?  given  to  the  King,  to 
leflen  the  Rate  or  Tax  granted  by  the  Commons, 
whereof  feveral  Pi'ecedents  might  be  given,  which 
for  the  prefent  they  were  willing  to  Forbear,  that 
they  might  not  revive  old  Difputes.  But  that  as  td 
the  Provifo  now  offered  by  the  Lords,  their  Lord- 
(hips  were  of  Opinion,  this  General  Point  was 
not  the  Cafe  now  in  difference.  It  being  nei- 
ther an  alteration  nor  leflcning  of  the  Duty  laid 
upon  thofe  Commodities :  for  what  was  propoled 
to  be  drawn  back  upon  tne  Exportation  of  them 
could  not  be  fiid  to  leflen  the  Rates  imposM  upon 
them.  That  it  did  indeed  take  away  fo  much 
from  the  King*s  Income,  but  added  much  more  to 
the  Benefit  of  Trade,  of  which  the  Lords  con- 
ceived they  were  Equal  and  Competent  Jud^es^ 
and  therefore  they  thought  they  were  verv  well 
founded  to  infift  on  the  Provifo.  This  DiJ^Jute 
^ut  a  ftop  to  the  Bill  in  this  Seflion,  but  it  paft'd  at 
aft,  with  their  Lordfliips  Claufe  about  the  Draw- 
back, on  the  16th  oi  January  1690. 

^ On  the  Third  of  Auguft  the  Commons  irt  a  Com- 

if/'if  ire- inittee  of  the  whole  Houfc  having  confidcf'd  the 
Itnd/4r.  State  of  the  Nation,  came  at  laft  to  this  Refolution, 
ther  Ani^  that  an  Addrcls  be  prefcnted  to  his  Majefty  upon 
wadverted^tk  Heads.  1.  That  there  had  been  Delays  in 
*Jf  •''»  the  Succour  of  Ireland,  x.  That  there  were  not 
Angull  3.  (uffigicnt  Preparations  tg  tranlport  the  Forces  to 

Ireland  \ 


I 


i^tifcarria* 


WILLIAM///^  Tbird.  117 

treland:    And,  3.  That  fevefal  Ships  had  been  ta-   A.   C. 
ken  for  want  of  Guards,  and  Convoys  to  preftrve    16S0, 
them.    Ac  the  ^me  time  the  Qyeftion  was  put,  that  i^^yxi 
it  fliould  be  reprefented  to  his  Majefty,  That  it  was 
inconvenient  to  his  Majefty 's  Aft'airs,  that  the  Mar- 
quefi    of   Hdlifnx  Was  in  his  Majefty'*s  Council, 
which  however  was  carried  in  the  Negative. 

On  the  Twelfth  of  the  fame  Month,  Sir  T/jotnas 
Littleton  made  the  Report  from  the  Committee,  who 
examined  the  Matter,  touching  the  Mifcarriagcs  re- 
kting  to  IreUndj  and  Londondcny  \  upon  which  it 
was  relolv'd,  that  an  Addrefs  bie  prefented  to  his 
Majefty,  that  Colonel  Lundee  be  fent  over  to  London^ 
derry^  to  be  try'd  there  for  the  Trealbns  laid  to  his 
Charge. 

Some  Days  after,  the  Comtnons  having  *  fent  up  ♦Aug.  13; 

a  Bill  to  the  Lords,  for  the  Enjoy ning  the  wearing  theTht  IVeaS 
iVooHen  ManufaEiure  of  this  Kjngdom  at  certain  Times  vers  fre- 
of  the  Tear^  the  Baylifis,  Wardens,  and  Afllftants  of  («»^  *  Bi* 
the  Companies  of  Silk  Weavers  of  London  ^ni^itien  in  t^ 
Canterbury^  prefented  a  Petition  to  their  Lordfhips  in^*^*^^*^'^ 
a  tumultuous  manner  ^  praying  to  be  heard  before '"^'^^' 
the  (aid  Bill  fhould^be  pafi'd  irto  a  Law.  Whereu^-^ 
on  the  Houfe  order'd  tneir  Sj)eaker  to  tell  the  Peti- 
tioners, '  That  the  Lords  did  not  then  think  fit  to 

*  give  an  Anfwer,  becaufe  they  obferv'd  there  was 
'  an  unufiial  manner  of  Application  of  Men,  who 

*  ought  to  be  better  direfted  by  them  who  werd 

*  Baylifis,  Wardens,  and  Affiftants  of^  the  Compa- 

*  ny.  That  the  Lords  did  firft  require  that  thoft 
'  Crouds  (hould  go  home ,   and  when  that  was 

*  done,  neither  they,   nor  others.   People  of  this 

*  Nation,  needed  to  doubt,  but  that  their  Lordfhips 

*  would  do  Juftice,  and  hear  the  ObjeAions  of  Par- 

*  ties  cot^cern'd  in  this  or  any  other  Bill,  that  (hould 

*  come  before  them.  And  to  prevent  the  Eruption 
of  this  unruly  Multitude,  which  was  (ijppos'd  to  be 
cgg*d  on  by  (everal  di(contented  Incendiaries,  the 
Lords  defir'd  his  Majefty,  to  command  (bme  of  the 
Horfe  and  Foot-Guards  to  be  aiding  to  the  Civil 
Powers ;  and  orderM  the  Governor  of  the  Tower  to 
take  care  to  prevent  any  unlawful  Concourfe  of 
People  in  the  Hamlets  ot  that  Fortrefs ;  the  Lord- 

Mav'(^r 


1x8  The  Reign  of  ^ing 

A*  C.  Mayor  of  London  to  have  a  (ufficient  Number  of  the 
1689.   Trained-Bands  in  readinefi,  to  hinder  the  paiCng 
\^^0^Y\J  ^^  *5X  extraordinary  Numbers  of  People  through 
^^       the  City  towards  Pt^efiminfter.    And  tne  Deputy- 
Lieutenants,  and  Juftices  of  the  Peace  of  the  Coun- 
ty of  Middlrfex^  CO  provide  for  the  Security  of  the 
<!iity,  and  Liberties,  and  iVeJbninJier.    The  Wea- 
vers ftcing  thelc  Preparations  remained  quiet  in  their 
f  Aug.  1 7.  Houfes  :   Whereupon  the  Lords  t  difcharg'd  th« 
'  Trained-Bands  which  had  been  potted  in  the  Pa* 
lace- Yard  I4^eftminfter.    However,  upon  the  lecond 
Reading  of  the  Bill  for  the  Enjoy  ning  the  Wearing  the 
Woollen  Manufa£hires ,  their   Lordfliips  unani- 
*ABg.  19.  moufly  *  rejefled  the  (ame. 
.    -  The  Houfe  of  Commons  having  paft  the  B///,  for 

^•^jL  Anainting  fever al  Perfons  in  HebeBion  r.gainfi  their 
Majefiies,  and  lent  it  up  to  trie  Lords  for  their 
Concurrence,  the  Committee  whom  their  Lordfliips 

♦  T  T  appointed  to  examine  the  fame,  pray'd,  *  That  the 
JO  y  30-  Commons  might  be  defir^d  by  4  Conference  to  give  a,  Lift 
to  the  Houfe  of  Lords  of  the  Perfons  that  gave  Evidence 
to  the  Commons^  a^ainfi  the  feveral  Perfons  dejign^d  in 
the  Bill  to  be  Attainted  ;  That  the  Lords  might  be  fully 
fatisfied  by  Evidence^  Vivi  Vocc,  to  Attaint  the  feve- 
ral Perfons  (  as  they  fuppos*d  the  Commons  were ; )  For 
that  if  the  Lords  fhould  by  thcrnfclves  enquire  of  fuch 
Evidence^  they  might  fail  ofhearim  all  the  Evidence  the 
Houfe  of  Commons  had  had.  The  Lords  having  agreed 
to  this  Motion,  a  Conference  was  defirM  and  ma- 
naged betwixt  both  Houfe,  at  which  the  Commons 
gave  a  Lift  of  the  Witnefles  that  deposed  at  their 
Bar,  againft  the  Perfons  mentioned  in  the  Bill  of  At- 
tainder. Thefe  Witnefles  were  William  Watts^ 
Matthew  Gun^  Bafil  Purefoy,  and  fVilliam  Dalton  ; 
whole  Evidence  not  (atisfying  the  Lords,  the  Bill 
lay  neglefted  for  fome  Days ;  but  the  Commons 
having  prefi'd  their  Lordfhips  by  Two  MefTa^es 

tAuff  ip.^o  give  Expedition  to  it,  the  Houfe  t  agreed  with 
the  Committee  in  leaving  out  Thomas  Lord  Howard^ 
the  Earl  of  Dover^  the  Lord  Hunfdon^  Sir  I{pger 
Strickland^  Sir  Edward  Herbert^  Colonel  Hugh  Sou- 
therland,  and  Sir  ff^Siam  Jennings^  becaufe  there  did 
not  appear  fuSicient  Evidence  againft  them.    The 

Prorogation 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  119 

Prorogation  of  the  Parliament, which  happened  fboti  A.  C 
after,  put  a  final  ftop  to  this  Bill.  1 689 . 

Punuant  to  the  King's  repeated  Inftahces  in  fa-  l^vxj 
Vour  of  the  Dutch^  the  Commons  put  at  laft  the 

finifliing  Hand  to  4  BiHfor  affiofriating  certain   Da-  A  Bid  /oi» 
ties  for  p^ing  the  States  General  of  the  Vnited  Pro-  Mi^g  '^* 
vinces  the  Charges  for  his  Majejl/s  Expedition  into  this  ^^"^^  ^^ 
Kjngdom'^   wliich  being  Read  *  in  the  Houfe  of?^' 
Loms,  It  was  movM,  that  leveral  Members  of  the       *'   ^' 
Houfc,  and  divers  Servants  of  King  Charles  II.  had 
Securities  appropriated  put  of  feverai  Duties  which 
paft  away  from  them  by  this  Bill ;  and  therefore 
they  defir'd  they  might  be  heard  by  their  Council. 
This  Motion  being  received,   and  Council  heard, 
their  Lordfliips  gave  their  Confent  to  the  Bill  with- 
out any  Amendment ;  but  at  the  lame  time  th^v 
ordered  their  Speaker  to  prelerit  the  following  Aa- 
^refi  to  his  Majclh'^. 

**  The  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  in  Parlia-^^,^x  ^r 
'*  ment  Aflembled,  upon  their  Concurrence  with^^^  L«ri/ 
**  the  Houfe  of  Commonis,  in  a  Bill  entituled,  An  relating  to 
**  A3  for  appropriating  certain  Duties  for  paying  thethe  faid 
"  States  General y  &c.  and  for  odier  lifts,  think  it  Bill, 
**.  Incumbent  on  them,^  in  Honour  and  Juftice,  to  Aug.  16* 
**  lay  before  your  Majefty,  how  leveral  of  their 
"  own  Body  found  thcmfelves  aggrieved  thereby, 
*'  in    relation  to  (bme.  Debts  owing  to  them  on 
*'  the   Account  of  having  been  Servants  to  King 
**  Charles  II.  and  that  their  Claim  to  their  Arrears  pu 
"  that  Score  was  weaken'd  and  prqudiced  by  this 
**  Bill,  which  cuts  them  off  from  all  Pretences  what- 
**Ic)cver,   except  (uch  as   can   be  cornprehended 
*'  within    the  Sums   of  Sixty  Thoufand  Pounds- 
which  is  very  far  fliort  of  Anlwering  their  juft 
Demands,  and  which  rhey  conceive  to  have  been 
better  and  more  amply  provided  for,  in  an  A<2; 
**  pafi'd  in  the  firft  Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  late 
"rting  ^amcs^  Entituled,  An  A3  for  granting  to  hit 
*'  Majefty  an  Impcfition  on  all  Tobacco  and  Sugar  Impor- 
ted  between  the  x^h  Day  o/June   168/.  and  the 
%Ajth  */.|une  169;.    Y.ct  being  more  concerned 
**  for  the  Welfare  of  your  Majefty's  Affairs,  thaii 
*•  their  own  particular  Benefit,  and  being  fenfibleof 

K  k  '*the 


44 


130  Tl e  Reign  of  Khg 

A.  C.  **  the  Importance  it  may  be  to  yourMa|efty,  as  well 
1 689.  **  as  to  the  good  of  Chrfjlendom  in  this  Conjiin<5hire, 
*'  that  the  Debt  owing  to  the  States  General  of  the 
**  United  Provinces,  upon  account  ot  alfifting  your 
*'  Majefty  at  your  coming  into  this  Nation,  for  our 
'*  Deliverance  from  Popery  and  Arbitrary  Power, 
**  (hould  be  provided  for  to  their  Satisfa6tiofl:  they 
*'  have  wiUmgJy  defifted  from  giving  any  obftru6h- 
*'  on  to  the  palfing  of  the  (iid  Bill,  and  have  en- 
tirely fiibmitted  their  fliare  of  their  Recompencc 
for  their  long  and  faithful  Services  to  their  De- 
ceafcd  Royal  Mafter,  to  the  Convcnicncy  of  youf 
*  Majefties  prefent  Circumftances. 
*  "  Whereupon  this  Houft  hath  thought  fit  to  re- 
**  prefent  to  your  Majefty  this  moft  refpcftful  and 
**  dutiful  Acquiefcence  or  the  Peers  herein  concern- 
**  ed  in  your  Majefties  Juftice  and  Goodnefi,.  and  to 
**  belecch  )^our  Majefty, that  you  would  be  pleafed  to 
*'  cake  their  Condition,  and  the  manner  of  their 
**  prefent  Refignation  of  it  into  your  Gracious  C05- 
**  lideration  and  Royal  Protection  ,  wherein  this 
"  Houfe  doth  promife  thernfelves,  that  the  particu- 
"  lar  Peers  concerned  will  find  an  entire  Security. 

**  And  whereas  there  is  a  Claufe  in  this  Bill  which 
"  provides  that  60000  /.  therein  mentioned  for  the 
^  late  V%!mgCharles  his  Servants,lhould  be  applied  to 
*'  /uch  only  as  were  his  Servants  at  the  time  of  his 
**  Deceafe ;  It  is  the  huinble  Defire  and  Recom- 
**  mendation  of  this  Houft  to  your  Majefty,  that 
**  thisReftraint  may  bring  no  Prejudice  to  the  juft 
**  and  equitable  Pretenfions  of  fiich  of  the  Servants 
**of  his  fuld  late  Majefty,  as  are  Members  of  this 
**  Houfe,  or  of  others  in  their  Circumftances ;  but 
*'  that  your  Majefty  will  be  gracioufly  pleafed  to 
**  look  upon  them,  as  Entitulcd  to  an  equal  [fhare  of 
**  your  Favour  and  Conlidcration,which  otkers  their 
"  rellow  Servants  have  generally  hiA,  ormaypre- 
*'  tend  to  by  Virtue  of  ih!s  or  the  former  Aflt  of 
"  Parliament  before  mcntion''d. 
The  Marqucfs  of  H/iIUfax,  Speaker  of  the  Lords. 

•  •  !  1  rr»  *    \  1  Jill        /^        !• 


WILLI  AM. the  Third.  tu 

BUI,  he  (iid,  He  was  fetfible  of  their  behaviour  to-  A.    C 
wards  him  ufon    this  cccajicn^    and  would  nht  forget    ifigp. 

Two  D^ys  *  after,  the  King  went  to  theHouie^  Ang.aq. 
of  L^ds  in  order  to  piii  this  Bill,  upon  which  oc- 
cafion  the  Speaker  of  the  Houft  of  Commons  ftiade 
a  Speech  to  his  Majefty,  acknowledging  the  great 
Services  done  to  tnis  iNlation  by  the  Dutch^  and  4t 
iaHie  time  very  artfiiUy  reminding  the  Dutch  of  their 
former  Obligations  to  the  Engltjb. 

"  The  Cpmmoiis  (  faid  Mr.  Powle  )  in  this  pre-  ^  spsecJi  y 
fent  Parliament  Aflembled,  taking  into  Confide-  of  the 
ration  the  great  Affiftance  that  was  given  by  the  Speaker  tf 
States  of  the  United  Provinces  to  your  Maiefty,  the  Heufe 
in  your  Glorious  DeGgnof  reftoring  thefe  King- •/Cwawaw 
doms  to  their  antient  Rights  and  Liberties,  and  [^  ^'^  ^ 
how  for  that  end  they  entrufted  their  Army  andi'/?^»  Aug. 
Fleet  to  your  Malefty's  difpofal,  at  a  time  when  **• 
they  had  War  decfar  d,  and  an  Invafion  threatncd 
.  by  the  French  King,  meerly  to  divert  them :  Thev 
*'  do  here  humbly  preftnt  your  Majefty  with  a  Bill 
**  appointing  certain  Duties  of  Excife  and  Cuftoms 
"for  the  raifing  600000  L  which  they  defire  may 
"  be  applied  by  your  Majefty  for  the  latisfaftion  of 
*'  the  Charges  which  have  been  Expended  by  the 
*'  States  in  this  Expeditioti. 

"  It  is  a  little  more  than  an  Age  fince  the  lUuftri; 
**ous  Prince  of  Orange^  your  Majefty's  Great 
**  Grand  Father,  whofe  Name  will  ever  be  Famous 
"  for  his  Love  to  his  Country,  did,  by  the  AJf^ance 
**  of  the  Englijh^  redeem  thofe  Provinces  from  the 
*'  like  Opprellions ;  v/hich  fliews  how  infeparable 
*'  the  Intereft  of  thoft  two  Nations  are.  And  fmce  it 
"  was  the  Policy  of  thole  that  laboured  our  Deffaru- 
**  £tion  to  divicie  us^  it.ought  to  be  the  Endeavour 
V  of  all  true  Lovers  of  their  Country  to  keep  \xi 
**  firmly  United  in  order  to  our  Prefttvation. 
,  "The  Commons  have  fikewifL'confider'd  of  the 
*'  great  Arrears  that  were  left  due  by  King  Charles 
**  the  Second  to  his  Servants,  and  nave  therefore 
"liiade  a  Provifion  of  60000/.  for  ihem,  which 
r  d?^  l^umbly  defire  your  M^yefty  would  pWafe  to 
^^  diitribuee  aitlong  ihem.   in  fuch  Pro{56rtIons  as' 

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A.  C-  *^  y^ur  Mwfty  in  your  Princely  WiCIom  fhatt 
1689.  "  think  m<St  fit. 
V^V^  "  And  having  proceeded  thus  for  in  rfje  weighty 
"  Affairs  depending  before  them,  they  now  become 
*'  humble  Suitors  to  your  Majefty  for  la  Recefi,  that 
**  thereby  thejr^ay  have  the  opportunity  of  repair- 
**  ing  into  theitt^fevcraj  Countries,  and  i^romoting 
**  your  MajeftjFB  Service,  and  what  remains  at  pre- 
**  lent  for  wantjgf  time  to  difpatch,  they  doubt  not 
*'  but  that  tlj^y  (hall  be  able  to  perfeft  it  at  their 
*'  next  meeting,  and,  as  they  hope,  to  the  entir? 
*'  Satisfaftipn  of  your  Majefty,  and  your  whole 
**  Kmgdpnj. 

According  to  the  defire  of  die  Commons,  the 
Kinc  having  given  his  Royal  Aflent  to  feveral  * 
*Tfcc  Pub  Publiclk  and  Private  Bills,  direded  the  Speaker  of 
Jick  Bilis  fhe  Houfe  of  Lords  to  fignifie  his  Pleafiirc,  that  both 
•^"*» '•  Houfes  fliould  feverally  t  adjourn  themfclves  to  the 
^  /iSi  f§r  ^Qjjj  ^f  Sfjffcmter^  upon  which  Day  they  were  far- 

ir7^cSi^^^  adjouraM  to  the  1 9th  of  oaober  next  follow- 

for  fMjfipg . 

$fth€ 

States  Center al,  &c.  %  Jn  jiB  for  Prthihitin^  all  jysiie  mid  Commerfe 
9/^^  France,  i.  An  JEi  for  the  better  preventing  the  Export Mti$n  $f 
I9W/,  snd  evcowaiing  she  Weolien  MantifuBures  tf  this  Kir^dwn.  4^  An 
jiddititfHml  AB  fur  appeintivg  dmmijpmers  fw  Executifig  the  AS  fv  m 
Grsnf  t§  their  MajeHies  of  ii  d.  /»  the  Pwnd.  ff.  An  ASlfvr  the  Relief 
«r  the  Preteilsnt  IriA  Clergy,  6.  An  AS  t$  Repeal  the  Statute  msde  in 
Skej6A  Temr  ef  King  Henry  IV.  agt^inn  multiplying  Gdd  arid  Silver, 
And -7.  An  AS  for  Explaining  part  pf  anAS  tntheJirS  Tear  pf  King 
JgmtM  I.  cenceming  Tanned  Leather, 

f  The  Parliajfitn*  Prorogued  to  the  ^oth  ofSpfXfOt^f  0ud  t§  the  jj^tb 
rf  Oa^ober. 

Having  clearM  the  firft  Seflion,  and  Ae  intricate 

IVanfeftions  of  the  jarring  Convention  Parliament^ 

"fetAiS  view  the  Operations  of  the  Campaign  .-The 

E^hteen  Reginients  of  Foot  aiKj  Five  of  Horfe, 

4^gn*d  for  tneReduftioQ  of  Jr^/4w</,  wererais'din 

England  ^\^  pretty  good  Succefi;  but  the  Providing 

Ships  to  transport  uiem,aTraiD  of  Artillery  to  attengf 

^ic^^and  Provifions  to  maintain  i^em,was  managed 

#rijtb£i!cat  SlowiicA  and  Supiiuty.    The  Fault  of 


WILLIAM  /it^nw.  ijj 

Acfe  Delays.was  charg'd  ,on  M'.  H-^bort^  who,  out   A.  C. 
or  Avarice,  had  engrofi'd  to  himfelf  the  Office  of    1 6if^ 
Pay  matter  and  Purvejor  General  of  the  Army;  V^V^ 
^na  therefore  to  obviate  farther  Inconveniences, 
the  Duke  of  Schomber^  whoih  the  King  had  de- 
clai'^d  GeneraliJJimo  of  all  his  Forces,  laboured  with 
Mr.  H'-bert  to  m^ke  hirti  quit  either  of  thofe  Em- 

Eloyments,  which,  at  firft,  he  was  unwilling  to  do, 
ut  was  prcVail'd,  aij  laft,  to  refign  that  of  Furveyi. 
or  to  Mr.  Shales.    Befides,  the  Preparations  for  the 
Iri/h  Expedition  (eem'd,  in  a  manner,  at  a  (land, 
whiitt  the  Fate  of  London,  derry  was  dubious  and  un* 
certaln;buc  as  (bon  ^News  was  brought  of  the  raifing 
of  chat  Siege,  and  thit  the  Domineering  Temper  <? 
die  French^  whom  King  James  had  entnifted  with 
the  chief  Command,  had  created  great  Dillcontents 
amon^  the  Irifh^  moft  of  the  new  Levies  began  to 
be  Ship'd  off  at  Ch'^r  and  Leverpooie.    General 
Schomberg  having  obt^in'd  *  leave  of  the  Lords  to  •  juiy  ,^^ 
apply  himfelf  to  the  Commons,  his  Grace  returned 
that  Honourable  Hou(e  his  grateful  Acknowledge- 
ments, both  for  the  Re(pe<Sls  and  t  large  Donative 
he  had  received  from  them ;  and  afterwards  begin 
his  Joufney  towards  Chejler.    On  the  i  zth  of  jlugujl 
that  General  SailM  with  about  90  Veflels  of  all  forts,  f  j^e  H$ufe 
and  near  1 0000  Men,  Horfe  and  Foot,  fteering  ^V'$fComm9ns 
reftly  towards  CarrUkJergus^  and  on  the  i  }th  in  the  p'-efenud 
Afternoon  arriv'd  in  that  Bay,  where  the  *  Army  '*'  Duh 
prefontlv  Landed,  on  Banforjlide  without  Oppofiti-Jj  ^chom- 
on.    Thchrft  thing  he  did  was  to  fend  out  Parties  y'^.  ^^^^f 
to  fcour  the  Adjacent  Country,  and  get  Intelligence  j^^^^  | 
of  the  Enemy ;   which  being  lafely   return  d,    he  ,y  „.^°^ 
march'd  his  Forces  to  Belfaift  which  the  Enemy  had  howewr,* 
quitted ,    retiring  to    Carrick:fergus  ,    and     where  he  never 
ftveral  Perfons  join'd  him,  that^  durfl  not  declare  reaiv'd 
before.     The  Army  being  lufficiently  refrefh'd,  ^«'    a 
(everal  Regiments  were  detach'd  towards  Carrick^fcr-fi^all  parf^ 
fus.  with  fome  Cannon  and  Monars,  upon  whofe  ^/'  ^^f 

^  the  prefint 

^ Dnkem  bad 

5000  L 
per  Annum,    paid  him  hy  King^N'\\Yl^m  ftr  the  Rimainier. 
*  Duki  6chomberg  Lands  in  Ire'tad,  Aufiuft  13. 

K  k  2  Approach 


K.  C.  Approacb  Ac  Ei^cmv  beat  a  Parley ;  but  the  Gq^ 

1 689.  n^^  not  allowing  tneir  Demattds,  the  Towfl  was 

l^yY^  order  d  to  be  Attack^.    On  the  axd  the  Trenches 

Carrick-  w^re  open*d,  Ibme  Batteries  raised,  and  the  Siege 

nirgus  Bi'  carried  on  in  Form.    This  made  the  Befieged  more 

fitgedfiMg.  eager  to  Capitulate  j  but  Duke  Schomberg  ftiil  refu- 

?a.*»^'«-fing  to  let  them  march  out  with  the  ufiial  En* 

f^  *f •      figns  of  HoQour,  and  they  infifting  upon  it,  the 

Attacks  were  purfued  witn  great  Vigour,  till  the 

%6i\i  of  ^ugujif  when  confiderable  Breaches  being 

made,  and  all  things  x^dy  for  a  General  Ailaulc, 

fhe  Garriion  was  contented  to  accept  what  CbnditU 

bns  the  Befie^ers  were  plcas'd  to  granti,  vt\.  to  be 

conducted  with  their  Arms,  and  a$  much  Baggage 

as  they  could  carry  on  their  Backs,  to  the  next  Irt/h 

Garriloni  which  was  Ncvprjt. 

Whilft  the  Siege  of  Carrkk.  fcrgus  was  carrying 

Z)Schoni-®^'  the  reft  of  the  Horfe,   Foot  and  Dragoons, 

berg  r*- '  which  for    want  pf  Tran^ort  Ships  ha<f  ftai^ 

^ievsthi  behind,    were  Embark'd   at  UighUkcy  and  Gfely 

jirmy^       Landed  in  IreUn'd:  On  the  2,8th  of  jiuguft  the  Ge- 

4ug3r-   neral  return'd  to  Self  aft  ^   and  two  Days  after  his 

'''  own  French  Recimcnt  of  Horfe  join^  the  Army, 

which  being  mufter'd  on  the  laft  day  of  that  Month, 

n  T     t  ^^  found  to  conilft  of  (]  *  1  Fpur  Regiments  oF 

H^rfe  ^tbt  ^°'^»  ^?^  9^  Dragoons,  and  Eigthteen  of  Foot. 

vonfliire^ 

kigiment^  the  lArd  DelamereV,  Olmtl  0)>V,  T>u\t  Schomh^rgVj 
pr0gocm^  Cillmcl  LevidonV  ;  Fnt^  One  Battalion  of  Blew  Dutch 
G</iir^j ,  Carelfoon*  /  H^hite  Dutch,  CoUonel  peaumontV,  Collet  el 
WhaftonV,  Urd  DroghedaV,  Urd  L\%hmt\\ ^  Urd  McathV,  Urd 
RofcommonV,  Urd  LovelaceV,  Letd  KingllonV»  Duke  of  NorfoIl^V, 
Celloml  Herbert*/,  Sir  Edward  DeeringV,  Sir  Thomas  GJowcrV,  Ca/. 
lenel  EarlV,  and  the  Three  prcnch  Rigimenij  of  (,a  McUonniere,  Da 
Camboni  MndLz  Cailkmocc 

The  Artillery  Horfts  being,  moft  of  them,  yet 
at  Ckefter^  the  Duke  of  Schomberg  ordered  the  great- 
eft  part  of  the  Train  to  be  Ship  d,  and  the  Fleerto 
^il  with  therp  and  all  other  Neceflarics  to  Carlingford 
bay,  while  in  the  mean  time  he  march'd  the  Army 
beyqnd  Lijburn,  and  (b  onwards  through  HiUbcrough^ 

an  4 


W  I  L  LI  A  M  //^^  Third.  13J 

and  pkchy  his  Camp  at  Eiriamrme^  die  Place  wher«  A .  C 
die  Nor  thorn  Proteftants  of  Ireland  were  not  lon^   1689. 
before  routed  by  Hamilton.    The  Day  fbliowing  he^^^yvi 
continued  his  March  to  L^ugl^brilanc,  where  the  /»- 
niskillin  Wotk  and  Dragoons  join'd  him,  and  chcar- 
fully  offered  thcnifelves  to  be  an  Advance^Guard  to 
the  Army.    Upon  riieir  Approach  the  Infh  aban^ 
dotfd  the  f^emy^  a  very  ftrona  Pafs,  having  firft  fet 
Fire  to  the  Town;  which  News  being  brought  to 
the  General,  he  difpatch'd  aTrumpeter  to  the  EKike 
of  Berwic/{.  who  Commanded  there,  to  acquaint 
him,  That  if  they  went  en  to  burn  in  t hi s\  barbarous 
manner^  he  would  not  give  any  Quarter,     This  Mcflage 
had  ibgood  EfFed,  that  the /r/7fe  abandon'd  Dun^ 
i/rf/it  Without  doingany  harm  to  the  Town,  whither h^£«j^m^, 
Duke  Schomberg  march'd   with  his  Army,  and  En- ^^  Dan- 
camp'd  about  a  Mile  North  of  it,  in  a  low  moiftda^k. 
Ground;  having  the  Town  and  the  River  towards 
the  PTeft,  between  him  and  the  Enemy,  the  Sea  to* 
wards  the  Souths  the  Ncwry  Mountains  to  the  Eafl^ 
and  to  the  North  Hills  and  Bogs  intermixed.    The 
b:id  Weather^  long  and  conftant  M^irchcs,  and  (car- 
city  of  Provifions,  made  his  raw  Mtti  already  be* 
gin  to  faint^  but  here  they  met  with  fbme  Refrefli- 
ment,and  on  the  9th  of  September  were  rtinforc'd  by 
Major  General  Kl^fC^y  Sir  Joht  Haumores   and  Bri- 
gadier Stuarfs  Regiments.    The  Duke,  at  firft,  de* 
iign'd  to  have  continued  his  PrcgrefS;  but  the  Fleet, 
with  the  Train  of  Artillery,  failing  to  Come  up  in 
time  to  Carlin^ord^  according   to  his  Di''C(5lions, 
was  a  great  diiappointmi  nt  to  him  ^  and    {}>  much 
the  more,  that  he  had  Intelligence  by  an  Engineer, 
whodeferted  the  EneYny.  that  General  dci^fe^  be- 
ing then  at  Drogheda  with  about  20000  Men,  and 
hearing  that  the  Engliflj  hahid  at  Dundn'k.,  did,  he 
was  (lire  they  wantecl  fbmething    and  therefore  ient 
part  of  his  Forces  to  ftize  on  Ardce^  a  fmuU  Town 
between  Drogheda  and  Dundtlli, 

The  Duke  de  Schi^mberj^  continued  In  an  uncertain 
t^ofture  till  the  aoth  of  September ^^'h<tn  in  the  Morn- 
ing he  had  an  Account,  that  King  jamet  having 
gather'^d  all  his  Forces  near  D;  cgjyrd/i^  advanc  d  to- 
wards him,  and  that  ^  Party  of  aoo^  Foot,  and 

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1^4  7be  Reign  pf  King 

A.  C.  i/oo  Horle  were  gone  beyond  the  Mouo  taint  to 
16Z9.  attadc  'the  Pais  at  Nemy^  and  faU  into  his  Rear; 
thereupon  he  detach*d  a  Party  of  Horfe  againft  them, 
at  the  light  of  whom  they  retreated  towards  SUgo^ 
However,  the  Day  following  the  Enemy  appeared 
in  order  of  Battle,  and  a  great  Party  of  their  Horfe 
advanced  towards  the  Intrenchments  of  o^r  Army. 
Several  of  the  EfigU/h  OflSccrs  were  for  engaging  Uic 
Enemy,  but  the  Duke  told  them.  Let  ti}em  dlone^ 
we  will  fee  what  they  wiH  do ;  and  though  he  (a^  (hem 
coming  within  Cannon  (hot  of  his  Can^p,  yet  he 

£ud  ftill,  He  did  not  think^they  defignd  toFiiht.  How- 
ever, one  Day  feeing  them  draw  their  Army  intQ 
two  Lines,  he  lent  Lieutenant  General  DougUs  tq 
the  Camp,  to  order  all  the  Foot  to  (land  to  their 
Arms,  and  the  Horfe  to  return  to  the  Canu>  upon 
a  certain  Signal,  but  till  then  go  on  with  their  Fo* 
rft^ing.  Tne  Soldiers,  who  were  already  ftrugling 
with  Dileafes  and  Want  in  their  Tents,  receiv'q 
thefe  Orders  with  the  grcatcft  Chearfulnefi  in  tbc 
World,  hut  in  (bme  time  the  Irijlo  drew  off,  and  (6 
the  matter  ended,  to  the  great  Diiappointment  and 
Diffatisfa&ion  of  the  Army,  who  hoped  no  left 
than  tp  beat  the  Enemy,  and  by  a  Vidlpry  to  put 
an  end^  to  their  Mileries.  But  the  Duke  oF  Schcm- 
berg  wifely  confider'd,  that  the  Enemy  was  much 
Superiour  in  Horfe,  that  his  own  Men  were  Undifei- 
plin'd,  and  withal  weakened  by  Hunger  and  Sidr- 
nefi,  theirs  flefh'd  with  Hes^lth  and  Plenty,  and 
that  the  lofi  of  a  Battle  might  be  attended  wiih  the 
Ipls  of  Ireland. 

4  Ctnfii'      In  a  Day  or  two  after  the  Irifi  marching  ofl&. 

racy  dtfii- thcTt  was  a  dangerours  Conlpiracy  difcover'd  in 

wrV  fu     the  Englifh  Camp,  which  was  carried  on  bj^  fbme 

♦*' Eng-  French  Papifts,  who  had  lifted  th^mfelves  in  th^ 

l^fh  ^^^y^protefiunt  Regiments  of  that  Nation;  the  Officers 

having  been  pblig'd  to  raife  their  Companies  inib 

much  naft,  that  tney  had  no  time  to  examine  them 

very  ftriftly.  A  Captain  of  one  of  tbele  Regiments 

being  informed,  that  four  9f  his  Soldiers  and  a  Drum* 

mer,  who  were  Bs^nn  CathoUckh  dffigned  to  go  o- 

ver  to  the  Enemy,  he  caus'd  them  to  befecur'd,  an^d 

found  Letters  abput  pne  of  theip  to  ^opfieur  Q^ 


W  ILl-IAM  tbeThirJ  137 

;.    Upon  ftri£ler  Examination  the  Fellow  de-  A.  C 

^r'd  he  had  the  Letters  firom  on  Du  Piejfu,  likcwife  1689. 
a  Papift,  who  now  ferv'd  as  a  private  Soldier  ix\  V/YNi^ 
pne  of  the  French  Regiments,  though  he  had  former- 
hr  been  a  Captain  of  Horfe  in  Fr^nce^  Prom  whence 
he  was  forc'd  to  rctUe  for  Murtber.  Du  PUJfis  be- 
iofi  fciz'd  ingenuQufly  cpnfpft,  that  he  had  written 
toKing  James f  and  to  the  Frenqh  Apabaflador,  and 
acquainted  them,  that  there  were  divers  Faflfts  ia 
the  three  JFrew^/?  Regiments,  «rhom  he  promised  to 
bring  over  to  the  Irijh  Camp,  upon  Condition  he 
might  have  the  Commjuid  of  them,  and  his  Pardoti 
in  France.  He  and  his  five  Accomplices  were  there: 
upon  brought  to  their  Trial,  ftntencM  to  Death  by 
a  Council  of  War,  and  accordingly  Executed ;  at- 
ter  which  the  French  CoUonels  made  ftridl  enquirv 
what  PaPifts  there  were  in  their  Regiments,  and 
fbund  aoout  a/o,  who  by  order  of  the  General 
werefecur'd,  difarm'd,  and  ftnt  oyer  Prilbners  into 
England,  and  from  thence  to  Hell^ndy  where  they  • 

were  (et  at  Liberty- 

Though  the  iJuke  of  Sichomhcrg  thoygh?  fit  to^  1^^^^.^ 
Iceep  in  hisj  Camp  with  the  Gro(s  of  his  Army,  yet  kUHners 
did  he  not  reftrain  the  InnUkilUners  from  making  deftMt  the 
Excurfions ;  Nor  had  he  Reafon  to  repent  this  Li-  Irifh  mta^ 
t>erty  he  allowed  them,for  on  the  2,7  thof  Scptemb.  he  Sli^a 
received  an  Account  that  about  a  Thoufand  of  thenj, 
headed  by  CoUonel  Lloydy   routed  a  Body  of  the 
Irjpo  that  were  marching  towards  SUgo.,  conififting 
ISr  abot|t  cooo  Men,  of  whom  they  kiird  700,  took 
O  Kplly  their  Commander,  and  40  other  Officers 
Prifoners,  befides  a  great  Booty  of  Cattle,  with  the 
lofi  of  very  few  of  dieir  Men.    His  Grace  was  15 
pleas'd  with  the  News,  that  having  ordered  all  the 
InniskjUin  Horfe  and  Foot  in  his  Camp  to  draw  out, 
he  rode  all  along  their  Line  with  his  Hat  off,  and 
quisM  the  Dutch  Guards  and  the  Inniskiilin  Foot  to    , 
make  three  running  Firings,  which  were  anfwer'd  J 
by  the  InniskiUin  ^orfe,  and  bv  the  Cannon  upon  \ 
the  Works,  as  alfo  from  the  Ships  that  lay  at  rhe 
Mouth  qf  the  River.  -"         ,      , 

The  Joy  of  this  Succeft  was  (bme  tinieafter  much  T'-^j  Irjftj 
abated  by  the  lofs  of  Sligo^  and  J-rw-v-Town  :  The'-**  Sliga 


•.* 


i^S  Hoe  Reign  tf  King 

A;  C:  irijh  niarching  that  ^aj  in  a  confiderable .  Body, 
i68y;  Commanjifd  uv  Sarsfield^  thok  cf  Jamej-Town  not 
^j^^\^  thinking  it  tenaDle,abandon'dit  and  marcVd  to  Sit^o^ 
ibfifi^  lome  of  the  Men,  and  killing  feme  of  the 
irifif  in  their  hafty  Retreat,    Next  Day  SarjfieU  with 
his  finall  Army  advancM  before  Sii^o^  whereupon 
C&Ilonel  Hujfel  retired  to  Bdllijhamon^  and  advisM 
flifc  Foot  alfe  to  quit  the  Place.    But  neverthelefi 
Mohfieuf  St.  Sduveur^  a  refblute  French  Captain  in 
MeHoniere*s  Regiment,  with  his  own  Company  of 
Prehch  Granadiers  ,   and  CoUonel  Lloj^d   with  his 
bSld  tnhiskjUiners  (taid  in  the  Town,  and  upon  the 
^ffoach  of  Sanfield  retreated  to  the  two  Forts, 
Llo^d  into  one,   and  St.  Snuvcur   into  the   other; 
Tbc  lirft  not  knowing  how  to  ftbfift  his  Men,  re- 
i^*       fir'd  that  Night  with  fome  lofi.    But  the  French 
^-  i".v  Captain  having  carried    in  fome  Provifions,   and 
Wtit  "/    ^™^^8  ^"^^-  Ammunition  in  the  Fort,    refolved 
fllgof      ftoutly  to  iiiaihtain  his  Poft.    The  Nights  were  then 
dark,  and  he  fearing  the  Enemy  might  make  their 
approaches  to  the  Fort  und  if  cover  d,  got  a  great 
89^ny  Fir  Deals,  ahd  dipning  the  end  of  them  in 
Tai'ji  they  gave  (iich  a  Light  when  (et  on  Fire    and 
hlihg  over  the  WalU,  that  he  diftovery  the  Enemy 
aflvancing  towards  them,  with  an  Engine  they  call 
a^cw;  but  having  kiUd  the  Engineer,  and  two  or 
ttil-ee  more,  the  reft  retreated,   and  he  burnt  the 
Engine.    Day  no  fboner  appeared  but  the  Irt/h  were 
lorc'd  to  quit  a  finall  Field-riece  they  h;id  planted 

In  the  Street,  being  gall'd  with  (hot  from  the  Fort 
)y  St.  Snuvcttr\  Men,  who  prefently  after  fiUied 
bUt  and  kilPd  many  of  the  Enemy.  But  at  laft 
l]ieir  Provifion ,  hot  theit  CoUtage,  beihg  ffxrht,  and 
there  being  little  or  no  Water  in  the  Fort,  they 
(virfendred  it  upon  honourable  Terms  ;  and  at  their 
iharcliing  over  the  Bridge,  Colloncl  Sarsfieidy  who 
Would  haye  puixhafed  thefe  brave  Soldiers  at  any 
rafe,  ftood  with  a  Purfe  of  Gold,  and  ofter'd  every 
Man  tha^  would  (erve  King  Jamcs^  Horfc  and  Arms^ 
With  live  Guineas  ad vance^  yet  they  all  made  anfwer, 
thcj/  muld  never  fight  for  Papifts  ;  except  one,  who  • 

the  very  next  Day  after  he  had  got  Horfe,  Arms, 
flfid  the'Goldjbrought  all  off  with  him  to  Dundalk: 

The 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  1351 

Duke  de  Schmberg  hadprudcntly  dcclin'd  A.  Q. 
fighting  the  Jrijh  upon^  unequal  Terms,  yet  he  felt   ]  (jgp', 
k  more  (enfibk  Blow  in  his  Camp  than  the  lofs  of 
two  Battles  would  have  been,  fom  a  raging  Sick- 7)&«  Eng« 
ncfi,  occafion'd  by  the  unwholfomnefi  of  the  Place,  lifli  die 
wet  Weather^  and  ill  Food  ;  and  which  fwept  dai-  ^p^a  at 
ly,  or  atleaft  dtfabled,  abundance  of  brave  Officers  Dundal|c. 
atid  Soldiers.    Among  the  reft  there  died  Sir  Edwdrd 
Deeritig  a  Galant  Gentleman,  who  had  contributed 
more  than  any  Man  in  the  County  of  Ks^t^  to-' 
wards  bringing  about  the  Revolurxon :  CoUonel 
Henry  Whnrton^  a  bold,  brisk  and  brave  Man,  Bro- 
ther to  the  prefent  Lord  of  that  Name ;  Sir  Thomas 
Gewer^  and  CoUonel  Hungerfordy  two  young  Gentle- 
men of  Diftinguifli'd  Merit.    As  for  the  Commoii 
Soldiers  there  perilhM  at  Dundalk  about  aooo,  and  as 
many  Sick  were  (hip*d  off  to  be  tranfported  to  Bei- 
/4ft,  but  of  them  not  above  1 1  co  came  afhore,  the 
reft  dying  at  Sea.  ^  Nay,  Co  great  was  the  Mortah'ty, 
that  by  the  beginning  of  the  foUowingYcar  near  two 
Thircisof  the  Army,  that  was  tranfported  over,  were 
entirely  loft.  Winter  approaching,both  Armies  went 
into  Quarters,  and  Duke  Schomberg  renew'd  his  In- 
ftances  for  the  coming  over  of  the  7000  Auxiliary 
Danesy  ^ho  about  this  time  arrived  in  EnrUnd  and 
Scotland^  purftiant  to  the  Treaty  concluded  with  the 
King  of  Denmark  on  the  ijthbf  Auguft, 

Nor  were  KingWiV/Mw*s  Arms  more  fiiccefsfijl  at 
Sea  thanin  Jre//fw5;  for  Admiral  Torrvigtony/\t\\  the 
Confederate  EngUJb  and  Dutch  Fleet,  under  his 
Command,  having  made  a  (hew  of  Landing  of  his 
Men  to  (iirprize  Cor^  thought  fit  to  abandon  tl^at 
Enterprize  upon  a  falfe  Intelligence,  that  ihe  French 
advanc'd  towards  him  ;  and  he  was  fbon  nf  cr  ob.. 
lig'd  to  put  into  Torbay^  moft  of  the  Euglifh  Seamen 
being  diftbled  by  Sicknefi.  Thi^  Mibfortune  wa^ 
juftly  charged  on  thofe  that  had Viduallcd  the£y;,y/73b 
Fleet;  for  'twas  obftivable  that  all  this  while'the 
Dutch  continued  healthy .^  Admiral  Tornn'iton  ha- 
ying taken  in  found  Froviljon,and  re  frefl.ed  his  Men, 
put  out  to  Sea  again  \  but  was  depri  v*d  of  an  oppot- 
runity  of  fignalixing  his  Valour ;  fo  that  this  Sum- 
mer paft  without  anv   confidtrable  A(5^ion  in  the 

Channel^ 


146  the  R6ign  cf  King 

k.^  C  iChaftiiel ,    otdy  th6  fin^f^  had  the  Misfbftone 

i^SjI.  toloip  the  D4r/ii»>iif^,  a  Man  of  War  of  40  Gun^,* 

K^^^^s^  wdichy  after  a  ftout  Refiftince,  was  taken  by  the 

.  The  Amirs  pf  the  Allies  were  more  Profperous  oh 
ihe  Continent,  (or  Marefchal  ^Humieres^  who  Com- 
xnatldcd  the  French,  krmy^  haying  jA^q^a  rafh  At- 
tempt upon  the  To^n  of  PVdUotirt^  was  Repuls^4 
tri  di  witn  great  lols  by  the  Er^ijh  and  Dunh^  .Headed 
iltourtb/I>rihce  Pf^aldeci  The  Aftion  paft  in  this  man- 
'^ '^'  ?Sn  ^hc  Marcfchal  hearing  that,  a  great  number 
of  Dutfh  Horfi  were  out  a  Foraging,  made  a  Mo* 
tjoh  with  his  whole  Arfny  in  order  to  (iirprize  them^ 
,  !^h^  Printe  had  no!  (boner  notice  of  it,  but  he  gave 
t  ie  Foragers  a  Signal  to  ^ome  into  the  Camp  ;  but 
that  did  not  prevent  their  being  vigoroully  charged 
by  tKc  FrenchyVfYio  kiU'd  (bme  oF  them.  Tneir  Van- 

f'  liard  adyancins  atpack'd  the  Village  of  Forge ^  where 
00  Foot  were  rofted  to  countenance  the  Foragers^ 
Being  Cdmmanded  by  the  EngU/h  CoUonel  HoJges^ 
I^ieutehant  CoUonel  Goes ,  and  the  Major  ot^  a 
Regiment  of  Horfe,  who  for  above  twd  hours  main- 
tained their  Ground  with  extraordinary  Valour,  but 
liad  been  over  power'd  by  Numbers,  had  not  Bfio^ 
Major  General  of  the  (Cavalry,  (  who  was  fent  to 
bring  back  the  Lieutenant  Generals  IVcbbenum^ 
Marlborough  and  D'  Hubi  )  come  with  their  Horfe 
timely  to  their  Relief.  With  that  Reinforcement 
tiiey  made  a  retreating  Fight  againft  the  main  Force 
br  the  Enemy,  till  they  came  to  a  rifing  Ground 
tieat  IValcowrt^,  where  they  joy  n'd  aBattalipn  rfL»- 
iiznburghers^  which  had  been  reinforced  by  another 
bf  CoTlonel  Hales.  The  French  AttackM  the  Town 
^vith  their  ufiial  Vigour  upon  a  firftjonlet,  which 

iadtcd  near  an  hour  and  a  naif,  during  which  tithe 
^rincc  iVnldeck,  ordered  Lieutenant  General  Alitd^  to 
hrarch  with  three  Regiments  to  their  Relief,  which 
were  fiipportcd  by  the  Guards,  and  two  Englip6 
jkc^inivntii  Headed  by  the  Earl  of  MaYlbarou^y^'^M 
Major  General  Slnugeburg  advanced,  almolc  at  the 
t;ime  time,  with  ifbme  other  Battalions  of  t'oot  to 
tlW  other  fide  of  the  Town..  By  all  thefe.  MoliQns, 
•4Tid  theftouc  Refiftancc  of  thole  in  the  1  own,  thh 

French 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  ^iE^e  Third,  14^\ 

French  pcrceiv'4  they  had  engag'd  thcpifelve?  too   A .  C, 
far,  and  began  to  mink  of  a  Retreat,  which  they    ^  689. 
pcrformM  in  great  bafte,an(lDifbrder,and  confequcnt-  \,yY^ 
ly  with  conjBderable  lofi,  leaving  behind  them  fonic  " 
Cannon  and  Ammunition,  anonear 2000  OfEcerj 
,and  Soldiers  Kill'd  and  Wouncled.    This  wa?  the 
Allies  Computation :  who  on  their  fide  own'd  t|ie 
lod.ot  ajbove  300  Men,  amongft  whoqp  were  Lieij- 
jtenantCoUonci  Gritnes,  of  th6  Englijh^  the  Major 
of  the  Dragoons  of  ZJU^  and  fbme  Inferior  Offir 
cerS.    And  thus  ended  the  Campaign  in  FUndersy 
without  a^y  other  memorable  Action,  (aving  that 
the  Sfoniards,  who.afted  in  a  feparate  Body  towards 
Comra;,  icvell'd  a  great  part  of  the  ^French  Line^, 
and  rais*d  confiderable  Contribution^  on  the  Ene^ 
mies  Territories.    On  tlie  German  fide,  as  the  Ar^ 
mies  vere  cju4yin  the  Field,  fothey  quickly  e^- 
terM  upoci  Adioq  ;  C^e  ,Ele6lor  of  Brandenburg  laid 
Siege  in  May  to  Kffferfwaert,  and  Was  purfiiirig  rfie  K^&fr 
Attacks  with  Vigour,  when  the  Garrifop,  mncky'^^Pj^ 
was  partly  compofed  of  French,  and  partly  of  Ger- !'"  v  ^.y 
mans,  dividing   among  themfelves,    demanded  tOg**  V^^ 
Capitulate,  and  (urrendrcd  upon  Articles.    Flufl/d  burg 


;ain d  the  v^ountei^carp,  ana  lorac  out-^v uwtB ^^yj^Tne, 
Jtorm,  the  Garrlftn  (urrcndrcd  upon  honourable  P^o.  7. 
Terms,  on  the  7  th  of  OHober,  after  jr  Days  Bloc- 
kade,  ai>d  %6  Days  cloie  Siece.    The  t^ing  of  A([cnt;c  r j- 
Bonne  was  partly  owing  to  the  famous  Duke  ok^^n  hy  thp 
Lorrain^  who  after  a  vigorous  Siege  having  made  P*.*'  ^ 
himfelf   Matter  of   Ment:^,   led  part  of  his  Vkff^'^W^ 
dorious  forces  xo  the  Ailiftance  of  the  Dujce  ofl^.^e  '  *' 
Brandentmrg.  ^    •    * .  • 

This  Year  died  the  famous  Pppe  Innocent  XI,  Pope  dfo- 
4)defchalchi  by  Kame,  who  was  advanckl  to  ihe  BoccntM. 
Ponti&ate  in  1676.    He  was  by  fome  calPd  theD/>/,Aug, 
J^rot'ejiant  Pope^  becaufe  at  the  fame  time  that  the 'a-  N.  S.' 
French  King  Perfecuted  thofe  of  the  RefQjm'd  Re- 
ligion'<ia  his  Dominions,  Innocent^  who  had  an  old 
Crudgc  agaihft  that  Monarch, fa vour'd  thofe  Princes 
^  Statps  ^hat  opposed  his  ^-o^^itlous  Defigns.  This 


i^z  The  Reign  $f  King 

A.  C.   Pope  was  certainly  a  Man  of  great  Merit  and  tn- 

I  (J8q.  ^^iP^y-    He  wJis  lucceedcd  by  Cardinal  Ottohoniy  a 

^^y^,^^  Venetian  by  Birth,  whb  took  the  Name  of  Alexdn- 

He  it  Suc-der  VI H.  ; 

cefded  by  Let's  rcturh  to  England^  where  we  Ihall  find  the 
Alexin*  King,  notwithftanding  the  weighty  Afiairs  which 
dcr  Vin.  employed  his  Thoughts,  Ihating  the  Divcrfions  of 
ty&o.  6.  Horfe  Racing,  Humting  and  Bz&tzt*NewMarkft; 
^'  ^'^  not  to  gratifie  his  owfi  Inclination,  but  rather  with 
p^Wil-j^ggj^  ^Q  gajrt  ^he  Affeaion  of  his  Nobility  and 

i?"*  *'  Gentry  by  Popularity.  The  Concourfe  of  People, 
Marker.   *^  '^^^  famous  Rendezvous  for  Country  Sports,  wai 

*Oao; 

mer/ef>,  their  Chancellor,  and  admitted  to  kifs  his 
Majefties  Hand.  Upon  this  occafion  Dr.  Cow/, Vice- 
Chancellor,  ( the  (ame  who  had  been  Chaplain  te! 
the  Queen  in  HoBand)  addrefled  himfelf  to  his 
Majefty  in  an  Eloquent  Speech,  Congratulating  the 
Glorious  Succefles  hisMajefty  had  been  blefi*d  with, 
in  his  Endeavours  to  refcue  this  Church  and  Nation 
from  the  imminent  Dangers  that  threatned  both,* 
and  which  were  more  particularly^  pointed  againft 
the  Univerfities,  and  concluded  witn  and  humble 
Recommendation  of  themfelves  to  his  Majefty's 
Protcftiori.    To  this  his  Majefty  Anfwcr'd,  That  a 

ISod  had  blcfs'^d  him  in  this  Vhdertaking^  fo  he  would 
fditlifuUy  dif'chaygc  his  Truft  in  prefcrvtng  phe  Church  of 
England,  and  giving. all  Prote&ion  and  Favour  to  the 

f  H  f$es  '^^^'^^'fi^^"'    The  t  n^xt  Day  the  King  was  pleas'd 

f »  Cam-    ^o  "^'^^  ^  ^'^^^^  ^^^^^  Univeriity  of  Cambridge^  where 

firidge,"    he  was  received  and  entertained  with  all  poilible  De- 

t)ao  7.  monftrations  of  Joy,  Duty  and  Lovalty;  and  on 

the  lorh  of  that  Month  his  Majefty  retutrfd  to 

Hanjpton-Ceurt  from  New- Market.  , 

Fcd^pap,'.     The  Day  appointed  for  the  Parliamertt  to  meet 

tai  Pron.^  drawing  near,  at  which  time  his  Majefty  delign  d 

r/^/.         like  wife  to  Summon  a  Convocation,  his  Majefty 

thought  fit  to  fill  up  the  Vacant  Sees  ol  iVorceft^y 

Chichefier.,  and  Brifiol^  which  were  beftowcd,  the 

Firft  on  Dr.  Edvfard  Stillingfleet,  Dean  of  St.  Paufs  ; 

the  Second  on  Dr.  Simon  Patricks  Dean  of  Peterbd- 

rough  '^ 


W  I  I-  L  I  A  M   the  ThirJ.  |^| 

TOf^gh ;  and  the  Third  on  Dr.  Gilbert  fr^mfjJe,  Warden  A .   G: 
of  yradhamCoVicgc  in  QxfordMxo  were  ♦Conlfecratcd    ,  68  9] 
at  Fulham  by  the  Bi(hop$  of  London^  St.  Afaph  an<J  ^^.yfy?<y 
Upchffter,  Commiffionared  for  thatjpurpofe/   J^ovJ^oao..ij. 
becaufethe  time  allowed  by  Aft  ofParliameat  for 
the  Clergy  to  take  the  Oaths  was  expired,  forpe  rf 
thofe  who  refufed  to  qualifie  themfelves  were  §u^ 
pcndcd  ab  Officio^    particularly  the  Archbifliop  qjf 
Canterbury,  and  the  Bilhops  of  Glodefter,  Ely^  Nor" 
Wich^  Bath   and  fVeHs^    and  Peterborough^   who  re- 
piain'd  firm  to  their  Principles.    About  the  ^me 
time  Dr.  Tillotfon^  then  Dean,  and  afterwards  Archr 
bifhop  of  Canterbury^  was  made  Clerk  of  the  Cipfet 
to  his  Majefty,  and  the  Archjbifhop  of  Kr^,  the 
Biflbops  ct  London,  ff^tnch^er^  St.  jljafh,  £(och^jtr^ 
Exeter,  Salisbury,  Bangor  a!\d  Chefter,  with  Twenty 
of  the  moft  Eminent  Doctors  in  Diyinity,  were 
appointed  by  an  EccleGaftical  Comnaiijion  to  pr^e,- 
pare.fuch  Matters  as  wcjre  to  be  Debated  in  the  pMj- 
vocatiqn,  to  exaipine  tlie  Canons  and  ancient  )5ku- 
brick,  and  to  confidcr  what  Ceremonies  might  pe 
laidafide,  in  orderto  invite  the  Preibyterians  %o  )dm 
in  Communion  with  the  Church  of  England.    Af- 
jter  thefc  Prelimijiaries,  Writs  were  IlTued  out  for  the 
Convocation  to  meet  in  November  next  following. 

The  King,  who  had  beep  invited  oyer  to  fkoxrtKing^^* 
the  Proteftant  Religion,  and  the  Laws  and  Liber- U^roa;^/?!* 
ties  of  England,  and  who  by  performing  thi^greiw'^  '^^^^* 
Tasktiad  Been  advanced  to  the  Throne,  endcavoiir'd^''^'^f^ 
ftill  to  add  fifcfh  Glories  to  his  Diadem,  and,  Ifke  ^Jg^'^ch- 
kind  Father,  to  entail  H;ippi,nefs  and  Prolperity  up- ^^„  ^„^  ' 
on  theft  Nations,    by  healing  up   their  inteftine  preji/rfri  • 
Breaches.   The  Revolution  was,  without  doubt,  ^-am, '     " 
JcomplifliM  by  the  immediate  Favour  of  Divine 
Providence,  and  by  the  Wi/apm  of  his  Marjefty  ^ 
but  whether  the  Church  mentor  the  Preslyterinns  v/^QVf: 
more  Inftrumental  in  it,  is  a  hard  Queftioiji  to  dc* 
tctmine  :  The  pr^fence  of  the^comtnon  Danger  (iad 
laid  afleep  their  Inveterate  Animofkies,  but  thaet Joe- 
ing over,  thefe  were  C^on  revived  by  Prqudice,  aij[d^ 
which  is  more  prevailing,  Self  Intercft.  They  had^ 
«;t.leaft  they  (ceuiM  to  h^ive,  an  equal  (hare  in  the 

Perillou* 


A.  G.  I^eriUous  Adventure  of  the  Prince  of  Orat^e^  but 
1689.'  both  ftrove  toengrofito  thcmlclves  the  Benefits  of 
^^Y>j  King  Williams  (ucceisful  Enterprize.  ^  On  the  other 
Hand  the  equitablcMonarch  was  encUnM  to  diipenie 
his  Favours  without  diftin^uifliing  Parties,  thlat  by 
a  Cpaliti<Mi  and  Union  c£  his  Subje6ls  Inrerefts,  he 
might  fettle  his  Throne  on  a  firm  and  Iblid  Foun- 
dation ;  but  he .  found  through .  the  jvhqle  Courfe  of 
his  Reign,  that  the  Reconciling  jarring  Fadioni 
is  a  more  difficult  Work  than  Storming  Towns,  or 
Vanquiihingembattled  Foes. 
CbsrsSer      The  firft  Perfcn  that  felt  the  111  Effcfts  of  Divifion 
(if  the  M—  vjfas  theM — c6  of  H  --fax,  who^uring  the  laft  Set 
ij  H*^f«fion  of  Parliament  perform'd  theOffice  of  Speaker  to 
thcHoufe  of  Lords,  for  whilft  by  Trimming  he  a- 
voided  Elpoufing  either  Party,  he  made  himfelf  Ob- 
noxious to  both  3  though  it  muft  be  confeft  his  pee- 
vifli  domineering  Temper  was  the  principal  caUfe 
pf  it.    He  was  a  good  Statesman  in  Speculation,  but 
being  incapable  of  thofe  (ubtle  Infinuations,  feign'd 
Confidences^  and  politick  Managements,  which  are 
iieceffary  to  carry  on  a  great  Defign,  what  he  had 
wifely  projc<acd  in  his  Qofet,  generally  mifcarry'd 
In  die  Senate-Houfe.    King  IVilliam  finding  how 
111  his  Affairs  went  in  the    M — eft  of  H—fax's 
Hands,  granted  a  Commiflion  to  Sir  fybert  Atl^itu^ 
SirKohtn  Chief  Baron  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer ^  to  fupply 
Atkins     jjjg  pia^e  ^^f  Lord  Chancellor,   or  Lord  Keeper, 
^^       and  as  iiich  to  be  Speaker  to  the  Houfe  of  Lords ;  and 
htiC^  on  the  19th  of  oaober,  to  which  Day  the  Parlia* 
v{  Urds    "*^ot  ^^  Prorogued,  his  Majefty  open'd  this  Se- 
0^0. 19  c^^  Seffions  by  the  following  Speech* 

My  Lords  und  Gentlemen^  ^ 

The  Kind's "  T  Hough  the  laft  fitting  contmued  fo  long, 
Sptich  to  ^  ^"  that  perhaps  It  might  have  been  more 
tht  p^r//.*' agreeable  to  you,  in  relation  to  your  Private 
Mtnent,  "Concerns,  not  to  have  met  again  lb  foon,  yet 
Oao.  19."  the  Intereft  of  the  Publick  lays  an  Indifpenlabic 
"  Obligation  upon  me  to  call  you  together  at  this 

**  time. 

"In  your  laft  meeting  you  gave  me  lb  many 
**  Teftimonies  of  your  AlFcdion,  as  well  as  Conb- 

"  denec 


W  I L  LI  A  M  /it^  Third.  14^ 

.^*  dence  In  me,  that  I  do  not  at  all  gueftion,  biit  in   A.  G. 
*' this  I  (hall  receive  frcfli  Supplies  or  both.  1689 

"  I  efteem  it  one  of  the  greateft  Misfortunes  can 
'^  befall  me,  that  in  the  beginning  of  my  Reign  I 
*'  am  forc'd  to  ask  liich  large  Supplies :  though  I 
**  have  this  Saris&ftion,  that  they  are  dehred  for  no 
*•  other  purpoles^  than  the  carrying  on  thefe  Wars  in^ 
•*^which  I  eptered  with  your  Advice,  and  aflurance 
•'  of  your  Affiftance ;  nor  can  I  doubt  of  the  BW; 
"  fing  of  God,  upon  an  Undertaking  wherein  I  did 
^*  not  engage  out  of  a  vain  Ambition,  but  from  the 
"  ncceflity  of  oppofing  thdr  Defigns  of  deftroying 
•*  our  Rehgion  and  Liberties. 

"  It  is  well  known  how  far  I  have  expofed  liiy 
*^  felf  to  refcue  this  Nation  from  the  Dangers  that 
*'  threatn'd  it,  not  only  yotir  Liberty,  but  the  Pro* 
*'  tefiant  Heligion  in  general,  of  which  the  Church 
*'  or  BngUnd  is  one  of  the  greateft  Supports,  and  for 
*'  the  Defence  whereof  I  am  ready  again  to  venture 
"  my  Life. 

JSp  Lords  And  Gentlemen^ 

**  That  which  I  have  to  ask  of  you  at  prefeiit  is^' 
**  That  what  you  think  fit  to  give  towards  the 
*'  Charges  of  the  War  for  the  next  Year  may  be 
**  done  without  delay  \  and  there  is  one  Reafbrt 
**  which  more  particularly  obliges  me  to  prefi  you 
*'  to  a  fpcedv  Determination  in  this  matter,  becaufe 
**  the  next  Month  there  is  appointed,  at  the  Hague^ 
**  a  General  ^  Meeting  of  all  the  Princes  and  Stated 
**  concemM  in  this  War  againft  France^  in  order  to 
**  concertthe  Meafures  for  the  next  Campaign ;  and 
*•  till  I  know  your  Intentions,  I  fliall  riot  only  be  un- 
**  certain  of  mv  felf  what  Refolutions  to  take,  but 
*•  our  Allies  will  be  under  the  lame  Doubts,  unlefi 
"  they  fee  me  fiipported  by  your  Afllftancc ;  te. 
'^  fides,  if  I  know  not  in  time  what  you  will  do,  I 
**  cannot  make  (iich  Provifions  as  will  be  requifite, 
"  but  {hall  be  expo(cd  to  the  iame  Inconveniences* 
**  the  next  Year,  which  were  the  caufe  that  the  Pre- 
"  parations  for  this  were  neither  fo  Effefttial  or  Ex-- 
*'  peditious  as  was  neceflary.  The  Charge  will  be 
"  alfo  confiderably  leffn'd  by  giving  rime  to  provide 
*'  things  in  their  proper  Seafcn,  and  without  Confu- 
•*fion.  LI  '•! 


^ 


x^6  ^^  Reign  of  khg 

A.  C.       "  I  have  no  other  Aim  in  this  but  to  be  in  a 
1689.  "  Condition  to  attack  our  Enemies  in  fo  vigorotis  a 
"  manner,  as,  by  the  help  of  God.  may,  in  a  h'ttle 
time,  bring  us  to  a  lafting  and  honourable  Peace, 
by  which  my  Subjefts  may  be  freed  from  the  ex- 
traordinary Expence  of  a  lingring  War ;  And  that 
*'  I  can  have  no  greater  Satisfa£kion  than  in  contri- 
*'  boting  to  their  Eafc^  I  hope  I  have  already  given 
"  Proofof. 

*'  That  you  may  be  fitisficd  how  the  Money  has 
**  been  laid  out^  which  you  have  already  given, 
**  I  have  direfttd  the  Accounts  to  be  laid  before 
"you  whenever  you  fliall  think  fit  to  call  for 
**  them. 

My  Lordf  attd  Gentlemen^ 
"  I  have  otic  thing  more  to  recommend  to  you, 
**  which  is  the  difpatch  of  n  Bill  of  Indemnity^  that 
*'  the  Minds  of  my  good  Subjeds  being  quieted, 
"  we  may  all  Unanimoufly  concur  to  promote  th? 
"  Wellfaf6and  Honour  of  the  Kingdom. 

'Tis  remarkable  that  this  Speech,  which  met  with 
llnivcrftl  Applaufe,  and  wasacknowledg'd  by  the 
Solemn  Thanks  of  both  Houfes,  was  composed  by 
the  King  himfelf,  who  the  day  before  produced  it 
to  the  Council,  written  with  his  own  Hand,  telling 
them.  He  knew  moft  of  his.Predece£ors  were  u$*d  to  com- 
mit the  drhwing  up  offuch  Speeches  to  their  Minifters, 
who  generally  had  their  private  Aims  and  Inter  efts  in 
viewj,  topreifent  which  he  had  thought  fit  to  write  it  hitff- 
felf  in   French^  hccaufe  he  was  not  fo  great  a  Majier 
ef  the  Englifli  Tongue ;    therefore  he  dcfn^d  them  t$ 
look,  it  over^  and  change  what  they  found  amifs^  that  it 
might  h  Tranjlated  into  Englifh.    This  Speech  being 
Read,  was  approv'd  by  all  the  Board   five'  only 
th^  Earl  of  Ai-—  who  excepted  againft  that  part  of 
It  wherein  his  Majefty  laid,  That  the  Church  of  En|. 
^AtiA  was  the grcateft  Support ^^C.  alledging  that  £x- 
freffwn  Wduid  not  found  well  in  Englifh.     Sir  Thomas 
Clarges^  a  Member  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  did 
liKblind  fault  whh  his  Majeftys  not  mentioning  the 
Chufch  of  Efi^!/ind,  as  by  Law  EjiabUjh'd.    But  theft 
were   Punclihos     At  the  farne  Council  the  Mar- 
^uefi  of  Haiifax  deftr'd,  for  fever al  Reafohs  which 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /Ai?  Third,  147 

he  forbore  to  mcntioh,  to  be  excufed  from  doing  A.  C. 
the  dffice  of  Spjeakcr  of  the  Lords,  which  was  ,  ^g' 
itadily  granted  htni. 

ITieSufincfs  of  04/«and  Ibmc  other  Matter^, 
which  had  railed  liich  dangerous  Heats  and  Animo- 
fities  between  both^  Houlep,  being  only  (iiperiedcd 
by  the  rebeated  Adjournmetit  of  the  Parliament,  ic 
was  mov  d  in  Council  to  put  a  final  end  to  them 
by  a  Prorogation ;  but  the  King  thought  fit  to  da 
nothing  in  Ip  nice  an  AflFair  without  the  Advice  of 
both  Houle^    The  Lords  readily  confented  to  his 
Majefty's.Defire,  and  as  for  the  Commons,  though 
ibnie  of  their  Members  pretended^  that  ftich  a  Pro- 
rogation was  Irregular,  after  his  Majefty  had  made 
a  Speech,  wherein  he  had  propos'd  new  Matters  to 
their  Confideratioii,  yet  tne  contrary  Opinion  car- 
ried it  by  a  great  Majority;  (6  that  his  Majefty  being 
come  to  the  Houfe  of  Lords  on  Monday  the  zift  of 
pElober^Sit  i(obert  Atkins^thtir  new  Speaker,  acquain- 
ted both  Houfts,  that  it  was  His  Majefty 's  Plea- 
fiire,  that  the  Parliament  Ihould  be  Prorogued  to 
the  TVednefday  following.    Before  this  Prorogation* 
the  Bifliop  of  Durham^  againft  moft  People's  Ex  • 
pff6btion,  took  the  Oaths,  and  fubfcribed  the  De- 
claration appointed  by  Law, 
:    The  Parliament  being  met  on  the  x^d  oiORoler^ 
his  Majefty  rfeter^d  them  to  what  he  had  (lid  to  both 
Houfo  four  Days  before.  Thereupon  the  Speaker  of 
the  H.of  Conimons  having  read  hisMajefty's  Speech, 
the  Confideration  of  the  (ame  was  put  off  to  the 
next  Day,whcn  they  unanimoufly  reiblv'd  etfc^ual- 
ly  to  afllft  his  Majefty,  both  to  reduce  Ireland^  and 
to  profecute  the  War  againft  France.    And  bccaufc 
the  A£k  forDetaming  feVeralfii(pc6led  Pcrfbftj  id 
Prifbn,  nptwithflanding  the  Statute  of  Habeas  Corfuti 
was  expired,  and  that  tho(e  Perfbns  had  Petit ion'd 
the  Houfe  to  be  tried  at  the  Kjn^s  BenchB^ri  a 
Committee  was  appointed  to  enquire  into  the  Infor- 
mations that  had  oeen  given  againft  them,  and  to 
in{pe£l  the  Journals  of  the  Houfe  in  order  to  find 
but  Precedents  relating  to  Commitments  by  order 
of  the  Commons.     Another  Committee  was  alia 


i69o. 


148  77;«  ReigH  of  King 

A.  C.    namM  to  report  what  Bills  were  depending  in  tW 
i6^Q.  laft  Sefli6n,  wherein  they  had  chiefly  In  view  the 
Bill  of  Rights. 

Whilft  the  Court  was  bufie  in  ftcuring  the  moft 
ftilpefted  Perlbns,  the  Commons  grantca  the  Bene- 
fit of  Habeas  Corpus  to  the  Lords  Prefton  and  Forbefs^ 
and  Sir  John  Fenwicl^,  upon  fiifficient  Bail.  The 
Earls  of  SdlisbUry^  PefertordUgh^  aftd  CaJHemain^  Sir 
Edt^.  Haies^  Baran  Jenner.  afid  Mi.  PValkfr,  were 
ubon  the  point  of  enjoying  the  fame  FaVout,  but 
^tter  the  reading  the  Infonrlations  againtt  them,  the 
Commons  remanded  the  three  foremcntiotfd  Lords 
to  lh*6  Jower^  lup{)ofine  they  might  be  profecuted  for 
HighTredlon,the  twolirft  for  reconciling  rhemfelves 
to  the  Chuj^ch  of  J^c>>jtf,and  the  thit-d  for  endeavour- 
ihg  to  reconcile  the  Kingdom  to  that  Conlmunion', 
and  other  Crimes.  Sir  Edw.  Hales  and  Bafon  Jeti* 
ner^  befideS  the  Treafon  in  turning  J^man  CathoHckJ^ 
wcf c  accusM  of  high  Mif3cmeanors;;butthc  lattet 
having  been  already  ftt  at  Liberty,  had  eight  days 
given  him  to  ftiake  his  Defence,  during  which  he 
was  to  remain  In  the  Ctrftody  of  a  Serjeant  at  Arms. 
This  cafie  Confiiteirfent  was  alfb  granted  to  Graham 
and  Burton. 

On  the  the  19 A  of  OBober  i6i%  campc  on  the 
ulual  Solemnity  of  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London, 
and  Sir  Thomas  Ptikinton  being  continued  for  the* 
Year  1690,  and  the  King  and  Queen,  the  Prince 
and  Princels  of  Denmark,^  and  both  Houfts  of  Par- 
liament, having  bccrr  pleased  to  accept  his  Invitati- 
6n  to  his  Dinner,  their  Majeffles  attended  by  their 
l^yal  Highncfles,  and  a  numerous  Train  of  No- 
bility and  Gentry,  ^^etit  firfl:  to  a  Balcony  prepared 
for  them  in  Cheapfide  tb  fe6  the  Speftabk :  which  for 
tflie  great  Numbers  of  the  Citizens  of  the  feveral 
Guilds,  the  full  Appearand  of  the  Artillery,  the 
rich  Adornments  otthe^Pageants,  and  the  Splendor 
and  good  Order  of  the  whole  Proceeding,  out-did 
all  that  hnd  been  fecn  before  on  the  like  occafion ; 
bat  that  which  deferv'd  to  be  particularly  mcnrion'd 
was  the  Royal  Qty  Regiment  of  Volunteer  Horfe, 
wfiich  being  very  richly  A<:coutred,  and  led  by  the 
fiafl"  of  Mommmhy  attended  their  Majefties  front 

H^hehnif 


yr ILLl AM  the  Thrrd.  ^49 

IThitehall  into  the  City.  The  Cavalcade  being  pafi'd    A.  C- 
by,  th^  King  and  Qyeen  were  Conduced  by  the    i  gg^, 
two  Sheriffs  to  the  Guildhall^  where  they  ^nd  their  v^^^^-y^^ 
num.rous  Retinue  were  entertained  witji  a  MacnIfi.-73Wi»  Mam 
cicnt  Fcaft.    His  Majefty,  to  exprels  his  S^msuL^i-Jeftift  Dim 
on,  conferr'd  the  honour  of  Knighthood  on  Chrijto-^f  Guild- 

fh^r  Lithuillier  and  John  HoublonECquiTTC^  the  tWO ^^^'fOflo. 
Sheriffs,  and  on  Edward  Clark,  and  Francis  Child  two^^* 
of  the  Aldermen.    Five   Days^  before  the  King 
having    been  pleas'd    to  pernjit  the    Grocers   ^King  Wit 
London  to  chufe  him  Sovereign  Mafter  of  that  Com-liam  msd* 
pany,   the  Wardens,  with  ^me  of  the  Principal  F'*^*  •/ 
Members,  prelcnted  to  him  aCopv  of  their  Eleai-Grocers- 
on,   and  Inftrumcnt  of  his  Freeclom  of  the  fiid  "*!»  Oft*. 
Company  in  a  Golden  Box  ;  for  which  his  Majefty  *^* 
thank'd  them,  and  as  a  fparfc  of  his  Royal  Favour, 
made  l{alph  Box,  their  Chief  Warden,  a  Knight. 
Not  many  Days  after  (ome  Audacious  Malecontents 
offer'd  an  Indignity  to  the  King's  Pifture  in  the 
Guildhall  of  London^  by  cutting   away  the  Scepter 
and  Crown  thereof;  whereujjon  the  'Lord  Mayor 
and  Court  of  Aldermen  promised  aRewafdofypoA 
to  any  Perfon  that  (hould  di(cover  the  Author  of 
that  Inlblence. 

The  greateft  parta>f  the  Rebels  in  Scotland  hz-^jy^^i^^ 
ving  laid  hold  of  the  Aft  of  Oblivion,  and  Collo-^^  j^^r 
ncl  Cannon  with  a  handful  of  Men  under  hisCom-f|/,f«ii/x  /« 
niand,  being  retir'd  into  the  Ifland  of  Mull^  feveral  Scotland. 
of  the  Regiments,  there  were  fent  into  Ireland  to  re- 
inforce the  Duke  of  Scbomb:r£s  Army.    The  drain- 
ing th  It  Kingdom  of  lb  maiw  Forces. en courag'd  the 
Highlanders  to  renew  their  ExcurGons,  Burning  and 
Plundering  wherefoever  they  (ct  Footing ;  ana  ha- 
ving gathered  into  aBody  of  8go  Men,  under  the 
Command    of  the  Laird  Lochcl(y,    they    march'd 
out  of  Invcrloghy^  thinking  to  have  (urpriz'd  Inver- 
nefsy  but  were   timely    prevented.     Befides  theft 
Troubles  a  General  Difcontent  began  to  fpread  it 
ftif  through  the  Scotch  Nation,  who  bore  with  Im- 
pntience  the  lace  Prorogation  of  the  lure  Parliament, 
before  their  Grievances  had  been  fully  redrcfsM,  ac- 
cording to  their  Expeftations,  and  King  iViUUtns 

L  1  }  repeated 


A.  C.  repeated  Promifes  ;  whercforV-fercrd  Members  of 
i  (J89.   that  Aflcmbly  Pctition'd  hisMajefty  for  their  (peedy 
fitting,  that  they  might  pafi  iuch  Bills  as  were  a 
iiatural  Conlequence  of  their  Petition  of   Right. 
This  Addrefs  or  Remonftrance  wa$  prelentcd  to  the 
King  at  Hanpton^Ceurt^   and  becaufe  it  was  con- 
ceivxl  in  (iich  Terms,  as  difcover'd  too  plainly  the 
pond  ition  of  5cat/4«i,  care  was  taken  to  lupprel^ 
^hc  Printed  Copies  ot  it.    Nor  Tvere  tb^  Commons 
of  England  Icls  foUicitous  to  ftcure  the  Liberties  of 
the  SuDJe(Sl  ^  haying  with  great  unanimity  and  dif- 
jpatch  put  the  finifliing  Hand  to  the  Bill  of  Rights  j 
though  Without  mentioninjg  the  Houfe  of  Hanover^ 
upon  i  wrong  Suggeftion  from  one  of  their  Meni- 
bers,  that  there  was  but  one  only  Daughter,  who 
was  deliign'^  to  be  beftow'd  inMarpage  on  the  King 
pf  Poland,    At  the  fime  time  the  Attorney  peneral 
was  order'd  to  bring  in  a  Bill  of  Indemni^,  in  (iich 
^mple  manner  as  might  anfwer  bis  Majeity'^s  graci- 
pus  Intentions  and  Clemency.    On  the  other  fide 
the  King  ordered  the  Accounts  of  the  jplxpences  of 
laft  Summer,  and  of  tb^  neceflary  Charges  for  the 
fiext  Years  Service,   to  be  laid  before  the  Com- 
mons,' who  having  perused  the  fame,  unanimouf- 
ly  Voted  a  Supply  of  Two  Millions  Sterling  tp  his 
^ajcfty.  \ 
About  this  time  Cpllonel  Ludlow,  who  upon  Kinj[ 
^iidlow    char UlL  Reftoration,  was  excepted  out  ok  the  Ge- 
f  *g^  *|'^'' neral  Pardon  by  Aft  of  Parliament  in  1661^  fox. 
kiS"^*     having  been  one  of  the  Judges  of  KingCW/«  1. 
upon  the  Encouragement  given  him  by  a  great 
Courtier,  came  over  into  En?iand  to  offer  the  King 
lis  Service  in  the  reducing  of  Ireland.    He  was  no 
boner  arriv'd  in  London^  bpt  his  Houft  was  crowde4 
yy  Multitudes  of  fucl^  Fanaticks  and  Independents, 
as  in  CronwelN  time  had  laboured  to  introduce  ^ 
Conamon-Wealth.    The  Commons  were  fbon  in- 
fcrm'd  of  this  Prefumption ;  and  among  the  reft 
Sir  Edvuard  Seyrncur  reprefeited  to  the  Houie»  how. 
highly  it  refle<9:ed  on  the  Honour  of  the  Nation, 
that  one  of  the  Parricides  of  that  King,  whole 
^eath  the  Church  of  England  had  juftly  dignified 
ll^ith  the  Title  of  Martyrdom,  fliould  not  only  be 
*    '  ruffcr'd 


WA  L  L  I  A  M  ri&er  Third.  151 

(uffer'd  to  live  here,  but  alfb  entertained  with  hopes  A.   C. 
of  Preferment.     Thereupon  the  Commons  ordered    1689. 
their  Speaker  to  prefent  an  Addrefs  to  his  Majefty,  V.^.-^V^N^ 
to  deiire  him  to  iflue  out  hisProclamation  for  theAp- 
prehending  the  (aid  Lw^/ow,  who  ftood  attainted  of. 
High  Treafon  by  Aft  of  Parliament.    The  King 
comply'd  with  this  Addrefij  but  however  he  thought 
fit  to  favour  the   Collonels    Efcape,  and  not  to 
publifli  his  *  Proclamation  till  after  he  was  fifely  *  Novtm. 
arrived  in  Holland,  wich  the  Dutch  Ambafladors.         '4* 

From  Hoiland Mr. Ludloxf^  returned  to  his  Retire-^  ^'''^'^-  ^ 
ment  at  Vevay^  a  (mall  Town  in  the  Gauntry  of^'*^'*?^* 
Vaux'm  SmtT^crland,  where  be  had  livMto  a  great^^'"^'^'*"' 
Age,  notwithftanding  the  Attempts  made  upon  him 
by  the  Creatures  ot  King  Chnrhs  II.    and  King 
James  XL  and  where  he  afterwards  writ  thoft  Me% 
moirs.  which  have  Cnce  appeared  under  his  Name. 
By  thefe  it  is  plain,  that  he  aiied  upon  a  different 
Bottom  froln  Cromwell,  whofe  Tyranny  and  Ufiir- 
pation  he  always  Detefted  \  having  himfclf  nothing 
in  View  but  the  Eftabliflimcnt  ot  aPVee  Republi- 
can Government :  But  us  the  execrable  Murther,  ^"  ^^^ 
which  he  both  promoted  and  approved  in  order  to  ^^^^^* 
compafs  hisDefigns.  can  never  be  Juftified,  (ball 
that  can  be  laid  in  his  Favour  is,  that  'twas  pity  a 
Man  of  his  Courage  and  Condudl  was  fb  unlhalcen 
in  his  wrong  Principles. 

The  Attorney  General  having  brought  In  a  Bill 
of  Indemnity,  both  he  and  the  SolUcitor  General 
were  ordcr'd  by  the  Commons  to  prep  ire  another 
to  lay  Penalties  and  Fines  on  (uch,  as  in  t!ie  late 
Reigns,  had  been  Inftrumental  to  the  Violariori  of  • 
the  i/aws.Aftervviirds  the  Hou(e  declared  That  tho(e 
who  had  pur  to  Death  (bmc  Perfbn^  in  the  Illandof 
St.  //(?//<?«,  under  pretence  ofReMlion,  were  Guilty 
ot  Murther,  and  a  Committee  \vas  appointed  to  in- 
quire from  whom  they  had  their  Warrant.  A  Bill 
was  alfo  ord-r'd  to  dc  brought  in  to  declare  the 
late  Chancellor  Jefcry\  Ellatc  Forfeited  to  the 
Crown  and  to  attaint  his  Blood :  But  the  proceedings 
a?;ainft  a  Man  after  his  Death,  whether  Natural  or 
Violent,  being  of  a  very  ill  Cor:f;'r|ucacc,  and 
contrary  to  the  EftablrfliM    Laws^   that  Bill  met 

h  1  4  with 


l^X,  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  with  (b  much  oppoGtion  that  no  Progrefi  was  mado 
'i(J89-   ink. 

j^VXJ     Th^  ^^^  G^^^^  having  been  often  required  by 
Pmetdiiigs  Letters  and  otherwife  to  attend  the  Houfe  of  Lords, 
sgsin^      and  ftill  refufing  to  appear,  their  Lordfliips  deGr'd 
the  Lord    the    King    by    an    Addrefi    to   Summon  him 
priflin.     by    his    Royal    Proclamation    to    render  him- 
felf,  (at  fuch  a  Day  as  his  Majefty  fliould  appoint) 
to  their  Houfe,  if  then  a6hially  Sitting,  or  to  one 
of  the  Secretaries  of  Stale.    His  Lordfliip  bein§ 
accordingly  Summoned,  fiirrendred  himfelf  »to  the 
Lord  Komniham^  and  on  the  19th  of  OHober  ha- 
iring made  his  Appearance  before  the  Houfe  of 
Lords,  the  Speaker  told  him.  That  he  knew  what 
he  had  to  do  oefore  his  fitting  in  that  Houfe,  where- 
upon his  LordChip  defir'd  time  to  Confider  of  ta- 
king the  Oaths,  he  not  being  prepared  for  it ;  Which 
yras  readily  Granted. 

The  fame  Day  the  Parliament  was  ProroguM,  a 
Packet  was  interceptedjwhich  plainly  difcover'd  ho>y 
little  the  Lord  Griffin  was  inclin'd  tq  own  the  pre- 
(cnt  Government.  This  Difeovery  happen'd  in  the 
foUowing  manner.  His  Lordfhip  haying  caus'd  9 
large  Tin  Bottle  to  be  made  with  a  double  Bottom ; 
oroer'd  hisCook  to  go  to  aPevjrterers  at  an  unfeafen- 
able  Hour  of  the  Night,  to  get  the  falfe  Bottom  (bl- 
der^  ;  The  Pewterer  finding  a  Packet  between  the 
two  Bottoms  of  the  Bottlp,began  to  (iifpefl  Ibmcthing; 
and  the  Cook  not  giving  him  a  (atisfaftory  Aq- 
fwer  about  Its  Contents,  he  made  bold  to  open  it. 
The  Superscription  of  feveral  Letters  directed  tq 
King  James,  the  Duke  of  B^npici^,  &c.  juftified  the 
Pewterers  Sufpicion,  who  immediately  (eiz'd  the 
Lord  Griffins  Cook,  ^nd  carried  him  to  one  of  the 
Secretaries  of  State ;  but  he  being  gone  to  Bed,  and 
his  Servants  refufing  to  admit  the  Pewterer  to  their 
Mafter*s  Prefence,  the  Lord  Gr/^«,who  by  this  time 
began  to  apprehend  wh-^t  had  befain  his  Meflenger, 
took  this  opportunity  tq  make  his  Efcape,  Befides 
the  Letters,  there  was  found  an  Account  of  fSme 
private  Relolutio^^s  of  the  Council,  and  an  exaft 
Lift  of  all  the  Land  and  Sea  Forces  of  England^ 
whereupon  the  Lord  Griffins  Houfe  and  Papers 

Were 


WILLI  AU  the  thir J.  lyj 

were  feurch'd,  his  Lady  committed  to  the  TDwrr,  A.  C. 
ieveral  iiifpe^led  Perfbns  Arrefted,  and  ikeCuJhm-   1689. 

Hoiffi  Officerg  order'd  to  ftop  all  unknown  Perfons, 

Xhat  offer'd  to  crois  the  Seas  without  Pa0e$.  The 
Xx>rd  Griffin  having  abfconded  himielf  Ibme  few^Days^ 
and  finding  it  dlmcult  to  go  out  of  the  Kingdom, 
iurrendred  nimfelt  to  die  Earl  of  JAw/ii/rjr,  Secre- 
tary of  State^  who  having  examln'd  him^  commit- 
ted him  to  the  Cuilody  of  a  Meflenger^  firom 
whence  he  wag  fent  into  the  Tower.  Thereupon 
the  Commons  appoint^  a  Committee  to  enquire 
how  the  Lord  Griffin  came  to  Icrow  a  Relblution, 
which  the  Kinc^had  Communicated  to  Four  Per- 
fons only ;  and  the  Lords  AddrelsM  his  Majellj 
to  let  him  underftand  that  the  faid  I^rd  being  one 
of  their  Members,  they  were  confeauently  his  prq- 
per  Judges.  ^  The  King  having  left  tne  Cognizance 
of  this  Afiair  to  the  Peers,  they  began  to  Examine 
the  Papers  intercepted  in  tlie  Pewter-Bottle,  which 
were  the  only  Evidence  agalnft  the  Lord  Griffin ; 
and  becaufe  feme  few  Days  before  it  had  been  re- 
(blv'd  in  that  Hqule,  that  Colonel  Algemoon  Sidney 
was  unjuftly  Condemned,  nothing  but  Writings, 
found  in  his  Clofet,  having  been  produced  againfl; 
him,  the  pari  of  Upchefter  argu'd,  from  a  Parity  of 
Reafon,  in  Favour  ot  the  Lord  Griffin  ;  who  after 
(everal  warm  Debates  was  fct  at  Liberty  upon  luf- 
ficienc  Bail. 

While  the  Lord  Griffin's  AflFair  was  ^epen(ling,the  pr-oc^ . 
Locd  Prejton,  Vifcount  of  Scotland^  having  prtknt-aiainji 
ed  to  the  Houfe  of  Lords  a  Patent  from  King  J^m'^s^f^^  Lord 
dated  from  f^erfailles  the  xiQ:  *o(  Januar^^  whcnby  P'cftcn. 
he  was  created  Baron  of  En^and,  their  Lordfliips 
Voted  him  GuUty  gf  High-Trea(bn  ;  but  however 
they  thoughr  fit  to  refer  the  Examination  ot  that 
Matter  to  the  Jufiges  their  Aififtanrs.  My  Lord 
frr/?<7«  pretended,  tnat  the  Patent  b^-ing  dated  one 
day  before  the  Meeting  of  the  Convention,  which 
had  Voted  the  Throne  Vn^ant^  k  ought  therefore 
to  be  valid ;  to  which  It  was  anfwcrd.  That  the 
Vacancy  was  (uppos'dtp  begin  fropi  the  ^|omv':U 
VJ\wg  James  \th  the  Kingdom,  whereby  he//W/c^- 
tcd  the  Government.    The  next  Day  tljc  Judges 


t  $4  The  Reign  of  ^hg 

A.  C.  brought  in  the  Lord  Prf/?o»  Guilty  of  a  High- Mif- 

1 689.    demeanour,  for  which   he  was  committed  to  the 

C>yK^  Towers    Noc  long  after  his  Lordlhip  acknowledg'd, 

jihd  begg'd  Pardon  for,  his  Fault  by  a  Petition  to 

the  Lords,  which  was  rejeftcd,  upon  his  Subfcri- 

birig  himfclF,  Vifcount  Prefion,  without  exprefling 

pf  what  Kitigdom ;  the  next  Day  he  pjreftntcd  a- 

hother,  wherein  he  ftiled  himfelf  Vifcount  of  Scot- 

idnd :  and  moreover  it  being  alledg*d  in  his  behalf, 

that  Dy  accepting  a  Patent  from  KiRg   yamcs,  he 

tleVer  meant  an  Aflront  tc  King  iViUiam^  but  only 

to  (ecure  his  own  Pcrlbn  from  Imprifonment,  (be- 

ipg  at  that  time  profecuted  at  Law  by  the  Lord 

iAibntaguc  for  a  confiderable  Sum  of  Money^    he 

Was  ircieas'd  from  his  Confinement  without  giving 

Bajh 

PriceeMftp     Yh^  Convocation  of  the  Clergy  being  m^  at 

tfthiCoj:-  ^^^ps  j^^jQut  the  beginning  of  Novcntber,  the  oh^r 

i^^^tiim.    jj^jj^g  ^i^^y  jjj  ^jjg  ^^  p^^^j  ^j^g  Commiffion  by 

whicn  they  were  Summon  d,  and  then  Adjourn'd 
thettilelves  to  the  21ft  of  the  fame  Monrh  :  in  the 
itieart  time  the  Commillioners  appointed  oy  His 
Majefty  to  prepare  Matters,  debated  an  Important 
Point  among  themfelves,  to  wit,  the  R^'ordainlng 
of  DifTenting  Minifters,  which  has  ever  becti  the 
gireateft  Obftacle  to  the  Reconciling  the  Presbyterians 
bf  England  to  the  National  Church.  Some  of  the 
Commiilioners  were  ehclin*d  not  to  inGll  upon  that 
Ceremony,  alledging.  They  ought  not  to  fhcw 
lets  Regard  to  the  Vocation  of  Presbyterian  Mini- 
fters,  than  to  that  of  i(()>«4»sC/i/^Ao//c/;.  Pricfts,  whofe 
Ordination  was  never  Queflion'd,  upon  their  join- 
ing in  Communion  with  the  Churcn  of  England. 
But  the  Majority  thought  it  more  proper  to  keep 
a  middle  Courfe,  which  was,  Firft,  with  Rcfpea 
to  I^omlfh  Priefts,  to  leave  it  undecided  whether 
their  Ordination  wa^  good  or  no  ;  bur  bccaufe  they 
were  not  obliged  to  give  Credit  to  their  Cerrlfi- 
<'ates,  that  therefore  fuch  ofrheni,  as  for  the  fu- 
ture, fhould  turn  Protcllanrs.  fhouid  be  bound  to 
be*  Re  ordaln'd  in  orjcrto  Odiciatc  in  the  Church 
\nE)7ofandi  and  Secondly,  That  tho"*  they  did  not 
determine  the  Ordination  oi Presbyterians  to  be  al- 
together 


W  I  Lhl  AM  the  Third.  J55 

together  infignificant,  yet  they  thought  it  neceflar;'   A.   C. 
for  their  N&iitters  to  receive  Orders  from  a  Bi-    idgp. 
ftop,  whq  in  Conferring  the  fame  might  add  thcfe  ^.^ys^ 
Words  to  the   Common  Form,  by  way  of  Leni- 

tive :  In  Cafe  the  Ordin4iionyou  have  already  received 
le  any  way  Defe^ivs.  During  this  interval  the  Dit 
contented  printed  feveral  Papers  wherein  th:  Le- 
gality of  the  Convocation  was  call'd  in  Qjieftlon  ; 
alledring,  it  ought  to  be  Summon'd  by  the  King 
and  Parliament,  whereas  i  j  was  now  Affembled  by 
jhe  King's  fingle  Authority,        ' '  ^  , 

On  the  a  I  ft  o^  November  both  Houles  of  the  Con- 
yocation  being  Aflemfeled  at  iVeJlmifiJler,  the  Up- 
per choi^  the  Bifiiop  of  London^  and  the  Lower 
Dr.  Jones  to  be  their  Rclpe£|;iye  Prolocutor^  or 
Speakers.  On  the  xrth  Dr.  Jones's  Election  being 
jipprov^d  by  the  Bimops,  he  made  a  Speech  izi 
Laiin,  wherein  he  extolled  the  Excellency  of  thq 
Church  of  ^ngland^  a§  eftablifh'd  by  Law,  above 
all  Chriftlaq  Commimities,  and  ended  with  aCau- 
pon:  not  to  chans^  the  Laws  and  Conftitutions  of 
England.  The  Bnhop  of  London  made  Hkewife  a  . 
Speech  in  the  lame  Language,  tho'  oppqlice  in  the 
Drift  of  it  to  that  of  the  Doctor :  He  told  the  Af- 

(embly,  They  ought  to   endeavour  a  Tcnifcr  jh  rhofe 

things  that  are  not  RJfcntial  in  F^eligion^  ^hereby  ta 

open   the  Door  of  Salvation  to  abundance  if  ft  my  i  tig 

Chriftians ;  that  fV  was  their  Duty  to  Jlscw  the  Jam;* 

indulgence^  and  Charity  to  the  Dljfjntcrs  wider  Isjt/g 

Wilfiam,  wJjich  feme  of  the  Bijhops  and  Clergy  had 

promifed  to  theni  in  their  4ddrejfes  to    KJng  James  ; 

ajid  cloied  his  Pifcourfe  with  an  Exhorrarion  to 

Unanimity  and  Concord.    Many  of  the  Members 

being  abient,  the  Convocation  Adjourned  to  the 

pext  Day,   without  debating  any  thing   of  iMo- 

ihent. 

*  The  Bifhop  of  London  being  fcnfiWe  th:it  tl^e 
Majority  of  tlie  Lower  HoufL*,  v/crc  refc^lv'd  to 
opj>ofe  the  intended  Union  with  the  DiflVntcrs  ac-. 
guainted  the  Convocation,  that  h^vin^  communi- 
cated the  Comnrjllicn,  by  which  they  were  AlT.av 
bled  to  an  eminent  Civilian,  he  had  found  it:  d^:- 
fcciivc,  in  not  having  the  Great  Scul,  iinJ  tlvrc- 


iy6  .    the  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  fore  they  muft  Adjourn  till    that  was  procured. 
f  (S89.   During  this  interval  the  moft  prevailir^  Arguments 
ly^"^  were  employ'd  to  bring  the  moft  ftin  of  the  infe- 
rior Clergy  to  a  charitable  Condefcention  with  the 
Presbyterians,  but  even  the  Promifes  of  great  Pre- 
fennents  prov'd  ineffe£lual.    Indeed  fome  of  theni 
were  contented  to  take  away  the  ufe  of  the  Suri 
//ic^,  of  the  Sign  of  the  Crofs  in  Baptifin,  of  the 
feowing  to  the  Altar,  of  (bme  Repetitions  in  the 
Common  Prayers,  and  feme  other  infignific^nt  tho' 
innocent  Ceremonies ,  at  which  the  Presbyterians 
were  offended  ^  but  as  to  the  Difoenfing  with  their 
Re-ordination,  they  thought  it  Derogatory  to  the 
Dignity  of  the  Church  of  Enzland  \  and  that  a  ftcp 
offo  great  Confequence  ought  not  be  piade  before 
they  were  aflured  of  their  fincere  defirc  of  a  Recon- 
cilement. 'Twas  not  long  before  the  Great  Seal  was 
afBxt  to  the  Commiffion,  which  the  Earl  of  Kot- 
tinghnm  delivered  to  the  Convocation,  with  a  Let- 
/v.Wil-    ter  fix)m  His  Majeftv,  Importing,  '  That  His  Ma- 
liAinVL^r-' jefty  had  Summon  d  this  Convocation,  not  only 
ter  to  tht    *  becaufc  'tis  ufiial  upon  holding  of  a  Parliament, 
ConvocA-'    « lyut  out  of  a  Pious  Zeal  to  do  every  thinpj  that 
'•  •*♦  *  might  tend  to  the  beft  Eftablifliment  of  the  Church 

*  of  £wjf/4«rf,  which  is  fo  eminent  a  Part  of  the  Re- 

*  formation,  and  is  certainly  the  beft  liiited  to  the 
^  Conftitutlon  of  the  Government ;  and  thcretere 

*  did  moft  (ignally  deferve,  and  fliould  alvvavs  have 

*  both  his  Favour  and  Protcftion.   That  he  doubted 

*  not  but  they  would  aflift  him  in  promoting  the 

*  Welfare-  of  it,  Co  that  no  Prejudices,  with  which 
*■  fome  Men  might  have  laboured  to  Poflefi  them, 

*  (hould  dilappointhis  good  Intentions,  or  deprive 

*  the  Church  of  any  Benefit  from  their  Confultatl- 
'  ons.    That  His  Majefty  therefore  cxpecled  thnt 

*  the   things  that  fhould  be  proposed,   (hould  be 

*  calmly  and  impartially  confider  d  hy  them  ;  nnd 
'  aifufd  them,    That  he  would  oftcr  nothing  to 

*  them,  but  what  fhould  be  for  the  Honour,  Peace, 
'and  Advantage,  both  of  the  Proreftanc  Religion 

*  in  Genrral,and  particularly  of  the  Church  of  En^znA. 
'  At  the  lame  time  the  Earl  of  Notthighnm  made 
:m  Eloquent  Speech  to  the  Aflembly,   exhorting 

them 


WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  I57 

tUem  to  lay  afide  all  partial  Pre|X)ffeffions  and  Ani-  A.  C. 
mofities  in  tticir  Proceedings.  Tliercupon  the  Con-  1  (Jgp^ 
Tocation  rcfblv'd  to  return  His  Majefty  Thanks  ^^^^/-y-s^ 
for  his  Gracious  Mcffage,  by  an  Addrefi,  which 
was  drawh  up  by  the  Bifliops,  and  wherein  they 
acknowledged.  Firft,  His  Majefty's  Favour  towards 
the  Church  ^England ;  and  Secondly,  His  Affeni- 
blin§  theni  to  endeavour  the  Reconciling  of  the 
Difleiiters.  This  fecond  Part  of  the  Addrefi  being 
difagrced  to  by  the  Inferior  Clergy,  another  was 
drawn  up  by  a  Committee  of  botnTHoufes,  which 
fras  delivered  to  the  Kling  by  the  Biftop  o(  London.  j%e  Oirt^ 
accompanied  by  Six  or  Seven  Bifhops,  and  fcveral  cstUn^i 
DpAorS  of  Divinity,  being  (blemnly  introduced  to  >^^<'»'fp  ^ 
His  Majefty,  fitting  on  Tils  Throne  In  the  Baa-^^eic/*^, 
quetting-Houfe,  by  the  Lord  Chamberlain ;  This 
Addrets  coftt;ain'd  in  Subftance,  '  That  the  Bifhops 
'  and  Clergy  of  the  PVovince  oi  Canterbury  in  Coct- 
Vocation  Affembled,  having  received  a  moft  Gra- 
cious Meflagc  from  His  Majefty,  held  thcmfelves 
bound  in  Duty  and  Gratitude  to  return  their 
moft  humble  Acknowledgments  for  the  ferae : 
And  for  the  Pious  Zeal  and  Care  His  Majefty 
exprcft  in  it  for  the  Honour,  Peace,  Advantage 
and  Eftabliflimcnt  of  rhe  Cliurch  of  BngUud ; 
whereby,  they  doubted  not,  the  Intereft  oi  die 
Pfoteftant  Religion  in  all  other  Proteftant 
Churches,  which  was  Dear  to  them,  would  be  the 
better  ftcur'd  under  the  iniluence  of  His  Maje^ 
fties  Govefnitlent  and  Proteftlon.  And  they  af- 
Jur'd  His  Majefty,  that  in  purfuanceof  that  Trull 
and  Confidence  he  r^epos  a  in  them ;  they  wouU 
Confider  whatibever  fliould  .be  ofFcrM  to  thcra 
from  his  Majefty,  without  Prejudice,  and  with  all 
Calmncfi  and  Impartiality  j  and  that  they  would 
conftantly  pay  the  Fidelity  and  Allegiance,  which 
they  had  all  Sworn  to  His  Majefty  arid  theQpeen. 
The  King  AddreiLng  himfelf  to  the  Bifhops,  told 
them,  He  took  this  Addrels  vefy  kindly  from  the 

*  Convotatiofi ;  that  they  might  depend  Ujpoa  ir^ 

*  chat  he  ^t^ould  dojill  lie  had  promised,  and  all  he 
'could  do  for  the  Church  of  £^g/tf«J,  and  that  he 

*  gate  theoi  this  new  Afllirance,  flnt  he  would  im- 


I58  The  Reign  of  Kinz^ 

A.   C.  *  pro\^e   all   Occafions   and  Opportunities  fof  it^ 

1689.    *  Service.    However  the  King  perceiyidg  that  this 

Vx-yv-/  Addrefi,  of  the  Convocation  was  irieerly  Compli- 

mcntal,  and  that  by  their  Expirffiohs  of  Tender- 

dnvtca^     ^^^  ^^^  ^^^  Intereft  of  the  Proteftant  Religion  in  afl 
iisn  Ad'     other  Protejiant  Churches^  they  had  the  Reformed  a- 

j^urnd*     broad  more  in  view,  than  tne  DiQenter^  at  Home, 

His  Majefty  thought  fit  to  Adjourn  them  to  the 

i4th  of  January  next.    It  muft  be  copfefi^d  that  the 

pfi  Prcs-  Presbyterians  did  ncjt  a  little  Contribute  to  exa(^ 

bytcfians  perate  the  Convocation  againft  them,    having  at 

render       jfjjg  f  ^j-y  ^jme  given  Oroers  to  near  fifty  Young 

their  U«/-Students,  and  Mr.  Baxter,  the  Head  of  their  Pany, 

Tl  '^     I.  having  publifliM  a  Book  reflefting  on  the  ChurcH 

X^.o(  England.    'Twas  alfo   reported  that  the  Pmbj^ 

land  d'f-  ^^^'^^^  ^f  Scotland^  were  the  Authors  of  a  Sham- 

perau.      ^^oT^  which  they  Fathered  upon  the  Proteftants  of 

Glafcov?^  that  they  might  have  a  Pretence  to  Dif^ 

arm  them,  as  they  did  in  Efteft. 

Hitherto  both  Houfes  of  Parliament  had  aSed 
with  tolerable  Unanimity  and  Dilpatch,  btit  they 
k  laft  rclaps'd  into  thole  hot  Debates  and  Ahimo- 
fitics,  whicn  had  drawn  into  length  the  Proteed- 
Ihgs  of  the  firft  SelHon ;  and  which  were  principal* 
ly  occalion'd  by  the  Mifcarriages  of  Ireland^  the  ill 
Succefs  of  the  Fleet,  and  the  Bill  of  Indemnity.  The 
Houft  of  Commons  being  informed,  that  ttie  Duke 
Schomberg^s  Army  was  hardly  Fourteen  Thooftnd 


point  Commiiiioners  to  inquire 
on  of  the  Army  in  Ireland.  Tho'  the  King  affur'd 
the  Houfe  he  would  comply  with  their  Addrefi, 
yet  foRie  Members  mov'd  that  the  Commons 
mould  fend  Commiilioners  of  their  own  naming, 
both  to  look  into  the  Experice,  and  to  prcveiit 
falfc  Mufters  j  which  feem'd  to  be  an  Encroach- 
ment on  the  King's  Prerogative.  Others  ftid  the 
Duke  of  Schomhrg  would  have  done  well  to  have 
come  himftlf  in  Perfbn  to  acquaint  the  Houfe 
with  the  Caufes  of  the  Weakness  of  his  Army,  in 
order  to  fccure  his  owri  Reputation ;  and  others 
^ent  further,  reflefting  on  that  General  for  not 

fighting 


W  iLL\  AH  the  Thirl  jyj 

fighting  Ring  Jantes's  forces.  Tho'  the  Ppke  A.  C? 
wanted  qo  Apology  among  thofe  thap  knew  hi?  j^go* 
Capacity,  yet  being  informed  that  his  Conduft  \iras  y^^^^y^/y 
caird  in  Queftion,  even  in  the  Parliament  it  (elf, 
he  acquainted  the  King  with  the  Reafons  that  had 
oblidg'd  him  not  to  ftir  from  his  Camp,  upoi>the 
Approach  of  King  Jftmes ;  to  wit,  that  his  Army 
had  nevef  exceeded  Twelve  Thoufand  effeftiye 
Men,  moft  of  them  newly  rais'd,  and  little  better^/./j^rr/V, 
than  thofe  of  the  late  King,  who  had  double  th^ ges  of  Irtf- 
Number ;  that  he  had  waited  for  Artillery  Horfesland  /»-' 
and  Carriages  above  a  Month  ;  that  the  Army  h^^^ired  if^r 
ail  along  Wanted  Bread;  both  the  Men  and  Horfes,^'- 
Shoes ;  and  the  Surgeons  and  Apothecaries,  proper 
Medicines  for  the  Sick.  This  Account  was  con- 
firm d  by  Mr.  Lumley^  Brother  to  the  Lord  of  that 
Name,  and  by  Count  Solmes^  who  at  this  time  af  riy'd 
from  Ireland^  and  reported  further,  that  the  Arn^y 
was  canton'd  in  pretty  good  Winter- Quartqrs  j 
that  abundance  of  Men  and  Horfes  had  betr>  fVept 
away  by  Sickncfi,  and  want  of  Fcppd  or  Cloathing, 
but  that  the  Sick  recover'd  apace  ;  and  a»  for  the 
Officers,  that  feveral  had  killed  themfelves  with 
Drinking  too  plentifully  Irijh  Ufouebaugh,  particu- 
larly Sir  Edward  Decrinv^  Colonel  Pi^oanon^  and  Si^ 
Thomas  Gower ;  that  the  Mifearriages  of  frdand 
were  wholly  to  be  charged  on  ShaUty  Purveyor  Ge- 
neral to  the  Array  ;  and  that  upon  Duke  Schombergs 
Landing  at  Dundulk, ,  there  was  fo  general  a  Coji- 
(iemation  among  die  lri[h.  that  he  might  have* 
march'd  dire6ily  to  Z>i/i/iM,if  he  had  not  wanted  Prp- 
viQons  and  a  Train  of  Artillery.  Mr.  PValkfr  a,c* 
quaitited  the  Commons  with  thefe  things,  where- 
upon they  immediately  V'oted  an  Addrefi,  to  de- 
lire  his  Majefty  to  cauft  Shnks  to  be  Arreftcd,  and 
all  his  Papers,  Accompts  and  Provilion?  ftiz'd  j 
and  to  empower  Duke  Schomberg  to  pilt  an  abler 
Man  in  his  Place.  The  King  having  anfwcr'd  to 
tliis  Addrefi,  I'hat  upon  Information  of  Shfl!c;\ 
Miftnanagemcnt  he  had  fent  Orders  to  Duke  Schom- 
herg  to  fecure  hirh,  the  Commons,  ftill  eager  upon 
this  Affair,  rel()lv'd  upon  another  Addrcfs,  to  re- 
^ueft  His  Majefty  to  nime  rho^  that  had  recom- 


i6o  the  Reigrt  of  iti/tg 

A.  C   tnendcdMales  into  hw  Service ,  which  iifeverthelefi 
i  68 f3    ^^  Majefty  dcclin'd  to  do,  becaufe,  as  'tw^  report- 
^'   cd.  Shales  liad  been  proposed  in  a  full  Council  Tfais^ 
fsLtne  Shales  was  Purveyor  to  King  Jameses  Army, 
whilft  it  Encamp'd  on  Hounflow-Heath ;  and  upon: 
.  that  fcore  was  Ihrewdly  {ufptStsA  of  foul  Dealings 
under  Kinc  ffiSiam.  Some  tew  days  aft^r,  the  King 
(enta  MeUage  to  the  Commons,  to  acquaint  them^ 
that  havbg  decl^'d  his  Reiblution  to  carry  on  the 
War  in  Ireland  to  the  utnjoft  of  his  Power,  and 
to  u(e  the  moft  ^eShial  Means  for  that  Purpofey 
he  was  willing  that  the  Commons  fliould  recom- 
mend a  certain  Number  of  Perfons,  not  exceeding 
Seven,  to  whom  he  would  give  Commlilions  to  o- 
ver4ook  the  neeeflary  Preparations  for  that  War ; 
and  alfo'that  they  ihould  appoint  feme  Per£>ns  to 
infyeSt  the  Condition  of  the  Army  in  Ireland.  Thi^ 
MeflSige  was  receiv'd  with  great  Applaufe  bv  the 
Commons,  who  retum'd  His  Majefty  Thanks  for 
it  in  a  fuU  Body ,  anc}  excufed  thendelves  from 
naming  any  Body,  leaving  the  Choice  of  the  Com- 
miliioners  wholly  to  his  Majefties  §rcat  Wifaom. 
The  Commons  took  this  Opportunity  to  prefi  the 
King  to  diicover  (hoie   who  had  recoomiended 
Shales^  but  His  Majefty  told  them,  It  was  impejjihle 
for  him  to  give  an  Anjvper  to  that  Qxiejiion.     As  for 
the  Mifcamages  of  the  Fleet,  the  Commons  being 
mform'd  that  they  proceeded  from  a  raging  Sick- 
nefi  amongft  the  Seamen,  occafion'd  by  bad  Provi- 
fions,  they  ordcr'd  thofe  that  had  Vi(9:ualled  the 
Navy  to  he  taken  into  Cuftody  of  the  Serjeant  -^t 
Arms,  and  an(wer  for  the  fame. 

The  Bill  of  Indemnity  amufed  bot£i  Houles  for 
a  confiderable  time,  tho'  to  as  little  purpofe  as  it 
had  done  the  former  Scffion:  The  Lords  ac- 
Quainted  the  Commons,  that  they  had  appointed  a 
Committee  to  enquire  who  had  advifed  the  ufing 
of  Quo  fVarranto^s  againft  Corporations;  and  de(ir*d 
that  Mr.  Hamden^  (Junior)  and  Mr.  Trench^rd^  two 
of  their  Members,  might  apnear  before  the  Com- 
mittee they  had  named  to  find  out  the  Authors  and 
Promoters  of  the  Execution  of  the  Lord  Huffil,  AU 
g/ern0on  Sidney^  Sir  Thomas  Armfirong^  and  Mr.  Cor* 

nijh. 


^ittiAU  the  Thin/;  i^i 

^ifh.  'TIS  certain  Mr.  HamJcn  was  able  to  give  tlie  A,  C 
JUords  a^reatLight  into  that  Affair,  having  been  i^g^, 
involved. in  the  Presbyterian.  Plot,  out  of  which  in-  ^.^vO 
rricacy  he  partly  difingag'd  himielf  by  charging 
the  Lord  Hl^jfeL  But  this  inquiry  was  not  fb  much 
intended  againft  Mr.  Uamden^  as  againft  the  Mar- 
^ui(s  o(  Halifax  J  who  had  etideavour'd  Mr.  Ham» 
den^s  Ruin  by  procuring  a  Note  firom  the  late  Duke 
ot  M0nmeuth^  whereby  he  was  made  an  Accomplice 
to  the  pretended  Crime  of  the  Lord  {(fiffel's.  But 
theXHiK.e  afterwards  repentine  of  having  diarged 
one  of  his  beft  Friends,  eameft^^  demanded  his  Note 
from  Kin^  Charles  II.  to  whom  the  Marquifs  had 
delivered  it;  and  which  he  at  )aft  obtained  out 
(his  Condition,  never  to  return  into  his  Ma)efty's 
Prefence. 

Mr.  Hamden  apt>car'd  before  the  Lords  Cora-  j^^  lizrri* 
mittee,  arid  made  a  long-winded  Speech,  wherein  he  jenV  5^r- 
pither  aimed  at  juftifying  himielf,  than  at  dilcover- oiiVe/. 
ing  the  Authors  of  the  Lord  t^^^JfeC^  Death.  He 
^tolled  his  Services  to  the  prefent  Government, 
infinuatiiijg  that  the  whole  intrigue  of  Kin^  H^tlUan^t 
being  invited  over,had  been  managed  by  hinifeU  and 
Mr.  Johnfon^  a  Scotclmian^  Nephew  to  Bi— p  fi--'- 
net^  whom  he  employed  to  gather  the  Reialts  of 
the  leveral  Conftdtations  in  private  Houles ;  and 
that  by  ftirring  in  this  A&irhe  had  run  an  emi- 
nent Danger.;  for  hsAjohnJon  been  (ufpe6led,  he 
^ould  have  beep  ienc  into  Scotland^  ana  forced  by 
the  Rack  (^whicb  is.allow'd  in  that  Kmgdom^  to 
dijcover  thofe  who  fet  him  at  Work.  'Twas  upon 
this  account  that  Mr.  Hamden^  after  the  Revolution,; 
mad^  fevefal  Ofiers  at  being  Seaetar}rpf  State,  but 
the  King  thought  him  of  two  hot  a  Temper  for  n 
Place  that  requires  a  iettled  Head,  dne  day  Mr. 
flatnden,  with  defigd  to  remind  the  King  of  Kis  own 
Servicesjteprefentw  to  his  Majefly  that  thofe  of  Mr, 
9i>hnfoH  were  ftill  left  unrewarded :  To  which  the 
King  rcply'd,  He  had  not  forgot  either  Mr.  HAmden 
or  Mt.  JchnfoH.  Ho\^cver  neither  of  them  had  mtjch 
t^lbn  to  complain,  the  King  having  named  the  iirfl: 
to  be  his  Enyoy  into  Sfain^  and  the  other  into  Smt-  ^^^ 
ierland  \  which  Employments  they  both  refus'd ;  and  '^^Jf 
oiereupon  Mr.  C#x,    upon  Mr.  Hamden  $  Recomi- 

M  m  menda- 


1 6%  The  Reign  of  Khg 

A.   C.  mendation  was  lent  to  the  Jip/Vyrj  ;  and  Mt.Stan^ 

16S9,    hope^  Brother  to  the  Lord  ChefterfieUy  but  recom- 

l^WJ  mended  by  his  own  Merit,  was  dilpatch'd  to  Ada- 

drid.    About  the  feme  time  the  Lord  Paget  was  ftnt 

iw-^Pcip- Envoy  to  the  Emperor;  and  the  Lord  Durjlej  to 

'^^  Hciifrfw^  to  relieve  the  Earl  of  Pembroke ,  who  was 
^^  *  made  a  Privy- G)unlelIor ;  and  loon  after  firft  Com- 
Councellor  "liffioner  of  the  Admiralty,  in  the  the  room  of  Admi* 
Andjtrfi  '  rai  Torrington^  who  voluntarily  refignM  that  Place. 
Cmmijfto^  The  Important  Bill  to  fettle  the  Rights  of  the 
ner  of  the  Subjefts,  and  the  Succeffion  of  the  Crown,  being 
AdmiraU  paft  thc  Houfe  of  Commons,  and  lent  to  the  Lord?, 
0-  their  Lordfliips,  wifely  confidering  how  far  King 

hiR  of  James  had  gone  towards  the  introducing  the  Popifh 
Rights  if »<^  Religion  into  the  Nation,  took  Ipecial  Care  to  pre- 
Succcjfan.  vent  the  like  for  the  future,  by  adding  a  Clauie  to 

.  ^  the  Bill,  *  That  the  Kings  and  Queens  o(  England 
J  JL  "T^  fliould  be  obliged  at  their  coming  to  the  Crown  to 
UrdVa'  *  take  the  Tefl:  in  thc  firft  Parliament  that  (hould 
gain^  Po^  *  be  caird  at  the  beginning  of  their  Reign ;  and 
pijh  Sucm  *  that  if  any  King  or  Queen  of  England  Ihould  em- 
crfors.       *  brace  the  Hmnn  Catholick  Religion,  or  Marry 

*  with  a  I{pmnn  Catholick  Prince  or  Princefi,  their 

*  Subjefts  fliould  be  ablblvM  of  their  Allegjatice : 

*  and  that  the  Crown  and  Government  of  thefe 

*  Realms  fhould  from  time  to  time  defcend  to,  and 

*  be  enjovM  by  luch  Perlbns,  being  Proteftants,  as 
-  fhould  nave  inherited  the  lame,inCafe  the  laid  Per- 

*  Ions  io  reconcil'd  to  the  Church  o^B^me^  or  Marry* 

*ing  a  Papift,  as  afore&id^  were  naturally  Dead.  Some 

Days  after,  the  Lords  made  a  farther  Progrefi  in 

the  Bill,  and  becaufe  the  DiffenftngPovocr  was  men- 

tion*d  Jn  it,  as  one  of  the  chiefeft  Grievances,  Ibme 

Ivere  of  an  Opinion  that  liich  a  Power  was  a  Pre- 

togativc  inleparablc  froni^  the  Crown,  and  that  ift 

fomeCafes  the  King  may  Dj(penfe,if  not  with  aLaw, 

yet  with  (bmc  part  of  it.    To  lupport  this  Opinion, 

they  allcdg'd,  Thnt  there  wns  a  Statute  prohibiting 

all  Foreign  built  Ships,  or  (iich  as  hna  not  been 

Laden  in  this  Kingdom,   to  trade  to  the  En^JiJh 

Plantations  in  /Imcn'c^  j  but  thnt  neverthelcfi,  for 

Car,  good  of  the  Nation,  the  King  might  difj-'^r.fe 

Vj:ith  that  Statute,    upon  account  of  the  Neg'-oe- 

Trade,  which  the  UngUfh  drove  with  the  Spaniards^ 

and 


W  I L  L  I  A  M  /i&<?  ThirJ.  t6i 

«ntl  of  which  they  had  cut  off  the  Dutch.    The'  A.   C. 
litde  could  be  laid  in  oppofition  to  thole  Reaibns,   1 689. 
yet^  becaufe  they  ftraitfcf  too  high  the  Royal  Prero-  v^^/^N^ 
'gatives,  which  the  prevailing  Party  deiim'd  to 
'  moderate,  and  feemM  to  juftifie  (bme  of  tne  late 
Mifinanagements,^  they  were  rejefted  with  feme 
Heat.  About  this  time  tne  Dilcontented  grew  fo  inC>* 
Jent,  being  hearmed  by  the  flow  Proceedings  of 
the  Commons,  that  the  Lords  thought  it  neceflary 
to  deiire  His  Majefty  to  caule  the  Laws  againfl;  Pa- . 
pifts  to  be  put  in  Execution. 

Befides  the  Bills  already  mentioned,  ftvef  al  inci- 
dent Difputes  obftrufted  the  Conclufionof  publicic 
Aflairs.  Towards  the  beginning  of  December  there 
was  a  Queflion  propounded  in^  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons, whether  a  rerfbn  having  a  place  at  Court 
or  any  dependance  upon  the  King,  ftiould  be  a 
Member  of  that  Houle  ?  The  Debate  thereupon 
was^  hot  and  obftinate,  but  at  laft  the  CJueftion  was 
carried  in  the  Affirmative,  it  having  been  urg'd  that 
if  the  Negative  prevail'd,  the  fitteft  Perlons  for 

Eublick  Employments  would  remain  excluded,  and 
e  debarrM  the  opportunity  of  ferving  either  the 
King  or  their  Country. 

About  the  t  middle  of  the  Month,  this  Commons  t  D^c.  x^ 
confider'd  the  State  of  the  Nation,  and  foch  as  were 
diilatisfied  with  the  prefent  Miniftry,  did  not  fail 
to  renew  their  Complaints  of  the  late  Mifcarriages. 
The  Member  that  (poke  die  loudeft  on  this  Occa- 
fion,  was  Mr.  H/»wrff»  ;  (Junior)  \^ho,  tho' his  Life 
had  been  in  Danger  under  the  preceding  Reign,  tho' 
both  he  and  his  Father  had  much  contributed  to  the 
late  Revolution,  and  tho'  both  were  in  tavour  with 
the  prefent  King,  yet  made  a  long  Speech  a*« 
gainft  thole  that  nad  the  Management  ot  Affairs, 
by  ftying,  he  could  not  but  wonder  to  (ee  thofe 
very  Perwns  in  the  Miniftry  whom  the  late  King 
James  had  employed,  even  when  his  Affairs  were 
moft  defperate,  to  treat  with  the  (then)  Prince  of 
Orange,  He  alledg'd  the  Example  ot  iViltiam  Firft 
Prince  of  0r4»jff,  who  never  made  u(e  of  the  Duke 
of  Alva\  MiniHers  ;  of  Henry  IV.  of  France^  who 
never  employ 'd  thofe  of  his  Competitor  the  Duke  of 
Majenne^  and  of  feveral  other  Princes  j  and  moved 

M  m  z  for 


1^4  ^^  Reign  #/  King 

A.  C  for  an  Addrefi,  to  defirc  His  Majefty  to  remove  the 
1689.  Peiibns  he  had  marked  out,  from  his  Prelence  and 
Councils.  This  Speech  might,  perhaps,  have  made 
to  Impre/Iion  on  the  Minds  onbme  Members,  but 
becauie,  at  the  fame  time  he  Complained,  that  Seve- 
ral CommoQ-wealths-men  were  empioy'd  bj  the 
Government,  the  Hou(e,  who  knew  bom  him,  his 
Father,  and  their  Predeceflbrs  to  have  evef  adher'd 
to  the  Ei^fublican  Party,  broke  out  immediately  in- 
to a  general  Laughter.  Aflbon  as  the  Commons 
jbad  recovered  their  Gravity ;  (everal  Members  ftood 
up  in  Defence  of  the  illufltrious  Persons  v  on  whom 
Mr.  HMmkn  had  tefleded,  alledging,  that  die  Re^^ 
fbn  why  they  had  been  deputed  to  the  J^rince  of 
Ordngffy  was  not  becaufe  they  were  in  .Kinc  James^B 
Intereft,  but  rather  becaufe  they  had  all  suong  diA 
approvM  His  Majefty's  Condud,  and,  as  (iich,  had 
the  Genefal  Approbation  of  the  Nation,  and  were 
moft  likely  to  be  agreeable  to  his  Highnefs.  Howe- 
ver Mr.  Hamden  did  not  altogether  lofe  his  Pointy 
for  the  Hotife  Voted  an  Addreis,  humbly  to  repre- 
sent to  the  King  the  Milcarriages  pf  Ireland  and  of 
the  Fleet,  and  to  defire  His  Majefty  would  be 
pleasM  to  difcover  the  Authors  of  thetfi,  that  they 
midit  be  brought  to  punifliment.  Mr.  Hamdtnj 
wim  fbme  others,  having  been  namM  to  draw  up 
diis  Addrefi,  gave  People  occafion  to  think  that 

his  principal  Aim  was  to  have  the  E of  N— -• 

temov'd,  that  he  might  himfelf  ftep  into  his  Place 
of  Secretary  ot  State ;  to  ^hich  he  eagerly  afpir'd,^ 
as  preiumin^  much  upon  his  own  I&owledge  of 
Foreign  Afiairs. 

The  lame  Day  Sir  T/j^—  C^-^ges  reprefented  td 
the  Commons  that  it  was  dangerous  to  bring  (b 
many  Foreign  Troops  into  the  Kingdom,  and  that 
it  was  both  f afer  and  nlore  expeditious  to  employ 
Englijhmen  in  the  Redu^Stion  of  Ireland.    He  (up- 
Jx>rtcd  his  Opinion  by  the  Example  of  Cronrnell^ 
^hofe  Engltfh  Troope,  not  only  had  a  Natural  An- 
tipadiy  againft  the  Irijh^  but  likewife  a  Conftant  AC* 
cendantpver  them  ;  but  feme  body  very  Juftly  re- 
plied, That  Cronmelts  Army  was  composed    of 
well-tnun'd  Weather-beaten  Soldiers,  whereas  the 
jirdfeflC  Bngjlijb  Forces  were  made  up  of  raw,  un- 


WILLIAM  theTbirJ.  j6s 

difdplinM  Men.    Sir  Th»"  C-^^ges  made  this  Mod-  A.  C« 
on  upon  a  falfe  Report,  that  befides  the  Seven  i6i% 
Thouiand  Dsmes^  which  by  this  time  were  I^anded  in  Uiy^J 
^fjSl^d  and  Scotland^  die  I^ing  had  (ent  for  Eigh; 
Thouiand  more  either  firom  Hanover  or  SueJen,  ^ 

Two  Days  after  the  King  gave  the  Royal  Sanfti-  mJJJfi  < 
on  to  two  confiderable  Billsj  the  firft  was  to  ^rant  tq 
their  Majefties  an  Aid  of  Two  Shillings  in  the 
Pound  for  one  Year,  and  the  other  to  declare  the 
Rights  and  Liberties  of  the  SubjetS):,  and  to  fettle 
the  SuccefCon  of  the  Crown,  which  latter  contain- 
ed  the  whole  Declaration  prelented  to  their  Ma- 
jefties on  the  I  jth  of  Febuary^  with  ibme  Addition^ 
concerning  the  Limitation  of  the  Crown,  particu- 
larly the  Clade  already  n:iention'd  agalnit  Pofijh 
Succeflbrs.  , 

The  next  Bufinefs  the  Coipmons  went  upon,  was  T^ft!^ 
the  fettUng  a  part  of  the  Publick  Revenue  on  theJJIJ^^/j 
Princels  Anne  of  Denmark^ ,  which  occafioned  great  Ann's  tu* 
Debates,  and  divided  that  Houfe  into  three  Parties,  ^^imu. 
The  Lord  Eland^  Son  to  the  Marqqefi  of  HalUfax^ 
Mr.Finch^  znd  Mr.  Godoiphin^  who  (poke  in  Favour 
of  her  Royal  Highnefi,  infifted  that  Seventy  Thou- 
(and  Pound  per  Annum  was  as  little  as  could  be  al- 
low'd  Her,  as  it  had  been  repreftnted  in  the  former 
SefCon.  The  LfOrd  Fi^-d  and  others  would  have 
that  Sum  reduced  to  Fifty  Thouiand  Pounds ;  and 
others  again,  being  influenced  by  the  King,  where 
for  leaving  that  Matter  wholly  to  bis  Majeity's  Dii^ 
cretion.  Mr.  HamJen  (  Junior  5who[]few  Days  before 
had  thundered  againft  the  Court  and  Minifiers,  did 
neverthelefs  (ide  with  this  laft  Party,  alledging  die 
danger  of  fettling  a  Revenue  on  a  Princeisi  that  lud  (b 
near  a  Claim  to  the  Crown,  independently  upon 
the  King,  whole  Title  was  difputed  by  abundance 
of  Malecontents:  and  fiipported  his  Argument  lij 
the  Example  of  tne  C2tieen,  on  whom  it  bad  lately 
beenipropos'd  to  ^ttle  a  HundredThoufiuidPoundya 
Year^ut  which  was  chQUjB;ht  improper,  and  therefore 
reie£ledy  though  her  Majefty  had  no  ieparate  Inte- 
rdt  from  that  of  her  RoyalConfort-Howcver  hls^>pi- 
nion  was  not  followed, and  tha  Debate  wasadjoum'd 
to  the  next  day.  In  the  mean  time  his  Majeit^,  who 
was  unwilling  that  &  nice  ^nAf&ir  (hould  be  u>  loud- 

Mm  5  ly 


i66  the  Reiffi  cf  Kinf^ 

A.  C  lyeanvafiM  in  Parliamenc,fent  the  Earl  of  Sbretpshiry 
i68y^  2nd  M.  W)arton  to  her  Royal  Highne(s,with  defifin 
topcrlwadehertorclyonhis  Generofity:  But  me 
Pnncefi,  who  was  tor  a  bsCd  Settlement,  prudently 
anfwer'd,  Tljat  fince  that  Affair  was  brfore  the  Cam^ 
monSj  itmufte*en  take  its  courfe^  and  be  concluded  by 
$hat  vnflBody.  The  Qjmmons  having  refumM  the 
Confidcration  of  Ycfterday's  Debate,  agreed  that 
the  Sum  of  Fifty  Thoufiind  founds  (hould  be  paid 
yearly  to  her  Royal  Hi^ncfi  out  of  theExcife, 
whicn  was  lefi  than  the  Prince(s,ex})e£led,  and  yet 
more  than  the  King  would  have  had  given.  Four 
Days  after  his  Majefty  went  to  the  Parliament  and 
gave  his  Afient  to  an  AGt  to  prevent  Doubts  and  Que- 
ftions  concerning  the  CoUeBion  ef  the  Publicly  Revenue  ; 
Mif  paft^  ^^^  ^^  another  forfunijhing  Officers  and  Soldiers  wh^ 
Deccnitajy^^^^''  Mtf/-/«;'  or  Defers  their  Majejlies  Service^  and  for 
funifhing  falfe  Kiufters, 

The  fame  Day  Mr.  Hamden(  Junior  )  prefented 
to  the  Houfe  of  Commons  the  Addrefs  he  had  been 
order'd  to  draw  up,  to  defire  his  Majefty  to  take  in- 
to Confidcration  the  Mifcarriag^s  of  this  Year's 
Campaign  both  by  Sea  and  Land;  andbecaufe  it 
contained  a  tedious  Detail  of  ill  Succefles,  (bme 
Members,   and  even  Mr.  Hamden  (  Senior  )  (poke 
againft  it,  and  infifted  to  have  it  drawn  over  again ; 
but  thofe  who  were  for  the  Addrefs,  crying  louder, 
than  the  reft,  that  it  ought  indeed  to  be  drawn  up 
ovgr  again,  not  in  order  to  contraft,  but  rather  to 
enlarge  it ;  they  carried  the  Point,  and  the  Addreft 
was  returned  for  that  purpofe.    The  Perfons  to  be 
particularly  mentioned  in  it,were  ftill  the  fame  three 
Peers,    of  whom  I  (poke  before,   to  which  (bme 
enclin'd  to  add  Mr.  B-^'txoaith  Secretary  of  War, 
upon  and  ill  grounded  Surmile,  that  the  Lord  Griffin 
had  procured  from  him  the  Lift  of  K.  ^iUanis  For- 
ces, which  was  Intercepted  with  his  other  Papers  ; 
tho  otherwife  Mr.  B — txoaith  was  allow'd  to  be  a 
Man  of  great  Uprighme(s  and  Fidelity.    Chrijhnafs 
Hotydays  gave  (bme  diverfion  to  theie  ill  Humours, 
and  on  the  1 6th  of  January  the  King  came  to  the 
BiUspatl    Hou(e  of  Lords,  and  the  Commons  being  (ent  for 
Jan.  36. '  "P»  ^^*  Majefty  Confirmed  by  his  Royal  Aflent,  An 
Ati  for  a  Grant  to  -their  Majejiies  of  an  Additional  Aid 


WILLIAM  the ThirJ.  167 

cf  Twelve  Fence  in  the  Pound  for  oneTear^  andano-  A.  C. 
thcr  for  the  Charging  and  CoUeBing  the  Duties  upon  i  (J90. 
Cdffee,  Tea  4 W  Chocolate,  at  the  Cujlom-Houfe.         1^,^^Y\J 

The  late  Animofities  breaking  out  afrelh  in  the 
Houfc  of  Commons,  and  there  being  little  proba- 
bility of  fiipprefling  them  otherwife  than  by  putting 
a  final  ftop  to  the  Proceedings  oi  this  Parliament, 
his  Majefty  thought  fit  to  *  pais  (uch  Bills  as  were 
ready  for  his  Affent,  to  wit,  AHAB  for  the  review  of  *  Jan.  27. 
the  Poll-Bill^  and  for  an  Additional  Poll,     Another 
to  prevent  Vexasious  Suits  azainjlfuch  as  a^edin  order 
to  the  bringing  in  their  MajeftieSy  or  for  their  Service  : 
Another  for  the  better  Security  and  Relief  of  the  Irifh 
ProteJlantSj  bv  which  the  Parliament  of  Ireland  was 
annuird,  and  declared  to  be  an  Vnlawful  and  Rebelli^ 
ous  AJfcmbljy  and  (everal  Private  Afls..  After  this  hisHis    hu^ 
Majefty  made  a  Speech  to  both  Houlcs,  wherein  hcJ^A/' 
*'  thanked  them  for  the  readinefs  they  had  (hew'd  to  ^^'^^^  '' 
**  fiipply  him  with  Money  for  the  earring  on  the       '*^ 
**  Wars  he  was  engaged  in,  afluring  them,  that  as  *^*'''- 
*'  fer  as  it  would  go,  it  (hould  all  oe  employed  to 
"  the  Punpofts  it  was  given.    He  told  tliem^  It  wa» 
"  a  very  lenfible  AflSiftion  to  him  to  fee  his  good 
"  People  Burthen'd  with  heavy  Taxes ;  but  Imce 
**  the  (needy  Recovery  of  Ireland  was,  in  nis  Opini- 
**  on,  the  only  means  to  eafe  them,  and  to  prelcrve  . 
**  the  Peace  and  Honour  of  the  Nation,    He  was 
**  refolv'd  to  go  thither  in  Perfon,   and,  with  the 
*'  Blelfing  of  God  Almighty,  endeavour  to  reduce 
*'  that  Kingdom,that  it  might  no  longer  be  a  Charge 
"  to  this.    That  as  he  had  already  ventured  his  Life 
"  for  the  Preservation  of  the  Religion,  Laws  and 
**  Liberties  of  this  Nation ;  (b  he  was  now  willing 


ing  rcgui 
**  Field,  he  mufV  immediately  apply  his  Thoughts 
**  to  the  giving  Orders  for  the  neceflary  Prenarati- 
**  ons,  which  that  he  might  have  tlie  more  Icifure 
**  to  do,  he  had  thought  convenient  now  to  put  an  parham 
**  end  to  thisSeflion.    The  Parliament  by  his  Ma-  ment  uif* 
jefties  Command  being  Prorogued  to  the  id.  of  A-filv^dfA. 
fril^  was  by  *  Proclamation  Diflblv'd  upon  the  6tli^. 

M  m  4  of 


J  68  '^hf  Reign  ff/  King 

A.  C.  of  febrpicfy^  and  at  the  (amc  tijxi/j  the  Kiog  cali'd 
I  (5oo,   another  to  meet  on  the  aoth  of  Murch, 
^,^Y^     The  King  of  Spain  having  Married  by  Pfo^y  the  i  ^ 

2*«  gjrrw  Princefi  Marian^  of  Nev^burgh^  Sifter  to  the  Emprefs  l| 

#/  Spain  and  the  Queen  of  Portugal^  his  Cdtholkk  Majefty  ^1 

1/ C««<g^- defir'd  an  £»j/i/!b  Convoy  of  King  William^ 
id  thither  fais  Allie,  to  Condu^  her  by  Sea  to  the  Gwiyne. 
vt^  ^?*  Vice  Admiral  SMflel  was  accordingly  appointed  with 
Jilh  Cffl-  ^  Squadrpn  of  Men  of  War  to  attend  hpr  Majefty  : 
'^^  who  having  waited  a  tedious  while  for  his  Arrival 

at  Dort^  and  then  for  a  fair  Wind  at  hUddUburgk 
and  Flufloingy  Embark'd  at  laft  aboard  the  Duke, 
towards  the  middle  of  January^  and  arrived  in  the 
bof^ns  on  the  1 8th  of  the  (aid  Month.    On  the  ayth 
the  whole  Fleet  came  to  an  Anchor  at  Sfftheady  and 
fwp  Day9  after  the  Queen  of  Spain  wa^  Compli- 
mented from  their  Majefties  by  the  Duke  of  N(?rr 
/o/it  J  and  from  their  Royal  Highncffes  by  the  Lord 
^  tJif^UrdCorhbury    and  Collonel  *  Berkley.     The  contrary 
Fit^luurdr  Winds  detain'd   her   Majefty   in  feveral  of  tKe 
Jflg'  fVeftern  Ports  of  England  tillthe  7th  QlM4rch  ;  when 

the  Fleet,  which  by  this  time  was  encreas'd  to  the 
number  of  Four  Hundred  Merchant-men  bound  foe 
ihtStreights^  With  about  30  Men  of  War  to  Con- 
voy them,  fet  Sail  from  Torbay^  and  after  a  ftormy 
and  dangerous  Paflage  lafcly  Landed  at  the  Grt^yn^. 

Whilft  the  different  Parties  were  bufie  in  influcn- 
cine  the  Eleftions  of  Parliament-Men,  King  IVilliam 
appliecl  his  Thoughts  to  the  forwarding  tlie  necefla- 
ry  Preparations  for  his  Irijh  Expedition ;  which  in- 
deed were  carried  on  with  great  Diligence,  and  nq 
left  Shew,  that  both  his  Majefties  SubjeiVsj  and  hi^ 
AUief,  might  fee  that  he  was  in  eameft.    Not  only 
the  old  Regiments  were  coropleated  with  frefh  Re- 
cruits, but  new  ones  were  rais'd  ;  the  Danijh  Forces 
Embafk'd  for  Ireland^  and  flrong  Detachments  out 
of  the  Guards  ordered  to  be  ipfcadinefs  to  attend 
his  Majefty.    Nor  was  the  King  lefs  mindful  pf  th? 
Civil  part  of  the  Government,  for  having  wifely 
*  Cmmijp'  confidcr'd  what  great  Heats  had  been  rais'd  in  the 
gners  for    latc  Parliaruent,  upon  the  fcore  of  the  Marquefs  of 
$hi  t^ivy  Halifax  being  Lord  Privy  Seal  his  Majefty  fappoint- 
Seai^  Feb.  ^d  Pl^Uiam  Cheney  Efq;  Sir  John  Knotchbull  Baronet, 
tj.  and  Sir  fViUiam  Fulteney  his  CommiiSoners  for  cxe- 


\    • 


WILLIAM  tbeThirii  169 

f^tipg  that  Office.     A  Month  ^  aft^r  the  Com-  A.  C 
pinion  for  the  Lord  High  Trcafurcr'a  Pla(:e  was   ,  5^0^ 
given  to  Sir  John  Lowther^  Hichard  Hambden  Elq;v,xVN-> 
(  who  was  alio  made  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer^  *  Cmumfp- 
TbcnuuPelbam  Eiq^^uad  Sir  StefhenFi>x.hhGiit  this  time  mers  fvr 
there  happen*d  ibme  X)iQ>utes  at  Amftcrdam  concern-  tbi  Trtrf^ 
ing  die  £jc;^ion  of  their  Magiftrates,    which  being  '7»  Mardi 
like  to  encreaie  to  a  dangerous  height,his  Majefty  in-  '9- 
terpos'd  his  Authority  as  Scatholder,  and  lent  over  ^T^2"f 
Ac  Earl  Qf  Portiimd^  whofoon  t  composed  ^^  I^'f- dlnfST 
ferepces  ;   whereupon  all  that  had  pad  about  this  ^^t^ 
iijtatter  was  raz'd  out  of  the  Regifters.  On  the  i  (Sttl  f  March 
of  Mirc/j,  1690.  (  New  Stile  )  tne  Plenipotentiaries  jx,  s.  s. 
of  the  Allies  began  their  Congre^  at  tj^e  Ha^ue,  and  Cmgnfi  ^ 
examined  their  Re(pe£ti  ve  Powers  \  and  having  held  tht  Mi$9 
a  Second  Conferen^  on  the  zjd  of  the  ftmc  Month,  *'  th% 
refoly'd  to  n^eet  cgnftantly  onhdotuUjfs  and  'Thurf4Ays^  Hi^'» 

All  tins  while  the  Rebels  in  Scotland^  under  the  ^*''^'*'^ 
Command  of  Collonel  Cannon^  though  pot  otherwife  ^jL.^*  ^ 
confiderable  for  their  Strength,  than  by  the  Inac-  g^r!^ 
cefllble  Holds  they  lurk'd  in,  yet  continued  ftill  in  ^' 

a  Body,  and  being  prefl  by  Hunger  and  Want  niade 
frequent  Depredafions  in  the  Low-Lands ,  more 
like  a  Company  of  banditti  than  Regular  Troops. 
To  flop  tne  Pro^efi  of  theft  Famifh'd  Plun- 
derers, the  Counal  of  Scotland  orderM  General 
Mdck^y^  and  Sir  Thomas  Levingfton  to  march  Nortlj^ 
wardj  with  a  convenient  Force,  and  the  Nobill. 
lity,  and  al^  the  re^  of  tl}e  Inhabitants  of  the  CoutL 
%Tics  mott  exposed  to  their  Excurfipns,  to  put  thcni- 
ftlves  into  a  Pofture  of  Defence.  On  the  other 
hand,  Collonel  Cannon  endcavour'd  to  engage  in  the 
Rebellion  ftyeral  Perfons  in  Edinburgh  to  whom  he 
lent  Letters  and  a  Pardon  frgm  King  James ;  but 
theft  being  Intercepted,  and  moll  of  thpfe  to  whom 
|:hey  yere  dircftcd  being  already  Confined,  they 
were  imtpediately  put  under  a  cloftr  Reftraint,  and 
Orders  difpatch'd  to  fccyre  the  ref^.This  Difippoint- 
ment  oblig'd  Collonel  Cannon  to  retire  tp  Ireland^  ay 
finding  bis  Intereft  and  Authority  Caking  among  the 
Highlanders ;  a  fort  of  Savages  that  difdain  to  fub- 
mit  to  any  Man  that  is  nor  as  wild  as  themftlves. 
Thereupon  the  Rebels  chofe  Sir  Hugh  Cameron  for 
tpejr  Leader,  who  being  bom  amongll  them,  and 
'-v.      ,     .  ^cquaintc4 


170  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C    acquainted  witb  their  Genius,  knew  ali&  how  to 
»tf>o.    £0^^"^  ^^'°^  •   Under  this  new  Chief  the  Rebels 
^y^  renewM  their  Incurfions^  which  obliged  King  tVilli^ 
dm  to  (end  Duke  HanUlton  into  ScotUnd^  to  keep  a 
vigilant^  Eye  over  them.    But  notwithftanding  all 
Precautions  they  received    a  confiderable  Succour 
firom  without ;  for  King  James  built  fe  much  upon 
rbem.  that  though  he  had  neither  Ammunition  nor 
Provifion  to  (pare,  he  caus'd  nevcrthelefi  two  Fri- 
jats  to  be  Rigg'd  out  at  Dublin^  laden  with  Cloaths, 
Armsfand  Ammu&itioii^  and  fent  them  away  to  his 
Loyalifts  in  Scotland^  bayiog  befides  on  Board  them, 
Collonel  Buchan^  Collontl  iVkuch»p^  aad  about  For- 
ty Commiflion'd  Officers^  more,  who  got  all  fife  in 
the  Ifle  of  Mull.  This  Reinforcement  fo  encourag'4 
the  HizhUnderSf  that  fi)me  time  after  that,  they  ad- 
venturd,  to  the  number  of  i  coo,  to  march  as  far 
z%  Strathfpag^  in  the  County  kA  Murray^  where  they 
cxpcfted  to  be  Join'd  by  the  other  Malecontents, 
whofeNumber  was  confiderably  increased  by  the  late 
Prorogation  of  the  Parliament  of  that  Kingdom* 
To  prevent  this  Acceffion  of  Strexigth,  Sir  Thomas 
hevingfton  toofc  along  withVim  800  Foot,  6  Troops; 
of  Dragoons,  and  x  Troops  of  Horfe,  and  fell  fo 
unexpeaedly  upon  the  Rebels,  that  they  betook 
themfelves  to  Flight,  leaving  near  5:00  of  their  Men 
flain  upon  the  (pot,  and  100  taken  Prifbners,  and 
amongft  them  Four  Captains,  with  other  Inferior 
Officers.    After  this  Exploit,  S\t  Thomas  advanced 
tmsicdiately  to  the  Caftle  of  Lethingdey,    Com- 
manded by  CoUoael  Buchans  Nephew,  and  havfng 
lodg'd  a  Mine  under  it,  quickly  brought  the^  Garri- 
fon  to  yield  at  Difcretion.    Neither  was  Major  E?r- 
2ufon  fefi  focccfsful  in  the  Ifle  of  MulL  where  he 
lauded  aad  deftroy'd  fevcral  Places  poflefe'd  by  the 
.  Iluiemy,  forcing  them  to  abandon  the  Caftle  of  Dc- 
wart^  and  betake  themfclves  to  the  Hills.    As  to  the 
Civil  Affairs  of  ScotUnd,  the  Parliament  which  was 
Adjourn'd  to  the  zjih  of  AUrch^  and  firom  thence 
to  the  ijth  of  ^pril^  being  met  accordingly  at  £^m- 
iurghj  the  Earl  of  Melvill,  Lord  High-CommiiE- 
\  oner,  made  a  Speech,  wherein  he  gave  them  to 

lOAderftand  his  Majefties  great  Sorrow,  that  he  could 

noi 


WILLIAM  thethirJ.  171 

nor  be  preient  at  their  meeting,  according  ro  their  J^.  C 
Defiresl  and  his  own  Wiflics ;  and  after  he  had  1690- 
kid  before  them  what  his  Majefty  had  done  to  deli-  x^y-ys^ 
rer  them  from  the  Yoke  under  which  they  groan'd, 
he  defii'd  an  AiTiftance  of  Money  anfwerabTe  to  the 
Expences  his  Majefty  had  been,  and  was  ftillob- 
li^d  to  be  at,  to  fecure  their  Religion  and  Liberty ; 
and  lafUy  he  exhorted  them  to  lay  afide  all  Animo- 
fities  and  private  Interefts,  and  joinjdy  to  labour  the 
Settlement  ot  the  Publick  Affairs.  Tne  Parliament 
whofe  principal  care  was  to  Eftablifli  Presbytery, 
pafs'd  nrft  an  Aft  for  Reftoring  the  Minifters  of  that 
Perlwafion,  that  were  thruft  out  fmce  the  firft  of 
January  i66i^  and  afterwards  they  paft  another, 
declarine  all  thofe  Rebels  that  were  aftually  In  Arms 
againft  King  l4^lliam  and  Quecfn  Mary. 

To  return  to  England,  the  Parliament  being  met  The  Variu 
at  TVeftminfter  on  the  ioth  of  March^  purfoant  to  ""'*"'  */ 
their  Majefties  Summons,  and  the  King  being  in  England 
the  Houfe  of  Peers,  attended  with  the  ufual  Solem  w'^'^V 
nity,  the  Commons  were  lent  for  up,  who  immedi-  ***'^^'**^* 
ately  attending.  Sir  Hobert  Atkjns^  Lord  Chief  Ba- 
ron of  the  Exchequer,  and  Speaker  of  the  Houfe 
of  Lords,  Cgnifiea  to  them  his  Majefty's  pleafiire, 
that  they  fhould  forthwith  proceed  to  the  caolce  of 
a  Speaker,  and  prefent  him  to  his  Majefty  the  next  5/^  }ohti 
Moming.Thereupon  the  Commons  returned  to  iheir  Trevor 
Houfe,   and  made  choice  of  Sir  John  Trevor  to  be  chofen 
their  Speaker,  who  was  the  next  Day  approved  oi speaker  f» 
by  the  King,  and  then  his  Majefty  Aadrelling  him-  ^he  c§m^ 
(elf  to  both  Houfes,  told  them,  "'  That  He  was  re-  ^^^' , 
**  foVd  to  leave  nothing  unattcmpted  on  his  Part,^'^'  ^'"^^ 
♦*  which  might  contribute  to  the  Peace  and  Profpc-  g^Jr", 
*'  perity  of  this  Nation ;  and  finding  his  Prefence  in  ^  '  ^  ^'  ^ 
"  Ireland  would  be  abfblutelv  neceflary  for  the  more 
*'  fpeedy  reducing  of  that  Kingdqm,  He  continued 
**  his  Resolution  of  going  thither  as  loon  as  might 
**  be ;  and  He  had  now  call'd  them  together  for  their 
•'  Afliftance  to  enable  Him  to  profecute  the  VVar 
*'  with  Speed  and  Vigour :  In  which  he  aflur'd  him- 
felf  of  their  Cheerful  Concurrence,  being  a  Work 
lb  neceflary  for  their  own  Safeties.    Tliat  in  or- 
♦'  dcr  to  this,He  defir'd  they  would  forthwith  make 


"» 


iL  C.  ^  a  Settletnent  of  the  Revenue ;  and  H^  couU  aee 
idyo-  ^^ doubt  but  ther  would  Aeiein  hneas  mucbie* 
^  |ard  for  the  Hbaoqr  and  Dignity  of  t6eMofBF% 
^  chy  in  his  HMnds^  as  had  be^  lately  Cbewwl  to 
•*'othersi  That  He  bad  fi>  gr^t  a  Coo£denoeii^ 
^  tfaem,that  if  qq  quicker  of  more  convenient  way 
^  could  be  found  tor  the  raiGng  of  ready  Ndon(ey> 
^  r  without  which  the  Service  could  not  be  per» 
•*  formed )  He  (houid  be  very  well  content,  forth^ 
^  prefent,  to  have  i;  made  mcb  a  Fund  of  Credit 
^  as  might  be  ufefiil  to  (ben^  as  well  as  himielf,  io 
^  thiis.Conjundure ;  not  having  the  leaft  Apprehen- 
^  (ions,  but  that  they  would  provide  fi>rthe  taking 
^  off  all  fuch  Anticipations,^  as  it  ihould  h^pj^en  ta 
.**  feu  under* 

fartfte  next  place  he  told  them,  "  Thatit  was 
**  fiifEciently  known,  how  earnefty  Hehadendea* 
*^  vour'd  to  extingutfb  (  at  teaft  to  compoie )  all 
^  Difier^ces^  amoogil  his  Subj.e6U;  aivi  to  that  end 
^  how  often  He  ha^  recoaunended  an  A6k  of  Ii^ 
deninity  to  the  lail  Parliaoient;   but  fince  that 
part  or   it  which  related  to  dbje  preventing  of 
|Ti\cate  Spits  was  already  Ejuaed,   and  because 
"'Debates  of  that  Nature,  muft  take  up  more  of 
^  their  tbne   than  could  be  now  ipar^d  ^om  tb& 
'^dilpatch  of  other  things,  whicb  were  abfolutety 
**  necelTary  for  the  Common  Safctjr ;  He  intended 
^  tO'  fibnd  them  an  Alt  of  Gtace^  with  Exceptions  ^f 
^  ibme  fe>Kr  Perfons  only,  but  (iich  as  might  h^ 
^  fiifHcient  to  (hew  his  diflike  pf  their  Crimes,  and 
^  at  the  j&me  time,  his  Readineis  ta  extend  Pro^ 
teS:ioa  to  alt  hfs  other  Subjei^  who  would  there- 
by fee  that  they  coidd  recommend  to  him  hy  no 
other  Methods,  than  what  the  Laws  prefinrib'^^ 
^  which  Ihould  always,  he  the  onlj  JB^ules  qf  bi^  Ga- 
**  vermmnt, 

"  That  a  farther  Reafen  which  iiK&iced  him  toi 
^  $?nd  them  this  A6t  at  this  ti^>e  was,  becaule  he 
^  was  defirous  to  leave  no  Colour  of  Excuie  to  any 
*^  oi  his  5ubje<Sbs  for  the  raifin^  of  Pifhn-boiKes  io 
"  the  Government,  and  efpeciallj?  in  the  time  of 
^  his  Ab&nce ;  and  that  this  he  (aid,  both  to  inform 
^  fihem^  and  to  let  (bme  ill  Affe^e^  Men,&e»  th^^ 

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WILL  1  A  M  /J&tf  TTb/ri,  itr^ 

**  iic  was  not  unacquatnted  how  feufie  tfacy  were  In  A.  C 
** dieir  prelent  Endeavours  to  ^ter  it.  z6$o^ 

^'  Tfet  amoftgft  other  Encouragements  whldi  i 
^*lns  Majcfty  found  the  DH^cifted  gavtthemlelves;» 
**  one  of  the  il^ays  by  which  they  hoped  to  coropdR 
**  their  Defiqjns  was,  by  creating  DiflRrrences  :and 
^  Difagrcementi  in  the  Couniels  of  both  Hodes, 
•*  whiobp  he  hoped,  they  would  be  rery  careful  td 
**  prcreht,  fiacehis  and  their  greateft  Enemies  could 
nare  no  better  Inftruments  for  their  Purp(l(es,tham 
thofe  who  ftould,  any  way  endeavour,  to  diflufb 
or  delay  dieir  Jpcedy  and  nnanimous  Proceed*^ 
in^,upon  thefe  tieceflary  Matters. 
HirMajefty  I9cewi(e  recommended  to  their  Con-' 
^deration  a  Union  with  Scotland,  chough  he  difl 
^^iiotmeaHitfiiouklbefiow  entered  upon,  butdief 
**  baring  proposed  this  to  him  feme  time  fmce,  ^ni 
**  ihc  Parkaihent  there  bavins  iloniinated  Commiifi- 
•'4wierBfor  that  purpofe.  He  Should  beglad&at 
**  CommifSoners  might  be  nominated  here"  to  tre^ 
^  with  them,  and  to  lee  if  fijch  Terms  couW  be 
**  aeroed  on,  as  might  be  for  the  Benefit  of  botk 
^'  Nations,  io  as  to  be  ready  to  be  prdfestcd  t9 
*'  Hhn  in  (bme  fiiturc  Sefliofl. 

Then  He  acquainted  them,  "He  tliou^tlt  mdft 
**convtmicntto  leave  the  Adminiftrationof  fhe  Go- 
**  remment  in  the  Hands  of  the  Queen,  Airing  !h» 
**  AUenceiasldtf  it  was  fudged  neceflary  rohave  an 
*'  Aft  of  Parliaoaent  for  the  better  Confirmation  of 
**  of  k  to  Her,  he  defir'd  tfcey  would  prepare  fuck 
**aonc  And  coiKludcd,  that  thd  Season  -of  the 
*^  Ycstt-  and  his  Journey  into  Ireland  would  admit 
•*  but  of  a  very  Ihort  Seffion  •  To  that  he  recont- 
**  mended  to  tneni  the  making  fikh  dispatch,  that 
**  they  m^ht  not  be  engag'd  In  Debates,  when  their 
^  Erienties  wd^e  in  the  Field ;  for  the  (iiccefi 
**  tif  Ae  War,  and  the  more  thrifty  irtanagemem  of 
**  it,  would  Wh  principally  <dcpend  upon  their 
^  ipeedy  Refblutions.  But  ne  bop'd  it  would  aot 
^be  Ions  before  diey  fliould  meet  again,  to  per- 
^fed  woat  the  dme  would  Dot  aow  allow  to  W 
!!dMe. 

This 


1 74  7)&f  Reign  <^  Kittg   / 

^.  G.      This  Elaborate  Speech  had  all  the  effeft  that 

1690.   could  be  defir'd;  for  the  Commons  now  chiefly 

l/y^j  confided  oi Moderate-Principled  Churchmen^  agreeable 

to  the  Temper  and  Genius  of  the  Court  ;^  and 

though  the  Hedd  and  Sf  easing  Men  of  the  Diicon- 

tented  Party,  were  ftill  m  that  Houfe,  yet  wanting 

Voices  to  make  up  a  prevailing  Chorus,  Ibme  q! 

them  harken'd  to  the  Propo(als,that  were  made  diem 

underhand,  and  were  contented  to  purchafe.  at  leaft 

the  hopes  of  Preferpicnt,'by  their  Silence.    The  firft 

*  bufinefs  of  Importance  the  Commons  enter'd  upon 

was,  .the  (ettlins  the  Revenue  for  the  maintainance 

of  the  Civil  Lilts,    ujpon  which  occafion  Sir  Charles 

Sidley  addreft  himfelt  to  the  Speaker  in  this  man« 

ner.         ^  .    ^ 

Mr,  Speaker^ 

Sir  Ch.  "  We  have  provided  for  the  Army  ;  we  have 
Sidlcy  V  **  provided  for  the  Navy  ;  and  now,  at  laft,  a  ncW 
Speech  tf-  '*  Reckoning  is  brought  us :  we  muft  likewife  pro- 
gainfi  ex^  «  vide  for  the  Lifts.  Truly,  Mr.  Speaker,  it's  a 
9rbitant  «  f^^  Refleaion,  that  fome  Men  fllould  wallow 
^^'  "  in  Wealth  and  Places,  whilft  others  pay  away  in 
^  «  tf-»  €c  ^axes  the  Fourth  part  of  their  Revenue,  for  the 
**  Support  oftheiame  Government.  We  are.  not 
**  upon  equal  Terms  tor  his  Majefties  Service  t 
'*  The  Courtiers  and  great  Officers  charge,  as  it 
"  were,  in  Armour ;  they  feel  not  the  Taxes  by 
**  Realbn  of  their  Places,  whilft  the  Country  Gen- 
*'  tlemcn  are  (hot  thro'  and  thro*  by  them.  — The 
"  King  is  pleas'd  to  lay  his  Wants  before  us,  and, 
**  I  am  Confident,  expe6is  our  Advice  upon  it :  We 
**  ought  therefore  to  tell  him  what  Penfions  are  too 
**  great :  What  Places  may  be  extinguifti'd,  during 
"  the  time  of  the  War  and  publick  Calamity.  His 
"  Majefty  fees  nothing  but  Coaches  and  Six  Hor- 
**  (es,  and  great  Tables,  and  therefore  cannot  ima- 
"  gine  the  Want  and  Mifery  of  the  reft  of  his 


riis. 


Subjc^Vs.  He  is  a  Brave  and  Generous  Prince  ; 
**  but  he  is  a  Young  King,  encompafi'd  and  hem- 
**  med  in  by  a  Company  of  Crafty  Old  Courtiers, 
^j  to  (ay  no  more.  Some  have  Places  of  2000  Pounds, 
^,  fomc  of  6000  Pounds,  and  others  ot  8<oo  Pound 


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WILLIAM  fhei  Third.  17^ 

*'  per  Annum  J  and  I  am  told  the  Commiffioacrsof  A,  C 
**  the  Treafiiry  have  1 606  Pbund  per  Annum  a  piece,   ^  ^ 
*'  Certainly  publick  Pcnfions,  whatever  they  have  i/vNi 
**  been  formerly,  are  much  too  ^eat  for  the  pre-  ^ 

*'  fent  Want  and  Calamity  that  reigns  evefy  where 
**  elie.  And  it  is  a  Scandal,  that  a  Government  (o 
**  Sick  at  Heart  as  ours  is,  Aiould '  look  Co  well  in 
**  the  Face.  —  We  muft  iave  the  King  Monejr 
**  where- ever  we  can;  for  I  am  afraid  the  War  is 
**  too  creat  for  our  Purles,  if  things  be  not  Ma- 
*'  nag'd  with  all  imaginable  Thrift.  When  the 
*•  People  o(  England  fee  all  things  are  lav'd,  that  caa 
^'  be  fav'd ;  that  rfiere  are  no  exorbitant  Penfions, 
nor  unneceflary  Salaries,  and  all  this  applied  to 
the  Uft  to  which  they  are  given,  fVe  mall  Give^ 
and  They  Ihall  Pay,  whatever  his  Majefty  can 
*,  want  to  iecure^  the  Proteftant  Religion,  and  to 
keep  out  the  King  of  France,  and  King  fames  too  ; 
whom,  by  the  way,  1  have  not  heard  nam'd  this 
SelSons ;  whether  out  Fear,  DUcretion,  or  Rc- 
fpcSt,  I  cannot  tell.  —  I  Conclude,  Mr.  Speaker, 
Let  us  (ave  the  King  what  we  can ;  and  tiien  let 
us  proceed  to  give  him  what  we  arc  able. 
The  dangerous  Drift  of  this  Speech  having  been  The  Cwnc 
diverted  by  the  well  AfFeftcd,  the  Commons  grant-  /^w«j« 
ed  to  their  Majefties  ail  the  Revenues  that  King  fi^^^^^ 
James  enjoy'd  the  aoth  of  Dece^nier  i6S^y  as  R\dt\rs 
of  the  Crown,  excepting  Chimney- Money.  Then 
they  ordered  a  Bill  againft  Alienation  of  the  Crown 
Revenues,  upcji  any  Pretence  whatever:  Thirdly, 
That  their  Majefties  fhould  be  put  into  the  Poffct 
(ion  of  fiich  Additional  Excifes,  as  had  been  grant-* 
ed  to  Charles  II.  and  Jajnes  II.  and  order^  that  Re- 
venue to  be  a  Security,  for  the  raifing  preftnt  Mo- 
ney. And  feirther,  they  agreed  to  grant  him,  for 
Four  Years,  fto  begin  from  Chriftmafs  following^ 
the  Cuftoms,  which  Charles^  II.  and  James  II,  had 
enjoy 'd,  and  upon  which  their  Majeftics  might  take 
up  a  Sum  of  Money  as  (hould  be  regulated  in  Par- 
liament. Encourag'd  by  thefe  Votes,  feveral  pri- 
vate Pexibns  advancM  Money  to  fupply  the  King's 
prelent  Occafions.  At  the  opening  of^this  Sellions 
the  Bifhop  of  Oxford  took  the  Oaths,  and  Sublcrib'd 

the 


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iy6  the  keign  of  King 

A.  C.  tlie  Declation ;  whereupon  he  was  admitted,  to  h?f 
idoo.  Place  in  the  Houfe  of  Peers. 

Moc  long  after,  a  Bill  was  brought  into  the  Lower 


Second  Reading,  it  was  laid  ailde,  both  becauie  it 
might  create  an  unheceflary  Difturbance^  and  be* 
came  it,  ieem'd  to  bear  too  hard  on  the  Liberties  of 
the  Subjeft.  However  the  Commons  prepaf^d  Two 
A6h,  which  tended  to  the  fame  Purpole .-  By  the 
Fu-ft  they  declared  Guiltjr  of  High-TreaCm,  all 
thofe  that  were  aduall3r  in  the  Service  of  King 
jMtnes  in  Ireland^  and  their  Eftates  Forfeited  to  their 
Majefties,  unleis  their  Children  were  Proteftants ; 
and  by  the  Second  they  confirmed  all  the  A£b  or 
the  Convention^  Parliament,  by  which  King  H^Oiam 
^nd  Qpecn  Majy  wefe  acknowleg'd  to  tJe  Lawfut 
King  and  Queen  of  England.  ^ 

ABspMlTed    ^^  ^^  ^^^1^  ®^  ^^y  *?  '^*"8  Pve  his  Ro)ral  Af^ 
jftfc»y  ao.  ^"^^  ^^  ^  A<9:  for  putting  the  Adminiftration  of 
the  Government  into  the  Qjieen^s  Hands,  not  otAj 
during  the  King^s  being  Ireland^  but  whenever  his 
AflPairs  (hould  call  him  out  of  the  Kingdom;  and 
that  nothing  might  happen  ^o  the  Prejudice  of  the 
Government,  whilft  his  M^efty  was  abfent,  the 
Deputy  Lieutenants  of  the  Counties  yrere  authori- 
iea  to  raife  the  Militia  in  Cafe  of  Neceflity;  and 
all  Pafifis  ordered  to  repair  to  their  Places  of  A- 
bode,  and  not  ftir  above  Five  Miles  from  thence, 
without  Leave.  On  the  lame  Da^,  another  Aft  was* 
paft  for  Reverfing  the  Judgment  m  a  8^0  IVdrratuo^ 
againft  the  City  oi  London^  and  for  Reftoring  that 
m-eat  Metropolis  of  this   Ringdom  to  its  ancient 
Rights  and  Frivileges  ;  And  the  A61  of  ObKviony 
fo  long  defir'd  by  the  King,  after  many  Difficul- 
ties remov'd,  wa&  at  laft  agreed  to  in  both  Houfes^ 
afid  confirm'd  by  the  King  on  the  ajd,  riot  above 
O^'*^^     Thirty  Five  Perlons  being  excepted  out  of  it.  Thuy 
^*I^  wr  If  Matters  being  brought  to  a  happy  Gonclufion  His 
Wf  wity  ^ajedj^  retum'd  both  Houfes  Thanks  for  the  AJfu^ 
*'  rSnees  of  their  AffeShn  to  him,  and  forticuiarl/  faf 


W  iLtiAM  the  Thirl  177 

the  Supplies  they  had  given  hlm^  and  then  Adjoilrn'd     A.  O 
tlbcmto  the7thofy///y.  ^  169c. 

On  the  Seventeenth  of  the  foregoing  Month  the  s^yy^j 
Ring  created    the   Lord  Vifcount  iMndey  Earl  of p«f//j. 
Scarborough  ;  the  Lord  Deiamerey  Earl  of  Warrington ;  ment  AJ^ 
and  the  Lord  Grey^  Vifcount  de  LangueviBe^  id  ac-it«"iV, 
knowledgeraent  01  their  Conftant  arid  Faithful  Ad-  Ditto; 
herence  to  his  Service.    About  the  (ame  time  His  27//^/  cm^ 
Majefty  nam'd  Admiral  Torrington ;  Sir  I{alfh  De^ferr^d  §n . 
laval  V  ice-AdmiraU  and  Mr.  ^pok.  Rear- Admiral,  tofin$$  Urds^ 
Command  the  Red  Squadron  of  his  Fleet  ^  abd  aj>- Aptil  ij. 
pointed  Mr.  Hujfel  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  with  Sir 
John  ^Jhby^  Vice-Admiral,  and  Sir  Cloudjley  Shovel^ 
Rear- Admiral  under  him.    On  the  ^A  of  June  Hi$ 
Majefty  conftituted  Sir  John  Trevor  j  Speaker  of  the 
Houfe  of  Commons,    Sir  William  B^wUnfon^   and 
Sir  George  Hutchins  Commiffioners  of  the  Great  Seat 
of  England  ;  and  the  next  Day  let  out  for  Ireland  ; 
having  Four  Days  before  publifli'd  his  Proclania- 
tion,  for  the  apprehendmg  of  feveral  diffaffefted  Per- 
ibns,  whom  His  Majefty  was  informed  had  conipi- 
red  together  to  raife   a^  Rebellion,   and,  for  that 
purpole,  had  made  Provifion  of  Arms,  and  had  Lifi:- 
cd  themfelves  in  feveral  Reciments. 
^  To  proceed  with  Method,  let  us  fiirvey  the  Con-  Afairt  •/ 
dition  oi IrelandhtfoT^  King  Pf^Biamh  Arrival  there. Ireland* 
Dundalk  Camp  was  not  the  only  PUce  thatpro* 
ved  fatal  ^  to  the  Englijh^  Arm^,  for  both  Officers 
tod  Soldiers  died  apace  in  their  Winter  Quarters  ; 
fb  that  atout  the  beginning  of  the  New  Year,  fcve- 
ral  Regiments  were  broke  into  others,  and  the  Of- 
ficers continu'd  ^t  half  Pay,  till  Provifion  could  be 
made  for  them  in  other  Reginients,  whilft  others 
went  over  into  England  to  raife  Recruits.    Howe-  . 
ver  Sickneis  by  degrees  abating,  the  Duke  of  Sthom-  7*f  wfrwjf 
forj,  who  took  a  Fatherly  Care  of  (uch  as  lurviv'djC^'"'  '• 
found  them  very  much  refirefh'd  by  the  good  Pro-  *^*^'^' 
vifions  he  had  procured  for  them,  arid  rather  in- 
clined boldly  to  encounter  .  Death  in  the  Field, 
thanineakinglv  to  iubmit  to  her  in  a  Chimney-cor- 

Eer.    About  the  beginning  of  February  that  General 
eing  infdnri'd  that  the  Enfemy  were  drawing  down 
lome  Forces  towards  Dunddlks  and  that  they  had 

N  n  pror- 


'I 


178  The  Reign  of  tCing 

A.  C.  provided  MagaTiines  with  a  Defign  to  dlftufb  his 
1690.  Frontier  Garrifbns,  (cnt  a  confiderable  Body  of 
X.y'y^^  Horfe  and  Foot  that  way,  and  march'd  himfelfon 
the  nth  towards  Drutnmore^  to  obfervc  the  Ene* 
mies  Motion.  But  the  Dcfigns  of  the  Irijh  lay,  at 
this  time,  another  way ;  for  while  the  Duke  was.upon 
this  Expedition,  X^olonel  fVoolfey  was  informed  that 
they  intended  to  fall  upon  Belturbat,  a  Town  which 
that  Colonel  had  taken  from  them  not  lor  g  before* 
Thereupon  PVoolfey  march'd  with  great  diligence 
from  Behurbat  with  Seven  Hundred  Foot,  and  Three 
Hundred  Horfe  aiid  Dragoons,  towards  the  Enemy; 
but  being  acquainted  with  their  Numbtrs,  and 
they  having  had  notice  of  his  Approach,  inftead  of 
iiirprizing  them,  he  was  lurpriz'd  himlelf,  finding 
them  Nine  Thoufand  ftrong,  and  in  a  Pofture  to 
f  '/L  receive  him.  However,  there  being  now  no  way 
*'*"V  to  retreat  either  with  Honour  or  Safety,  he  made 
Mmrbat  ^^  ^^"  fcnfible  of  their  common  Danger,  and  fo 
'animated  them  by  his  own  Example,  that  having 
engagM  the  Irijh^  he  defeated  them  with  confidera- 
ble I06 ;  purfued  them  as  far  as  Catan,  where  they 
had  a  little  Fort  \  fct  that  Town  on  Fire ;  and  in 
his  return  to  Behurbat^  took  the  Caftle  of  KiUiJh^n^ 
dru  with  a  great  Booty  of  CatteL  About  the  fame 
time  Sir  John  Lanier^  A^ith  a  Party  of  a  /Thoufind 
Horie,  Foot  and  Dragoons,  made  an  attempt  upon 
DundalkA  took  Bedloc  Caftle  and  about  i  yoo  Cows 
and  Oxen ;  and  Sir  Cloudjlcy  Sbouel,  on  Good-Frlda/j 
took  the  only  Frigat  the  late  King  had  in  his  Pol* 
ieilion.  in  that  Monarch's  own  fight  in  DtfW/«-Bay, 
notwithftandin^  all  the  Oppofition  that  could  be 
inadc  againft  him  by  Sea  and  Land.  But  what  af* 
flifted  King  Jojnes  more  ftnfibly  was  the  Lois  of 
the  Caftle  o?  Charlemont^  a  ftrong  Place,  chiefly  b^ 
Kature,  as  being  feated  upon  a  piece  of  Ground  m 
the  middle  of  a  Bay,  and  only  acceiiible  by  two 
Ways,  which  the  Injb  had  partly  broke  down. 
This  Poft  being  of  great  Importance,  the  Duke  of 
Schomberg^TtfbWd  to  make  himfelf  Matter  of  it,  and 
fccceeded  in  his  Attempt,  partly  by  a  Stratagem. 
The  Garrifort  of  that  Place,  wmcb  for  feme  time 
had  been  blocked  up  by  tM  Printh  Regiments  of 

l4 


WILLIAM/*^  ThirJ,  179 

La  CaiUemote  and  Cnmbon ,  being  put  to  great  A.  C. 
ftrelghtsfor  want  of  Vi6hials,  the  Abdicated  King  lOi^o. 
lent  a  ftrong  Detachment  under  Mack^Mahon  with 
Provifion  to  relieve  it.  of  which  Duke  Schomberg  be- 
ing informM,  order'ci  the  Blockade  to  let  Mack.Ma^ 
hon  pafi  with  his  Convoy  after  a  flight  Refiftance, 
bat  to  drive  back  all  that  returned  from  the  Caftle. 
By  this  means,  the  Garrifon  that  had  receivM  but 
a  flender  Relief,  and  were  forcM  to  feed  their  new 
Guefts  as  well  as  themfclvcs,  were  (bon  reduc'd  to 

freater  Exigencies  than  before,  and  by  a  vigorous 
Volecution  of  the  Siege  forcM  at  iaft  to  Capitulate 
on  the  ijth  of  Afjy.    The  next  day  theymarch'dCharle- 
out  to  tne  Number  ok  Eight  Hundred  Men,  and  Q^^nt  ylr- 
ihe  Duke  who  was  come  to  view  them,  feeing  ma-  ^^'^» 
ny  Women  and  Children  among  them,  ask'd  the^^^  '3* 
Reafon  of  it,   coafidering  they  could  not  but  de- 
ftroy  their  Provifions.    He  was  anlwer'd  that  the 
Irifh  were  naturally  very  Ho^itable,  and  that  they 
all  far'd  alike  :  But  the  greateft  Reafon  was,  the 
Soldiers  would   not  ftay  m  the  Garrifon  without 
their  Wives  and  Miftreflcs,  to  which  his  Grace  re- 
ply'd.  There  was  more  Love  than  Policy  in  it. 
There  was  found  in  the  Place  good  (lore  of  Am- 
munition, Seventeen  pieces  of  Brals  Cannon,  and 
two  Mortars,  fo  that  the  Enemy  might  have  held 
out  longer,  if  they  had  not  wanted  either  Courage 
or  Provifions.    The  fame  Day  that  CharUmont  fiir- 
rendred,  the  Brave  Colonel  iVoolJley^  who  had  beeni 
confidcrably  reinforced  bv  a  Pany  of  Dcnnes^  made  ' 
himfelf,  Mafter  of  the  ftrong  Caftle  of  Bnliniargy^ 
near  Cainn,    Upon  the  lofs  of  which  two  confide- 
rable  Pofts,the  Irijh  quitted  and  burnt  feveral  Caftles 
on  that  fide,  and  prepared  to  abandon  Dund^lk^  Av 
dce^  Cajile-Blaney  and  Carichmarh-Crofi. 

Thus  ftood  Affairs  in  Ireland  when  King  William  jCt'ng  Wlh 
Landed  at  Carrickjergus on  the  1 4th  of  June^  hcimgliunLMnds 
attended  bv  his  Royal  Highnefs  Prince  George  oiaf  Ctr- 
Denmark^  the  Duke  of  Ormonde  the  Earls  of  Oxford^rickfer^ 
Scarborough  and  Manchcftery  the  honourable  Mr.Boyle^E^f  J«nf 
and  many  other  Perfbns  of  Diftinftion ;  and  that '4* 
Evening  went  tb  Betfajl  in  Duke  Schombcrg^s  Coach. 
Two  or  three  Days  after  his  Majefty  march'd  to 

N  n  2  Lisbum^ 


l86  tfjt  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  LishurHj  where  the  General  kept  his  Head  Qyarterfl, 
I  (Jpo.  and  from  thence  lie  paft  to  Hllsborough,^  where  on 
the  aoth  he  publifh  a  an  Order,    forbidding  the 

{)refllng  of  Horfes,  anid  the  committing  any  Vio- 
ences  on  the  Country  People.    His  Majefty  having 
declarM  both  his  intention  of  purfuingthe  War  with 
Vigour,  and  his  Diftpprobation  or   the  Cautious 
Counfels  of  fbme  of  his  Generals,   by  laying,  He 
did  not  come  tlyere  to  let  Grafs  grov?  under  his  Feet^  or- 
4  ^  yi^^  derM  the  whole  Army  to  Encamp  at  a  plate  Call'd 
the  Armyfi-oug^l^^^^^^^y   where  upon  a  Critical  *  Review 
June  22.  netotind  them  to  conlift  of  3^000  Men,  Englijk^ 
Dutchy  trench^     Danes  and   Gcnnans^    all  well  ap- 
pointed in  every  rcfpeft.    From  Loughbritldnd  King 
H^lliam  march'd  his  Army  to  t  Dundall^^  and  was 


Dundaikfl  but  upon  Advice  that  the  Enemy  had  a- 
bandon'd  Ardee^  he  immediately  direded  his  march 
Aither. 
Jf  Tamei      T^^  ^^^^  Klngjames  was  no  fconer  informed  of 
Ijfnfes       King  Willianis  Landing,  but  he  began  to  ftir  him- 
I)ub]in»    felf  and  on  the  1  ith  of  June  let  out  from  Dublin 
|anc  itf.  with  about  6000  French  Foot,  being  old  experienced 
Soldiers,  lately  arriv'd  from   France^  and  comm  it- 
ted  the  Guard  of  that  City  to  iooo  of  the  County 
Militia,  under  the  Command  of  Coll.  Lutterel.  His 
Majefty  harindjoin'd  the  reft  of  his  Forces,  which 
how  amountedto  almoft  an  equal  number  with  thofe 
of  King  H^lliam\  befides  i  yoco  which  remain'd  in 
Garrifons,  a  Council  of  War  was  held"  wherein  it 
was  thought  fit  to  repafi  the  Bojne,  and  to  weary  out 
the  En^l/jfh  by  Marches  and  Counter  marches  along 
that  River,  it  being  thought  impoffible  for  them  to 

JJafi  it,  while  King  James  had  fiich  an  Army  to  de- 
end  the  oppofite  Banks  at  fiich  an  Advantage  :  Bat 
ueverthelels  that  unfortunate  Prince,  knowing  King 
1  ti^llianis  Courage  and  Resolution  were  rather  ani- 
'  mated  than  damp'd  by  Difficulties,  and  miftrufting 
the  Event,  ordered  Sir  Patricl^Trant,  Commiflionei' 
of  the  Revenue,  to  prepaid  him  Ship3  zt  fVater^ 


WILLIAM  theThircf.  i8i 

ford^  that  in  caft  he  were  worfted,  he  might  fecure  A.  O 
hi?  Retreat  to  FM«c<r.  \      ^       Kfpo. 

On  the  90th  of  June.,  King  WillUm  being  in- 
fbrm'd  that  the  Enemy  had  repafs'd  the  Boyne^  or- 
der'd  his  whole  Army  to  move  by  break  of  Day  in 
three  Lines  towards  that  River,  which  was  arout 
three  Miles  diftant  from  them,  whereupon  the  ad- 
vanced Gucirds  of  Horfe,  Commanded  by  Sir  John 
J^anier^  moved  in  very  good  Order,  and  by  Nine  of 
the  Clock  got  within  two  Miles  of  Drogheda.  The 
King,  who  march'd  in  the  Front  of  them,  observing 
there  was  an  Hill  to  the  Eaji  of  the  Epemy,  and 
Konh  from  the  Town  rode  thither  to  view  their 
Camp,  which  he  found  to  be  all  along  the  River 
in  two  Lines.  Hv  re  the  King  held  a  long  Confute 
with  the  Prince  of  Denntarl^^.  the  Dukes  of  Schom^ 
berg  and  Ormonde  Count  Solmes^  Major  General 
Scravenmore^  the  Lord  Sidney,  and  other  great  Ofl5- 
cers,  who  made  all  their  Obfervatioha  upon  the 
Enemy.  Among  the  reft  Scravenmore  feem'd  to  de- 
foife  them,  (aying  they  were  but  a  handful  of  Men, 
for  he  could  not  reckon  above  46  Battalions  that  lay 
Encamp'd ;  but  the^King  and  rrince  George  wifely 
Anfwer'd,  that  they  might  have  a  great  manv  Men 
in  the  Town,  and  that  there  was  alfb  an  Hill  to  the 
South-fVeft,  beyond  which  part  of  their  Army  might 
be  Encanip'd  ^  However^  added  the  King,  kVefhnll 
foon  be  better  acquainted  v^M^  their  Numbers.  From 
this  place  the  King  rid  on  to  the  t^afi  at  the  ol4 
Bridge,  and  ftood  upon  the  fide  of  the  Bank,  with- 
in Musket- (hot  of  the  Ford,  there  to  take  a  nearer 
View  of  the  Enemies  Pollure;  and  in  lome  time 
after  rid  about  2.00  Paces  up  the  River,  iiigh  the 
tVefto£  ^\  the  Enemies  pamp.  Wbilft  the  Army 
was  marching  in,  hi^  Majefty  being  Fatigued  with 
hisToyl,  alighted  fronrhis  Horfe,  and  retted  him-' 
felf  for  an  Hour  on"  a  little  Eminence;  which  the 
Enemy  perceiving  they  immediately  planted  two. 
Reld-Plcces  oppofite  to  him.  The  King  was  no^ 
fboner  mbuhted  again,  but  the  trijh  Fired  at  him, 
aind  with  the  firft  Shot  kill'd  a  Maa'and  twa  Horfes^ 
withiu  a  hundred  P^ces  of  hi«  Majefly.  Thi^  Bullet 
yaa  pcibttly  focccMci  fey.  another^  that  wc»t  ncaif. 


i8x  The  Rei^n  cf  King 

A.   C.  roput  a  fatal  Period  tothatprecious  Life  upon  which 

t<J90.    the  Safety  of  all  Europe  depended  ;  but  which  ferv'd 

X^y^'fKj  only  to  mark  the  fignal  Care  the  Divine  Providence 

took  of  a  Heroe,  whom  flie  had  miracqloufly  rais'd, 

KiJijr  Wil-  ^^  ^^"^  ^^^'  Progrefi  of  Oppreilion  and  Superftition. 

liam         The  Ball   having  fir  ft  grazed  on  the  Bank  of  the 

Woundtd^   River,  did  in  its  rifing  flant  upon  the  King's  Right 

June  30.  Shoulder,  took  out  a  piece  of  his  Coat,  and  tore 

the  Skin  and  Flefh;  ana  afcer\yards  bjoke  the  Head 

of  a  Gentleman's  Piftol.    'Tis  more  eaGe  to  con- 

ceive  than  exprefs  what  afiidden  Confternation  this 

unexpeiled  Accident  ftruck  into  all  that  were  about 

the  King ;  but  'tis  difficult  to  imagine  how  calm  and 

undifturb  d  his    Majcfty  remained.    On   the  other 

fide,  the  Enemy  (ccing  fomc  difbrdcr  among  thofe 

that  attended  King  ^VtUlnm,  r- ; p. eluded  prelemly  He 

was  kill'd ;  which  fal(c  Rcpor  flew  presently  to  Dub-: 

lin^  and  from  thenccfj.:;.ad  .\s  far  as  P4r/j^ where  the 

giddy  Multitude  expreft  their  faucy  impious  Joy  by 

Bone-FTes-and  Illuminations.  King  PVilliam  having 

fothis  flight  Wound  drcft,  mounted  again  on  Horfe- 
lack,  and  fliew'd  himfelf  to  the  whole  Army,  to 
diifipate  their  juft  Alarm. 

The  two  Armies  being  thus  in  fight,  and  Can- 
nonading  one  another.  King  PVilliam^  about  Nine 
at  Night,  having  call'd  a  Council  of  W^ar,  declared 
his  Relblution  to  pals  the  River  next  Day,  which 
Duke  Schomberg  at  tirft  opposed,  but  finding  his  Ma- 
jefty  poCtive,  he  advis'd  that  part  of  the  Army, 
Horfe  and  Foot,  fhould  be  ftnt  tnat  Night  towards 
SUne-BridgCy  in  order  to  pafi  the  River  thereabouts, 
and  fo  get  Dctween  the  Enemy  and  the  Pals  at  On- 
hck.  This  Advice,  which  if  followed  would  have 
ended  the  War  in  one  Camp^gn,  ftem'd  at  firft  to 
be  reUfli'd ;  but  it  being  afterwards  Opposed  by  the 
Dutch  Generals,  Duke  Schoniberg  retiiTa  to  his  Tent, 
where  not  long  after  the  Order  of  Battle  was 
brought  him,  which  he  recejy'd  with  Dilcontenc 
and  Indifference,  layhj^.  It  was  jie  firft  that  ever  was 
fent  him.  Lieutenant  Gtnsr^^Dh^las  was  to  Com> 
inand  the  Ri&ht  Wing  of  Foot,  ami  Count  M4jruird 
de  Scbornberg  the  Horfe,  who  were  jt^  march  on  eariy 
jqward  Slanc-Bridgc^  and  other  Fordiujp  the  River, 


^ 


W  ILtl  AM  the  Thirl  1&3 

to  Flank  the  Enemy,  or  get  beteewn  the  Enemies  A.  C. 
Camp  and  Droghedaj  whillb  in  the  mean  time  a  Bo-  1 690. 
dy  ot  Foot  were  to  force  their  way  at  the  Pais  at 

Old  Bridge, 

On  the  other  fide  the  late  King  James  having  alfo 
caird  a  CounciI,Lieutenant  GeneralHuwiV/on  advis'd 
his  Majcfty  to  (end  a  Party  of  Dragoons  to  the  Ford 
that  was  Selow  the  Town  of  Drogheda,  which  the 
Englifh  either  knew  not  of,  or  elfe  did  not  regard  : 
and  all  the  reft,  being  eight  Regiments,  towards 
the  Bridge  of  Slane ;  but  King  James  (aid,  he  would 
fend  Fifty  Dragoons  up  the  River,  which  iuftly 
put  Hamilton  into  great  Amazement,  conGcIering 
ihc  Importance  of  the  place  to  be  defended.  To^ 
vards  the  dole  of  the  Evening  the  Caanon  ceased 
01  both  fides,  and  Ring  H^Miam  gave  Orders,  that 
every  Soldier  (hould  be  provided  with  a  good  ftock 
pKmmunition.and  all  to  be  ready  to  maroi  at  break 
of  Day,  with  every  Man  a  Green  Bough  or  Sprig 
in  his  Hat,  to  diftinguifli  him  from  the  Enemv« 
wh#  wore  pieces  of  White  Paper  in  their  Hats.  The 
W^rd  that  Night  being  PVefiminfter^  his  Majefty 
rodj  in  Per(c>n  about  1%  at  Night  withTorchcsquite 
thrbjgh  the  Army,  and  then  retired  to  his  Tent, 
witheager  Expe^ation  of  the  Glorious  approaching 
Day, 

Nerer  was  a  more  n^emorable  Battle  fought  in 
this  W'eftern  part  of  the  World,  whether  we  con- 
iider  tie  Combatants,  or  the  Subje£bof  their  Qiiai^ 
rel.  For  as  two  Kings  in  Perfbn  contended  for  the 
IniperiJ  Crown  of  EngUndy  lb  the  Fate  of  their 
tei^Gtw.t  Allies,  and  confequently  of  all  Europe^ 
(eem'd  o  depend  on  the  Succe(s  of  their  Arms.  As 
for  the  ilvent  of  this  Important  Day,  though,  like 
all  A£li«ns  of  War,  it  (eem'd  to  be  doubtSil,  yet 
upon  anexa£l  Examination  of  the  Advantages  on 
both  (ities,  there  was  room  to  come6lure  which 
way  ^  Vftory  would  encline.  •Tis  true  both 
Armies  vere  animated  by  the  Presence  of  their  So* 
verdgQ,  both  foi^ht  for  their  Religion  ;  But  then 
th(B  newPofleffi>r  of  the  Vacant  Throne  was  at 
tfa^  Hea^  of  many  brave  Snglifhmen^  who  be&ks 
Religion.  a)ateu4^  alio  for  their  Law«  and  Liber. 


184  ^^  ^^^X^  ^/  f^i^g 

A.  C  ^^>  ^^  ^^'^^  (upportcd  by  Dutch  and  D^w/Ti  Vete-' 
1690*  ran  Troops,  5trangers  to  Fear,  Familiar  with  Vi- 
i^^vO ^r7»  and  Flcfh'd  with  Plenty ;  whereas,  bating 
^'^^  ^  the  French  Auxiliaries,  the  Army  of  the  Abdicated 
Monarch,  confifted  chiefly  of  an  undifciplinM  Rab- 
ble,  cowM  by  fe  veral  Defeats,and  deprefi  d  by  Want, 
As  for  the  Generals,  not  to  mention  the  other  Offi- 
cers, there  was  almoft  as  much  Diiproportion  be- 
tween Schomberg  and  Lau3[un,  as  there  was  between 
King  William  and  King  James ;  fb  that  the  Odds 
were  vifible  on  the  EngUfr  fide,  norwithftanding 
the  advantageous  Situation  of  the  Irifh  Camp. 
Rattle  •/  '  The  expefted  Day  being  come,  about  Six  in  the 
iA#  Boyne  Morning,  Lieutenant  General  Douglas  march'd  to- 
J  Viy  I-  wards  the  Right  with  fome  Foot,as  did  Count  Scbomr 
herg  wtth  the  Horfc ;  which  the  Enemy  obferving 
they  drew  out  their  Horfe  and  Foot  towards  the 
Lett,  to  oppofe  them.  Kinc  H^lUavfs  Right  Wing 
was  at  firlt  ordered  to  pafs  all  at  Slancj  but  upon  be:- 
ter  Information  from  tne  Guides,  feveral  Regime:;ts 
were  Commanded  to  go  over  at  other  Fords,  be- 
tween the  Camp  and  that  place.  When  the  Ho*fe 
approached  the  River,  a  Regiment  of  the  Enenies 
Dragoons  made  a  fliew  of  oppofing  their  Pafi&je  ; 
but  being  (bon  forcM  to  retire  with  lo(s,  the  En^lijh 
got  over,  and  advanced  towards  the  Enemies  naiq 
Body,  which  they  found  drawn  up  In  two  lines. 
Thereupon  Douglas  drew  up  his  Detachment  it  two. 
Lines  alio,  but  naving  but  Six  Battallions  of  Foot, 
to  Twenty  four  Squadrons  of  Horfir,  he  fot  for 
more  of  the  firft,  and  in  the  mean  time,  acceding 
to  the  Earl  of  Portlatufs  Advice,  the  Hore  and 
Foot  were  intermixed  for  their  greater  Security^ 
More  Foot  being  come  up,  this  Figure  was  inmeai- 
ately  alter'd,  and  all  the  Horfe  drawn  to  thekight, 
whilft  the  Foot  moved  towards  a  Bog  on  tie  Left, 
which  lay  between  them  and  the  Enemy,  aid  thro* 
which  it  was  imppfiifale  for  the  Horfe  to  march. 
The  Iriflo  obferving  their  Motion,  retreated  in  feme 
haft  towards  Duleck,^  but  were  vigoroufly  purfued 
hy  Coxxnt  Schomberg. 

Though  Kin^  PVUliam  was  Ignorant  of  Wiat  had 
paft  between  his  Men  and  the  Enemy,  ye  iiippo^' 


WILLIAM  ^iE^^  third.  i8y 

Cng  that  by  this  time  they  had  paft  the  River,  ori   A,  C 
der'd  three  Attacks  to  be  made,  thefirftat  a  good      • 
Ford,  before  a  finall  Village,  where  the  Irijh  were  ^^^^J^^ 
^dvantageoufly  pofted.      The  Dutch  Regiment  of 
Foot  Guards  took   the  River  firft  at  Old^Bridge^ 
wading  to  the  Middle,  and  being  got  overamidft 
the  Enemies  Fire,  without  making  halt,  they  drew 
up  into  tWQ  Files  and  then  fired  upon  the  Irijh^  who 
not  bearing  the  Charge  abandon'd  their  Intrench- 
ments.    But  before  the  Third  Battalion  of  that  Re- 

fiment  had  pafi'd  the  Ford,  Five  Battalions  of  the 
Inemy  advancM  very  boldly  within  Piftol-fhot  of 
the  Dutchy  who  received  them  (6  warmly,  that  they 
retreated  with  the  lofi  of  (bme  Men  and  one  Co- 
lours. Thereupon  the  Dutch  march'd  beyond  the 
Village,  and  repulsM  a  Squadron  of  Kin§  Jamci\ 
Horfe,  that  would  have  ftopt  their  Progrcfe. 

At  the  feme  time  a  Scjuadron  of  Lieutenant  Gc-J 
nenerd  Hamiltort's  Horle  rode  briskly  to  the  very 
brmk  of  the  River,  in  order  to  oppofe  Sir  John 
Hantnore^s  and  Count  N^JJau's  Regiments  in  pafling 
It ;  and  though  they  failed  in  that  Attempt,  yet  in 
their  Retreat  thcjr  fell  upon  the  French  Foot  with 
that  undaunted  Fiercenefe,  that  part  of  them  brok^ 
through  Monfieur  La  CailIemote*s  and  Cambons  Re- 
giments, which  wanted  Pikes  to  ftem  their  flirious 
Career ;  3ut  the  IriJh  wheeling  about  through  the 
Village,  to  recover  their  own  Men,  they  were  in- 
tercepted by  the  Putch  and  InniskSlUn  Foot,  and 
moft  of  them,  after  a  valiant  Re&llance,  cut  in 
Pieces.  By  this  time  the  Dutch  Guards  being  ad- 
vanced as  far  as  the  Hedges  into  the  open  Field, 
the  Jri/Z^  Horle  came  down  upon  them  again,  with 
greater  Numbers  and  redoubted  Fury,  but  the 
Dutch  remained  (b  firm  and  clofe,  and  odxer  Regi« 
ments  coming  up  %o  their  Afliftance,  that  the  Irijli 
were  forc*d  to  rethre.  Thereupon  a  frelh  Squadron 
of  Horle  advanced  to  liipport  them,  but  were  vigo- 
roufly  repul^d  by  the  French  Proteftants  and  /«»//- 
kjUing  Men.'  In  die  firft  of  theft  Onfets  Monfipur 
La  CaillemQte  receivM  his  Mortal  Wound,  and  as  he 
was  carrying  back  by  four  Soldiers  tp  xbp  Englifis, 
Cvfi^  he  encoun^d  thole  chat  goft  the  River  by 


I  i6  The  Reign  of  King 

J^    C  thefe  Words,  A  la  Gloirc^  mes  Bnfans,  a  la  Gleire.  ; 

1600*    To  Glorjf^  Friends^  to  Glory, 

"  *  In  the  mean  time  the  panes  came  up  to  the  Left, 
as  did  the  Brigades  of  Hanmore  and  La  Mellonierc  oa 
the  Right :  The  firft  were  fo  valiantly  Attacked  in 
the  Front  by  Hamilton^  Horfe,  that  they  were  forced 
to  give  Ground,  and  (bmc  of  them  to  croft  the  Ri- 
ver again.  The  Duke  of  Schomberg  perceiving  this 
Diforder,  and  feeing  the  French  Proteftants  were  alfo 
left  exposM   without  a  Commander,  immediately 

Eaft  the  River,  in  order  to  Head  them,  nor  could 
is  Grace  be  perfVaded  by  Mr.  Foubert^  one  of  hia 
Aids'de-Camp^  to  put  on  his  Armour.  He  was  no 
Iboner  got  on  the  other  fide,  but  he  encouraged  the 
French  Proteftants  by  this  fliqrt  Harangue,  Atlonsy 
JMeJfseurs^  voild  vos  Pcrfecutcurs :  (Come  on^  Gentlemen^ 
there  are  your  Ferfecutors )  pointing  to  the  French 
P^pifts  in  the  Enemies  Army.  Thefe  Words  were 
force  out  of  his  Mouth,  when  if  or  16  of 
King  Jameses  Guards,  who  return'd  full  (peed  to 
their  main  Body,  after  the  {laughter  of  their  Com- 
panions, and  whom  the  French  Refugees  (iiffer'd  to 
pafi,  thinking  them  to  be  of  their  llde,  fell  furi- 
oufly  upon  the  Puke,  and  gave  him  two  Wounds 
over  the  Head,  which  however  were  not  mortal. 
Thereupon  the  Regiment  of  Cambon  acknowlcdg'd 
their  Error  by  committing  a  greater;  for  firing 
raflily  on  the  Enemy,  they  (hot  the  Duke  through 
the  Neck,  of  which  Wound  he  inftantly  died  ; 
and  Mr,  Foubert  alighting  to  relieve  him  wasTfliot  ii^ 
the  Arm.  Not  long  before  Dr.  Walker ^  (b  famous  for 
the  Defence  of  London-Deny,  received  a  Wound  in 
the  Belly,  which  he  (iirviv^d  but  (bme  few  Mo- 
ments, 

King  IVilliatn  during  all  thefe  Actions  might 
be  (aid  to  be  every-where,  fince  he  directed  all  by 
hisConduAi  but  now  his  Courage  muft  alio  have 
a  fhare  in  the  Honour  of  the  Day.  His  MajcftVt 
accompanied  by  the  Prince  of  Denmarl^  pa&d  the 
River  with  the  Lefr  Wing  of  Horfe,  and  that  with 
feme  DiflRwpulty,  for  his  Horfe  wa«  bogg'd  oto  the  o* 
ther  fide,  and  himlelf  fofc'd  to  allgt^  till  one  of 
his  Attendance  bad  diiiQ^ag'd  his  Steecji.   As  ^bon  as 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /fe  ThirJ.  187 

the  Men  were  got  upon  the  other  Bank,  and  put  in  A.  Q 
Order,  his  Majefty  drew  his  Sword  (^though  the    1690. 
Wouiid  he  ^ecciv'd  the  day  before  made  ituneafie  '    ^^ 
for  him  to  wield  it)  and  march'd  at  the  Head  of 
them  towards  the  Enemy,  who  were  coming  on 
again  in  good  Order  towards  the  Englijh  Foot,  that 
had  now  got  over  the  Pais,  and  were  advancing 
bravely  towards  the  Irijh,  though  they  were  double 
their  Number     When  thefe  two  Bodies  had  got  al- 
moft  within  Musket- (hot  one  of  another,  the  Ene- 
my eipy'd  the   Left  Wing  of  the   EngUflj  Horfe 
moving  towards  them,  at  which  they  made'  a  (iid- 
den  halt,  fac'd  about  and  retreated  up  the  Hill  a* 
cain  to  a  little  Village  calPd  Dmmore,  about  half  a 
Mile  from  the  Pafs.    The  EngUfb  marching  in  good' 
Order  came  up  with  them  at  this  Village,  wnere 
the  Enemy  remming  Courage  ,  &c'd  about  ,*  smd 
made  the  Enpiijh  Horfe  Shrink,  though  they  had 
the  King  at  their  Head.    Thereupon  the  King  rid 
to  the  InniikiBiners^  and  ask'd  them  v^hat  they  would 
do  for  him  ?  Animated  by  this  Invitation,  they  bold- 
ly came  forward,  and  at  the  Head  of  them  the  King 
receiv'd  the  Enemies  Fire,  and  then  wheeling  to  the 
Lett  to  fetch  up  his  own  Men  again,  the  Inniskjl- 
liners^  through  a  miftake,  retired  after  him  above  a 
Hundred  Yards,    This  made  the  King  move  to  the 
Left,  to  put  himfelf  at  the  Head  of  (uch  Dutch 
Troops  that  were  advancing  ;  while  in  the  mean 
time  tne  InniskilUners  growing  (enlible  of  their  Er- 
ror, went  on  again  (uccefifully  to  the  Charge.    Iq 
this  Place  the  Duke  of  Schombergs  Regiment  of 
Horie,  beinc  composed  of  French  Proteftants,  and 
flrengthned  by  treble  the  ordinary  number  of  Offi- 
cers,  behav'd  themlelves  wich  undaunted  Reiblu-' 
tion,  like  Men  that  fought  for  a  Nation  amoncft 
whom  themlelves  and  their  Friends  had  found  a 
kind  and  bountiiul  Shelter  againft  the  Periecutioa  of 
Franco.    At  the  lame  time  another  Party,  Com- 
manded by  Lieutenant  General  Ginckh^  Charged 


goons,  and  aQoaerof  OXioDxiUvift^tf  theOffi^ 


1 88  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C    cers  ordered  the  Men  to  alight  and  line  an  Hedge, 
I  (Joo.    ^^  ^'^  *  ruin'd  Houfe  that  flanlcM  the  Lane,  fron^ 
whence  they  pour'd  in  their  Fire  upon  the  Enemy, 
Lieutenant  General  Gifickje  continued  in  the  Rear 
of  his  Men,  endeavouring  to  make  them  ftand  their 
Ground,  and  was  in  fbme  danger  from  the  EngUJh 
Dragoons ;  for  the  Enemy  being  cloft  upon  nim^ 
they  could  not  well  diftinguifii.     However  the  Dra- 
coons  did  apiece  of  excellent  Service  by  {topping 
me  Enemy,  who  came  up  very  boldy ;    and  the 
Dutch  Horfe  having  the  opportunity  of  rallying  here, 
as  they  did  to  the  Right,  the  Enemy  after  half  an 
Hours  {harp  difpute,   were  beat  back  again  with 
confiderable  Lofs.    On  the  other  fide,  Lieutenant 
General  Hamilton  finding  that  his  Foot  did  not  an- 
swer his  Expeftation,  put  himfelf  at   the  Head  of 
the  Horfe,  which  was  likewife  routed  and  himfelf 
taken  Prifoner.    When  he  was  brought  to  the  King, 
his  Majefty  ask'd  him,    whether  the  Irijh  would 
fight  any  more?     Tes^  Sir^  replied  H/tmilton^  upon 
Tt^  Honour  I  believe  they  xptll.    When  he  pronounced 
the  Word  Honour  the  King  look'd  wiftly  upon  him, 
and  then  turn'd  about,   repeating  oiide  or  twice,* 
Your  Honour ,  intimating,  that  what  he  aflur'd  upon 
his  Honour  was  not  to  be  depended  upon,  fince  he 
had  forfeited  that  before,  by  liding  with  Tyrconnel: 
And  this,  was  all  the  Rebuke  die  King  §ave  him  for. 
his  Breach  of  Truft. 

Whilft  thefe  things  were  doing  on  this  fide.  Count 
Schomberg^  who  by  this  time  was  inform'd  of  his  Fa- 
ther's Death,  purfted  the  Enemy  with  that  Fury 
which  a  noble  and  juft  Refentment  infpires,  and 
drove  them  feveral  Miles  beyond  the  Village  of 
Duleck-i  covering  the  Ground  with  Slaughtered 
Foes ;  nor  did  he  defift  gratifying  his  Revenge,  till 
the  Lord  Portland^  by  the  King's  exprefi  Com- . 
mands,  oblig'd  him  to  return  to  the  place  where  the 
Foot  made  an  Halt,  and  where  they  pemain'd  at? 
their  Arms  all  Night. 

King  IVilliam  had  Realbn  not  to  regard  what 
Hamilton  told  him ;  for  in  eflfeft*,  ^  that  General 
was  no  footier  taken,  but  the  Fight  ceas'd  on 
^c  fide  ^  ;ind  Count  Law^m  making  up  to  King.' 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  igp 

?4OTM,  (  who  during  the  whole  A£H<m  fl:o6d  with   A.  C, 
lome  Squadrons  of  Horfe  upon  the  Hill  call'd  Djwi-    i^po. 
more  )  reprclented   to  His  Majefty  how  near  He  yyys^ 
was  being  Invelop*d ;  adding  He  ought  to  think  on 
nothing  but  a  Retreat,  which  he  doubted  not  to 
make  good  with  many  brave  Officers  then  about 
him,  and  the   Remains   of  his    French  and  Swifs 
Troops.    This  Advice  was  too  wholibm  not  to  be 
followed  by  a  Prince  whole  Age  and  Temper  did 
hotfufier  him  to  end  his  Days  by  Defbair;  and 
therefore  His  Majefty ,    attended  by  the    Regi* 
ment  of  Sarsfield^  march'd  off  to  Dtdeck,^  and  from 
thence  in  great  bafte  to  Dublin ;  whilft  Count  I^ir- 
^z/n,  Sheldon^  and  (bme  other  Officers,   diftK>s'd  all  , 
things  for  a  Retreat,  which  they  perform'ci  In  very 
good  Order. 

King  74m^i*s  whole  Lofs  in  this  Battle  was  gene- 
rally computed  at  Fifteen  Hundred  Men,  among^ 
whom  Were  the  Lord  Dongan^  the  Lord  Carlingford^ 
Sir  Neal  O  nedl,  the  Marquis  D^  Hocquincourt  \  and 
feveral  Prifbners,  the  chief  of  whom  was  Lieute- 
nant General  Hamilton^  who  to  do  him  Jufticc^ 
behaved  himfelf  with  great  G)urage,  and  kept  Vi- 
&ory  doubtful  till  he  was  made  Prifoner.  On  the 
Englijh  fide  fell  about  Five  Hundred,  an  inconfide- 
rame  Number,  confidcring  the  Gain  of  fo  important 
a  Battle,  if  the  Renowned  Duke  of  Schomberv  had  ^  Crfcomii 
not  been  amongft  them.  He  was  a  Perfon  or  firm  ^^g 
and  composed  Courage,  and  one  of  the  beft  Gcne-cj^^^,flf^^/ 
rals  that  France  ever  Bred.  To  the  Laurels  he  ga- 
thered in  Catalonia  and  in  FIa9iderj^  he  added  the 
Glory  of  having  fixt  the  jjrcfent  King  of  Portugal 
on  his  Throne,  and  of  having  been  Inftrumental  to 
the  Settlement  of  King  William.  He  had  a  greac 
Experience  of  the  World,  knew  Men  and  Things 
better  than  any  Man  of  his  ProfefHon  ever  did,  and 
Ivas  as  great  in  Council  as  at  the  Head  of  -an  Army. 
In  his  dccliningYcars  his  Memory  very  much  faiPd, 
but  his  Judgement  remain^  true  and  clear  to  tko 
laft.  He  appeared  Courteous  and  ASable  to  every 
Body,  and  yet  he  had  an  Air  of  Grandeur  that 
Commatided  Re(pe£l  from  all.  He  was  o(  a 
itiiddle  Stature,  fiur  Complexion'd,   a  very  ibund 

hardy 


ipo  The  ReigH  of  Kin^ 

A.  C   h^^y  M^Ji  ^f  ^^^  Age,  and  fit  a  Horfe  incompa-" 
itfoo    ^^y  ^^^'*     ^^  ^^  loved  alwajrs  to  be  neat  iri 
^^0^ ,  Cloaths,  fo  was  he  ever  pleafint  in  his  Convei^ti- 
tion,  of  which  this  Repartee  is  a  pregnant  Inftance ; 
Some  time  before  he  went  for  IreUnd  he  was  walk- 
ing in  St.  Jameses  Park,    amid  ft  Crowds  of    the 
Young  and  Gay,  and  being  ask'd,  what  a  Man  of 
his  Age  had  to  do  with  liich  Company  ?  His  An- 
(wcrwas.  That  a  good  General  makes  his  Retreat  as 
late  as  he  c4«.He  was  EightyT  wo  Years  of  Age  when 
he  was  kill'd ;  and  as  Monflcur  La  Caillemote  had 
.foUo^d  that  Great  Man  in  all  his  Fortunes  while 
Alive,  fo  did  he  in  his  Death,  for  he  did  not  long 
lurvive  his  Wounds.    As  for  the  King  himfelf.  He 
received  no  manner  of  Hurt  in  the  A6lion,  though 
He  was  in  all  the  height  of  it ;  only  a  Cannon-Bali 
carried  away  a  piece  of  his  Boot.    His  Majefty  did 
all  that  the  greateft  of  Generals  could  do  upon  this 
Occafion ;  He  chofe  the  Field,   drfjx)s'd  the  At- 
tacks, drew  up  his  Army,  charg'd  tne  Ejiemy  fe- 
veral  times,  lupported  his  Forces  when  they  begun 
to  fhrink,  and  demean'd  himfelf  throughout  with 
that  Conduit,  Gallantry,  Refolution  and  Prefence 
of  Mind,  and  was  fiich  aPoife  for  the  inclining 
ViSorytohis  own  fide,  that  the  Jrijh  themfelves 
Ccmfeft ;  That  if  the  Englifh  chan£d  Kjngs  with  them^ 
they  would  fi^t  the  Battle  over  again.    However  both 
Kings  have  oeen  equally  blam'd  for  not  Improving,^ 
the  one  the  Advantage  of  his  Viftory  and  the  other 
that  of  his  Retreat.    Thofe  that  have  writ  in  Fa-* 
vour  of  King  James^  (ay,  King  ff^liiam  might  have 
marched  diredly  to  Dublin^  a  Place  open  and  un- 
fortified on  every  fide ;  and  prevented  the  Irijh  af. 
lemblingany  more,  and  fecuring  Limerick,  j  Galway^ 
and  leveral  •ther  Important  Places.    And  fuch  as 
are  Partifans  of  King  fVOtiatn,  blame  both  King 
James  for  leaving  Ireland  ^kh  fb  much  Precipita- 
tion, and  thofe  he  left  behind,  for  not  having  care- 
fully coUeded  the  Remains  of  a  Defeat  that  had 
coft  them  but  few  Men, 

King  James  beinc  arrived  at  Dublin,  and  having 
immeaiately  Affembled  the  Magiftratcs  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  City,  he  told  them :  ^J;  That  bis  Army  in 

J!  Bnglimd 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //-/^  yi^/V//.  191 

*'  England  having  made  a  total  DefedioQ  againll:  A.   CJ 
''  Him,  when  He  bad  the  greateft  occafion  for    1690^ 
them,  He  retir'd  to  France,  where  He  was  kmd-  v,^VVI 
ly  reccivM  by  thac  King,  and  had  all  the  afEiraace  ic JametV 
imaginable  to  be  Re-eftablifli'd  on  His  Throne.  S^«*  «• 
"  That  in  fome  time  after  He  came  to  this  King^^beMMpj^ 
*•  dom  of  Ireland^  and  found  all  his  Upman  Cafhih  f^/f.  ^ 
"  lick,  Subjeds  as  well  cquipt  and  prepared  to  dc-  D«*™* 
**  tend  his  Caufc  as  their  Abilinr  would  bear ;  and 
•*  though  He  had  been  often  tola,  that  when  it  came 
"  to  the  Touch,  they  would  never  bear  the  Brunt  o£ 
a  Battle,  He  could  never  credit  the  fame  till  thaC 
Day,  when  having  a  good  Army,  and  all  Prepa^ 
"  rations  fit  to  engage  a  Foreign  Invader,  He  found 
"  the  fatal  Truth  of  what  He  had  been  (b  often 
"  Precaution'd  ;  and  though  the  Army  did  not  De- 
"  fert  Him,   as  they  did  in  England^  vet  when  it 
*'  came  to  Trial  they  l^afely  fled  the  Field,  aftd  left  it 
"  a  (poll  to  his  Enemies  j  nor  could  they  be  pre- 
•*  vail'd  upon  to  Rally,  though  the  Lofs  in  the 
**  whole   Defeat  was  hut  inconfiderable ;  fo  that 
'*  henceforward  He  never  more  determin'd  to  Head 
•*  an  Irifb  Army,  and  did  now  refolvc  to  fliift  iot 
"  himfelf,  as  ttiey  themfelyes  muft  do.    That  it 
^^  had  often  been  debated,  In  cafe  iuch  a  Revoluti- 
*'  on  (hould  happen,  UTbether  upon  Dcjerting  the  Citf 
'*  of  Dublin,  the  fame  might  not  be  Fired  ?  He  did 
••  therefore  charge  them  on  their  Allegiance,  That 
•*  they  neither  Jhould  rifle  it  by  Plunder,  nor  deftroy  U 
**  by  Fire ;  which  In  all  Kingdoms  would  be  judg'd 
*•  very  Barbarous,  and  muft  be  believM  to  be  done 
•*  by  his  Orders ;  and  if  done,  there  would  be  but 
**  littel  Mercy  to  be  expe6led  from  an  enrag'd  Ene- 
"  my^  concluding  He  was  necefCtated  to  yield 
**  to  Force,  but  would  never  ccafe  to  labour  theif 
**  Deliverance  as  long  as  He  llv'd.    His  Majefty 
having  ftaid   a  Dublin  one  Nisht,  the  next  Mom« 
ing,  attended  by  the  Duke  of  Berwick  and  l>rcMi* 
net,  and  the  Mar^uefs  of  Powis,  He  Pofted  awa]f. 
to  fVaterford,  where  He  amv'd  the  fime  Day.  ta- 
king care  to  have  the  Bridges  broke  down  behind 
him,  for  fear  of  being  purfued.    There  He  went 
on  Board  a  VeiTel  call'a  the  Gwnt  de  LoM^tin,  thac 

wa^ 


191  ff^^  R^ig^  ^f  ^^*K 

A.  C.  was  ready  to  receive  him,  but  the  Sieur  Foran  whd 
1690.  commanded    the  Squadron,  meeting  him  at  Sea, 
i^"^^  defir'd  him  to  go  on  Board  one  of  his  Frigats  for 
IT.  James  his  quicker  Paflage,  and  by  this  means  he  got  o- 
rttires  to  vcr  oncc  morc  into  France^  and  fix'd  his  Refidence 
France,     at  St.  Gemutins,  So  foon  as  Kin  g  Janies  Was  gone,  all 
the  confiderable  Papijls  fled  from  Dublin^  and  the 
Proteftants  were  releas'd,  who  poflefi'd  themlelves 
of  the  Militia  Arnis,  and  with  the  Afliftancc  of  the 
Bilhops  of  Msnth  and    Limricl^^  form'd  a  Com- 
mittee to  take  Care  of  things,  and  (ent  Letters  to 
King  William^  to  give  him  an  Account  of  what 
had  pais'd,   and  humbly  to  pray  His  Majefty  to 
Honour  that  City  with  his  Prelence. 
""Afstrs  rf       Let  us  for  a  while  look  back  u^n  England,  where 
bgland-  we  (hall  fee  the  Queen  fuftaining  the  weight  of 
Affairs,  and  defending  her  Subje<fts  by  her  Pru- 
dence,  whilft  her  Royal  Confort  is  Conquering  his 

TKrJaco* 
bice  Plot. 

TVilliam\  Abfence,  with  a  promihng  Opportunity 
to  attempt  (bmething  confiderable  to  the  Advan- 
tegc  of  the  Abdicated  Monarch,  timely  concerted 
Meafures  with  France^  to  put  their  Defigns  in  Exe- 
cution. '  It  was  agreed,  that  while  part  ofthe  French 
Fleet  fliould  bear  up  the  Thames^  to  countenance 
the  Jacobins  in  London^  who  were  crown  very  bold 
ind  numerous,  by  the  flocking  ofa  great  many  of 
that  Party  from  all  Parts  of  the  Country  thither, 
they  fliould  make  an  In(urre£lion  in  feveral  Places 
at  once.  Certain  Perlbns  were  to  have  taken  upon 
riiem  the  Adiiuniflration  of  Afi&irs,  till  the  return. 
of  King  James^  who  was  to  leave  the  Command  of 
his  Army  to  his  Generals,  and  liaften  with  all  fpeed 
itito  England.  The  other  part  of  the  French  Fleet 
havingjoitfd  their  Gallies,  was  to  have  Landed 
Eight  Thou&nd  Men  at  Tdrbay^  with  Arms  for  a 
greater  Number,  after  which  the  Gallies  and  Men 
of  War  were  to  Sail  in  the  Irijh  Sea,  to  hinder 
the  return  of  King  William  and  his  Fofccs.  And 
the  Difeontented  Scotch  were  to  haVe  revolted  at 
the  ^e  time  in  leveral  Parts  of  that  Kingdom^ 

Buc 


W  ILLIAM  the  thtrl^  195 

But  howtvcr  the  Matter  was  in  reality,  the  whole  A.  C 
Contrivance  feems  to  have  been  founded  upon  a  Kjpc. 
Prefiimptlon  of  the  En^Hjh  Fleet  being  firft  beaten 
hy  the  French ;  of  which,  whether  they  had  any 
Forefight  otherwile  than  from  the  inequality  of  the 
ftrength,  whidh  at  this  time,  was  confiderably  to 
the  Advantage  oi  France^  Hiftory  is  ftill  in  the 
Dark.  However  it  was,  the  Confpiracy,  by  the 
feafonable  Difcovery  of  it,  prov'd  but  an  abortive 
Contrivance,  tho'  ine  Grounds  upon  which  it  (eem*d 
to  depend,  were  attended  with  Succefs. 

The  French  Fleet  having  entered  the  Channel  as  be* 
fore  concerted,  hover'd  fome  time  about  the  £«{- 
UJh  Coaft,  as  expcfting  the  Eftedl  of  the  Conlpira* 
cy  that  was  to  have  broke  out  the  i8thofy«w; 
of  which  the  vigilant  Queen  Mary  was  no  foonef 
informed,  but  (he  fent  Orders  to  Admiral  Torrlngton 
to  fight  the    Enemy  v^hereever  he  fhould  meet 
him.    Accordingly,  on  the  24th  of  June  that  Ad- 
miral fiil'd  from  St.  Helens^  the  Wind  at  North- 
Eaft,  and  flood  towards  the  French  Fleet,  which 
was  feen  the  Evening  before  off  of  Frejh'vpater-Gzi^ 
in  the  Ifle  oilVtght^  but  the  Wind  taking  them  fhort, 
he  came  to  an  Anchor  oS  oi  Dunncfe^  within  Five 
Leagues  of  the  Enemy,  who  at  Eight  the  next 
Momiiig  were  at  Compton-Bay,  and  in  the  Afternoon 
of  the  lame  Day,  feveral  Dutch  Men  of  War  join'd 
tht  Englijh  Fleet,  as  did  ibme  other  Englijh  Men 
of  War,  that  had  been  Cruifing  abroad    On  thef^^  ^'i^ 
50th  of  J«w,  the  day  before   the   Battle  of  thevj^'*"'^ 
Boyne,  the  two  Fleets  dreNV  up  in  Lines  off  oiBeachy^  rsumnd 
and  about  Nine  in  the  Morning,  the  Dutch  having  Prtnch 
the  Vanguard,  began  the  Fight,  as  alfo  did  Ibme  oinietsAvm 
the  Englsjh ;  but  not  being  feconded  by  the  reft  of  jq, 
the  Engiijh  Fleet,  which  unexpeitedljr  ftood  a- 
^ay,  (everal  of  the  Dutch  Ships  were  either  Burnt, 
Sunk,  or  Difabled  ;  and  the  EngUJh  far'd  but  little 
better,  for  foch  as  engag'd  ?vere  very  much  Batter- 
ed.   The  FigEt  continued  frotn  Morning  to  Even- 
ing, the  Dutch  maintaining  their  Stations  widi  fy 
much  Refbliition  and  Obflinaty  againft  the  wholes 
French  Fofce,  which  confifled  01  Eighty  Two  Men 
of  War^  that  they  had  much  ado  to  eicape  being 

Go  att 


194  ^^  ^^f2^  ^f  ^^*!g 

A.  C.  alldeftroy'd.In  this  uncqu'.l  Fight , they  loft  amortgfl 
1690.  other  Officers,  Rear- Admiral  san  Dick^^  Rear-Ad- 
—  miral  Bmckrly  p.nd  Captain  Nordcl  ^  and  rhc-  BngUfhy 
Captain  Br)//: '?w  CapLaiaPwwiro^,  with  Two  Cap* 
tains  ofmc  M-^rin*!  Regiments.  Admiral  Totring^ 
ton  was  afrer\':irrls  hn.i:Jit  to  his  Trial,  where  he 
pleaded  the  I:v(,i  diiv  of  Strength,  and  the  Difl 
advantage  cf  the  W  ind,  and  was  thereupon  acquit- 
ted ,  but  ntvcrthi'k;^  his  Reputation  was  never 
fully  cleared,  till  thi:  htrcr  end  of  the  Year  1697. 
that  fevcral  Frcr.ch  Officers,  who  had  been  in  the 
Engagement,  c:ming  over  into  England  ^hcr  the 
Peace  (when  thev  could  not  be  (uTpefted  of  any 
partial  Defign)  did  loudly  juflifie  the  Earl's  Con- 
Gu6b,  and  /aid,  hedcfcrvd  rather  to  be  recom- 
pensM  than  cenliir'd :  fince  he  had  prelenr'd  the 
beft  pan  of  the  Fleet  trom  being  totally  de- 
ftroyd. 

The  News  of  the  Advantage  got  by  the  French  at 
Sea  had  no  fboner  reached  London^  but  the  Fears 
of  a  Delcent  created  a  general  Conftemation, 
which  immediately  fpread  it  lelf  thro'  the  whole 
Kingdom.  The  Queen  was  not  ignorant  of  the  Dan- 
ger, but  as  if  flic  had  fliar'd  her  Heroe'sCouface, 
as  well  ns  his  Throne  her  grctic  Soul  made  her 
appear  wirh  her  wonted  Tranquillity  and  with  that 
Serene  Majeftic  Air,  which  both  commanded  Love 
and  Refoeft  from  h?r  Subjc6ls,  and  infpir'd  them 
with  Valor  and  P.efblution.  She  forgot  nothing 
that  the  moft  a£bive  Prudence  could  fuggeft,  as  fit 
to  be  done  infiich  a  Jun£lure  without  Hurry  or  a 
too  vifiblc  Concern.  She  (cxur'd  the  Peace  of  the 
^  .    Nation,  by  ftizmg  on  thole  eminently  dififFeiled 

APfocia^  *  Perfons  that  might  have  difturbed  it.    She  took 


ijfut  d  out  -----  -  -     - 

§19  tbi  t^th 

9f  JuIy  fvr  Jpfrehindirtgtht  Earls  of  LitchfiMf  Ailcsbury,  snd  Ca« 
ftlemam }  the  Urds  Montgomery,  Prcfton,  and  Behfyfe  ;  Str  Ed- 
ward Hales,  Sir  Robert  Thorold,  Sir  Robert  HamiJron,  Sir  The- 
ophiltts  Oglethorp,  Colhml  Sackvile,  UeutenMnt  Colimel  Duncan 
Abercromy,  UtnUnMnt  Colknel  Ricbardfbn,  Major  Soaper,  Captain 
Lloyd,  William  Fen,  Edmond  EUioc  Efy;  Marmaduke  Langdale 
ajqi  0nd  Edwacd  Rutttrt 

care 


I  dpq. 


^  ILtl  AUthe  Third,  19^ 

I         icare  to  put  the  Militia  in  a  Condition  to  fccond    A.  C 
I  the  Army,  and  at   the   fame  time  fhe   gave  out 

^  Commillions  to  put  the  Army  in  a  Condition  to 

oppole  the  Enemy.    But  her  principnl  Care  was  to 
£ncourace  the  Seamen,  and  to  engage  the  Oflficcrs 
of  the  Fleet  to  a  vigorous  Performance  of  their 
Duty.    The  Lord  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  and  the 
Lieutenancy  of  London^  were  not  wanting,  on  this 
Critical  Junfturc,  to  exprefi  their  Zeal  and  Affefti- 
on  for  the  Government,  for  attending  ^er  Ma- 
jefty  in  Council,  they  declared  the  unanimous  Re* 
(blution  of  the  City  to  Defend  and  Preferve  their 
Majeftics,  and  their  Government  with  the  hazard 
of  tneir  Livrs»  and  the  utmoft  of  their  Power  j  Re- 
prefenting,  withall,  to  Hcr^  Majefty,  That  the  fe* 
veral  Regiments  of  the  Militia  of  the  City  confift- 
itig  of  about  Nine  Thousand  Men  werecompleac 
in  their  Numbers,  well  ArmM  and  appointed,  and 
ready  to  be  raisM  immediately  and  to  proceed  in 
their  Majefties  Service.    That  the  Lieutenancy  alfo 
had  rclblv'd,  that  Six  Regiments  of  the  Auxiliaries  . 
fhould  be  rais'd  for  the    Service;   and   that  the 
Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Commons,  in  Coun- 
cil Affembled ,  had  unanimoufly  refolv'd  by  the 
Voluntary  Contribution  of  themfelves  and  other 
Citizens ,   forthwith  to  ftt  out  a  large  Regiment 
of  Horft,    and  a   Thoufand  Dragoons   for  their 
Majefties  Service,  and  to  maintain  them  at  thcif 
own  Charge  for  a  Month,   or  longer,   if  there 
fliould  be  Occafion.    And  they  pray*d  Her  Ma- 
jefty  to  nominate  and  appoint  Officers  to  Com- 
mand them,  which   the   Queen  jjromis'd  to  do : 
and  moreover  thank*d  them  for  their  Readinefs  ana 
Loyalty  on  this  Occafion.    On  the  other  Hand,  the 
Trench  after  their  ViSory  rowed  their  Gallies  to- 
wards  Torbaj,  and  then  (ent  their  Boats  afhore  at 
Tin^month^  and  ftt  the  Village  and  three  (mall  YtC- 
ftls  m  that  Harbour  on  Fire ;  but  at  the  Approach  or 
the  Militia,  Commanded  by  the  Lord  L/tnfJovpne^ 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  County  of  Devon  and  Com- 
vpaU,  they  retired  into  iheir  Ships  again,  carrying  ofT 
fomc  Sheep,  with  other  inconfiderable  Bqoty,  and 
then  returned  to  Breft.    And  thus  were  rhe  great 
Defigns  both  of  the  French  and  of  the  Diiconten- 

.  Oo'  2r  *ted 

\ 


196  the  Reign  of  Hi^g 

A.  C.  ted,  entirely  baffled  by  the  Vigilance  of  Queeii 

1690.    JMary. 

ii^^N^  Nor  was  Her  Majefty'sCare  of  AfFairsconfin'd 
within  Her  own  Dominions,  for  while  She  put  Her 
fclf  in  a  Pofturc  of  Defence  at  Home,  She  diC- 
patch  Mr.  Harbord  to  the  Stares  General  to  let  theni 
know,  how  much  Her  Mujtllywas  concerned  at 
die  Misfortune  that  had  befairn  their  Squadron  in 
the  late  Engagement,  and  at  their  not  having  been 
Seconded  as  they  ought  to  have  been,  which  mat- 
ter  HerMajeftyhad  direfted  to  be  examined  into, 
in  order  to  recompenft  ihofe  that  had  done  their 
Duty,  and  to  putiHn  (uch  as  fliould  be  found  to  have 
dcfcrv'd  it.  That  Her  Majefty  had  given  Or- 
dcrs  for  Rch* ting  the  Dutch  Ships  that  were  Difi- 
bled,  at  Her  own  Charge,  and  CommaHded  that 
all  poflible  Care  fliould  be  taken  of  the  Sick  and 
Wounded  Seamen,  and  that  Rewards  fliould  be 
given  to  the  Widows  of  thoft  that  were  killM,  be- 
Eaving  themfelves  bravely  in  the  Fight,  to  encou- 
rage others  to  do  well  for  the  Future.  Moreover 
Mr.  Htfrior  J  told  the  States,  that  Her  Majelly  had 
ordcrM  Twelve  great  Ships  to  be  forthwith  fitted 
out,  and  that  Her  Majefty  hop'd  the  States  would 
likewife  do  their  utmoft  to  Reinforce  their  Fleet  in 
this  Conjunfture.  And  laftly  he  acquainted  them 
tvith  the  King's  happy  Succefles  in  Ireland,  The 
States  received  this  Meflage  with  great  Satisfaftion, 
and  unanimoufly  refblv'd  to  fit  out  immediately  i  j 
Capital  Ships,  and  6Frigats. 

To  fee  the  Frc^ich  Matters  at  Sea,  and  the  Engli/h 

obliged  to  turn  their  Backs  to  that  very  Enemy 

whom  they  had  fo  often  beaten,   and  upon  that 

very  Element  which  Nature  and  the  Pofleflion  of 

many  Ages  has  made    properly  their  own,    as  it 

could  not  but  appear  ftrange  in  the  Eyes  of  all 

*  Modtft    Chriftendom,  fo  it  could  not  Dut  raife  the  Curiofity 

inquiry  ill-  of  all  true  Lovers  of  England  to  enquire  into  the 

/#  the      Source  and  Caufe  of  fo  Important  an  Event.    A- 

^u       r    ^^"2  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^""^  ^^^  ^  *  P^^^P^^^t  Publifli'd  a- 
nfrJ^^w    fe^^^^!i"  time,    wherein  the  Author  charges  the 
*  *  *r*    T^.^«.  «    .      '  '      calls  the  Lambeth^ 

ipal  Managers  of 
fr^wA  Fleet  into 

the 


WILLIAM  thethird.  197 

he  Channel.    He  alledges,  *  That  the  firft  ftep  the  A.  G 
Clergy  made,  was  thj  waiting  againft  the  takjng  the    iCqq, 
new  Oaths  to  their  MajeJlieSy  enjoyndthem  h-^^of^^^^ 
Parliament  \  and  the  buzzing  into  the  Ears  of  their 
Votaries,  the  unlawfulnefs  of  thofe  Oaths^  and  the 
continuing  night  of  J^ing  ]zTncs  to  the  Crown.  That 
there  being  very  few  ofthe  DifafFe£led  Clergy  that 
had  the  Courage  to  lay  down  their  ftaces  for  the 
Oaths,  the  next  ftep  of  the  Plot  was  to  cheat  the  5/^^/  rf 
World  and  their  own  Confciences  with  the  ridlcii-  ^h^  Jacp* 
lous  diftinftion  of  taking  the  Oaths  to  a  King  de  ^^  ^^^^ 
FaBo^  and  not  de  Jure  ;  which  was  as  much  as  to 
fsLy,   that  their  Majefties  were  not  Lawful  an4 
Rightful  King  and   Queen  of  England^    but  die 
FaSo  only,  that  is  in  Englijh^  downrif^ht  Vfurpert^ 
That  this  Diftin>StIon  did  no  only  give  (cope  to 
take  the  Oaths  to  their  Majefties,  but  alio  to  pray 
for  them  by  Name  in  their  Pulpits ;  though  ibme 
of  more  Sincerity  than  the  reft,  would  not  pray  for 
them  by  Name  at  all,  and  yet  to  prevent  any 
trouble  from  the  Law,  they  wifely  pray'd  in  gene- 
ral Terms  for  the  King  and  Queen,  which  might 
be  taken  either  for  King  James  aqd  Queen  Mdry^ 
or  King  Pf^liiam  and  Queen  Marj^ ;  ai^d  others  of 
a  more  nice  Stomach  yet,  would  not  pray  for  the 
King  and  Queen,but/(?r  thel^ng  and  the  Hoyal  Family. 
^That  the  Plot  being  lame  bccaufe  the  Machmcs  that 
mov'd  it  were  debarred  froni  the  Pulpit,  it  was 
found  out  that  the  A£fc  of  Parliament  enjoyning^  the 
Oaths  to  their  Majefties^  admitting  of  (bmc  fevoura- 
rable  Interpretation  in  Law  ,   upon  the  part  of 
thofe  that  only  Preached,  but  had  no  Cure  of  Souls : 

Thereupon    Dr.  51—^ one  of    the  greateft 

Champions  mounted  the  Chair  firft,  with  the  loud 
Acclamations  of  the  Party,  and  as  an  Introdudi. 
on  to  his  Sermon,  gave  his  Auditors  an  account  o£ 
the  happy  difeovery  lie  had  made  of  S>  great  a 
^  Bleifing,  4s  his  having  Liberty  po  Preach  to  them,  not* 
^  withjianding  the  A&  of  Parliament  about  takjng  the 
*  Odtbs.^  That '  he  was  foUow'd  by  a  great  man7, 
^both  in  tonden  and  in  the  Country,  who  partljr 
^  by  ftealth,  and  partly  by  the  Pious  Zeal  or  (bme 
^^  ot  their os^a  iof\  cf  Cbuicb-Warden;^  got  up.iii*. 


A;    C 


Thi  Jaco- 
bites 

prayer  for 

K.  James. 


The  Reign  ef  King 

to  the  Pulpit,  to  'Vrumftt  up  the  People  to  4  DiJJatii' 
fallen  with  the  Government.  That  all  theft  Steps 
of  the  Plot  were  back'd  with  the  Hiftory  of  Pafjive 
Obedience^  which  was  handed  about  la  Triumph 
among  the  Party.  Thar  in  this  Pamphlet  are  mu- 
tter d  a  great  many  Expreliions  of  EngUJh  Di- 
vines, both  Ancient  and  Modern,  although  the 
moft  of  the  Citations  be  far  wide  of  the  Queftion, 
and  refer  only  to  Obedience  to  Magiftracy  in 
General,  and  the  Unlawfulnefi  of  Private  Per- 
(bns  their  ridng  up  againft  the  Government  up- 
on every  frivolous  Pretence.  That  the  next  Eji- 
gineof  tlic  Plot  was  the  happy  Refiilt  of  a  kind  of 
Oecontfmick  Council  of  the  whole  Party ,  The  Li- 
turgy of  the  Church  of  England  muft  be  laid  afide^ 
ana  a  new  one  muft  be  Clalculated  for  the  Meridian 
of  King  James's  tottering  Fortune.That  In  this  New 
Liturgy  ih.'y  pr:iy'd  thus  ;  Heftoreus  again  the  Pub- 
lick.  iVoy^  np  cf  thy  Namc^  the  Reverend  jldmini/lrd" 
tion  cf  tij  Sacraments ;  B^ife  up  the  former  Govern" 
ms7it  both  in  Church  and  Statc^  that  we  may  he  no 
lor.ger  without  Kj'i?.  without  Prieft,  and  without  God 
injhelVoild.  TLic  when  they  came  to  pray  for 
King  James  the  Jacobite  Club  had  exhaufted  all 
their  Rhethorick  and  Zeal  in  the  following  Words, 
ProtcEi  and  Defend  thy  Servant  our  Sovereign  Lord  the 
KJng*^  Strengthen  his  Handstand  the  Hands  of  all  that 
are  put  in  Authority  under  himy  with  Judgnent  and 
Jujiice  to  cut  offallfuch  fVorkers  of  Iniquity  as  turn 
B^ligicn  to  B^bellion^  and  Faith  into  Fa^ion  ;  That 
they  may  never  prevail  againft  us,  or  Triumph  in  the 
Huin  cf  thy  Church  among  us.  To  this  end,  defend  the 
Kjng,  bind  up  his  Soul  in  the  Bundle  of  Life^  and 
let  no  IVeapon  formed  againft  him  pro/per.  Be  unto 
him  a  Helmet  of  Salvation^  and  a  ftrong  Tower  of 
Defence  againft  the  Face  of  his  Enemies.  Let  his 
Hfign  be  projperousj  and  bis  Days  many.  Make  hitn 
Gl^  according  to  the  Days  wherein  thou  haji  Affiled 
him^  and  for  the  Tears  v^herein  thou  haji  made  him 
fuffer  Adverjity.  Give  him  tlje  Necl^s  of  his  Enemies^ 
and  alfo  every  Day  more  and  fpore  the  Hearty  of  his 
Suhfe^is.  As  for  thofe  that  are  ImplacAble^  cloatb  them 
with  Shame  ^  but  ufpn  biwfcl/  iu^d  bisPoJierity  (thsLt 


ro 


VI  ILL  I  A  M  the  Third.    •        199 

*  1$,  the  Prince  of  kValcs )   let  the  Crown  flourifb,  A.  C. 

*  That  the   General  Council  having  Composed  this    1690^ 
^  New  Liturgy-  there  were  above  Ten  Thouland  of 

*  them  Printed  and  difpers'd  up  and  down  among 

*  the  Party,  which  they  us'd  in  their  Cabals,  laying 

*  alide  a  great  part,  and  fome  time  all  the  Oldf  Li* 

*  turfry.    That  there  were  many  of  the  Holy  Club 

*  detach  d  up  and  ^own  to  peruiade  Monied  Peo- 
ple, who  wifti'd  well  to  the  Cauft,  to  contrlbutfe^. 
For  ihc  Subfiftance  of  King  ?/x»kr/s  Cafliier'd  OF- 

*  ficers.    That  King  i4^lliam  being  refolv'd  to  ven- 

*  ture  his  Perlbn  once  more  for  the  Safety  of  thefe 

*  Kingdoms,  his  lourneyto  Ireland  concluded  up« 

*  on,  and  the  moit  and  the  better  DifciplinM  part  of 

*  the  Army  to  attend  His  Majefty,   it  was  impoffi* 

*  ble  to  leave  any  confidcrable  Force  behind  him  in 

*  his  Abfcnce ;  Likewile,  'that  the  Tranfix)rtation  of 

*  the  Queen  of  Spaln^^nd  the  Convoy  of  the  Snehhts 

*  Merchant  men  ,    under   Admiral    Kjllegrew^  had 

*  carried  a  confiderable  part  of  our  Fleet  to  the  Afr-r 
^  diterrenean ;  and  another  part  of  it.  Commanded 
^  by  Sir  Cloudejly  Shovel^  was  to  attend  His  Majefty 

*  and  the  Army  to  Ireland ;  fb  that  the  Grand  Fleet 

*  was  not  to  have  been  fo  confiderable  as  otherwife 

*  It  would  have  been.    That  all  thefe  Circumftances 

*  raIsM  the  Courage  of  the  Plotters,  who  thought 

*  this  the  ovXy  time  to  put  their  Defign  in  Executi- 

*  on.    That  in  order  to  that,  at  one  of  their  Ge- 

*  neral  Meetings  in  London^  where  it  was  neceflary 

*  fome  of  the  Clergy^  (hould  be  prefent  to  bleiS  fti 

*  Pious  a  Work  ,    it  was  concluded  to  prefent  a 

*  Memorial  in  the  Name  of  the  Loyal  and  Dlfirefl  Sub- 

*  jeRs  of  England,  (  fpr  fo  they  nam'd  themfelves  ) 

*  to  his  moft  Chriftian  Majelty ;  humbly  inviting 
^  him  out  of  bis  unparallePd  Goodnefs^   and  for  the 

*  Affeftioa  he  always  bore  ^  to  opjpreft  Virtue  ; 
^  That  he  would  Aflift  them  in  reftoring  their  Law- 

*  (ill  King,  hia  Ancieni  J\\kic  and  Confederate,  to 
^  his  Throne ;  and  in  breaking  the  Yoke  of  Ufiir- 
^  pation,  under  which  thefe  three  Nations  were  at 

*  this  time  fo  heavily  Groauins.    That  there  had 

*  been  two  or  three  Memorials  prefonted  to  the 
I  Brench  King  l^orQ  thts^  ov^r  and  above  a  coi\- 

004  « ftaot 


too  7h€  Reign  pf  King 

A.  C.  *ftantCorrefpondence  betwixt  the  Fr^ i7c&  Miniilef 

x6qo.  ^  of  State,   Monfieur  de  Croijfy^   and  them.    And 

^Y"^*the  Clergy,  who  were  the  great  Contrivers  and 

*  Managers   of  this,   and  who  by  their  Profeflion 

*  are,  for  the  moft  part  extraordinary  credulous  of 
^  any  thing  they  encline  to ,    did   really  believe 

*  that  immediately  upon  the  appearing  of  the  French 

*  Fleet,and  the  burning  of  ours,  (which  they  thought 

*  as  liirc  )  there  would  certainly  be  a  general  In- 
^  furredion  through  a  great  many  Places  of  the 

/  Kingdom,  in  order  to  joyn  them  at  their  Landing, 

*  and  to  declare  for  King  Tames. 

The  Pamphlet,  of  which  I  have  made  this  fhort 

AbftraA,   reflefting  (6  highly  on  the  Non-juring 

Clergy  ;  The  Archbiftiop  of  Canterbury^  the  BiOiops 

of  Norwich  J  Ely^  Bath  and  fVelisj  and  Peterborough^ 

both  in  their  own,  and  in  the  Name  of  their  ablent 

Brother  the  Bifhop  of  Gioccjier,  publifli'd  a  Paper, 

wherein  they  did  (blemnly,  and  in  the  Prelence  of 

yindic0ti^  God,  Proteft  and  Declare.    I.  That  thefe  Accufati^ 

pt  tf  the  ^^^  f,^j}  ^p^^  fjj^yj^  ^f»Yc  ail  of  them  Malicious  Calum* 

•  ^"^'S'    WW,  ahd  Diabolical  Inventions,     II.  That  they  l{new  not 

ing     tf'  ^^^  ^^^  ^1^^  Author   of  the  Nevo  Liturgy^  nor  had  any 

^'  Hand  in  it,  neither  did  they  vfe  it  at  any  time.  III.  That 

$hey  never  held  any  Correjpondence,  direBly  or  indireHly^ 

with  Monfieur  de  Croilly,  or  with  any   other  Minljicr 

pr  Agent   of  France  ;  and  if  arty  fuch  Memorial  had 

teen  frefented  to  the  French  King,  they  never  knew 

any  thing  of  it ;  and  that  they  did  utterly  renounce  bothy 

and  all  other  Invitations,  fuggejled  to  be  made  by  them, 

^  in  order  to  any  Invajion  of  this  Kingdom  by  the  French, 

'  IV.  That  they  utterly   denied  and  difown^d  all  Phts 

char£d  upon  them,  as  contrived  or  carried  on  in  their 

Meetings  /</ Lambeth ;  the  intent  thereof  being  to  ad" 

Vife,  how,  in  their  frefent  Difficulties,  they  might  bejt 

keep    their    Confciences  void  of  Offence  towards  God^ 

and  towards  Man,    V.  That  they  were  fo  far  from  be* 

ing  thp  Authors  or  Abettors  of  England's  Mi/eries,  thas 

they  did,  andjhould  to  their  4lfing  Hour^  heartily  and 

inceffantly  pray  for  the  Peace,  Profperity  and  Glory  of 

England  j  and  Jhould  always,  by  GodU  Graoe,  makf  it 

their  daily  PraSice  to  Jludy  to  be  guiet,  to  bear  their 

Crofs  patiently y  and  to  {eek,  tht  Goo4  of  their  Natipo 

(^o^mry^ 


WI L L I  A  M  /i&^  fhlrl  ioi 

Country,     They  concluded^  T/jat  as  the  Lord  had  taught    A.    C. 
rbem  to  return  Good  for  Evii,  the  unknown  Author  of  the    j  (J90- 
PamfMet  having  endeavoured  to    raife  in  the  whole  y^y^^^\j 
Englifli  Nttion^  fucb  a  Fury  as  might  end  in  f  De-  f  John  Do 
Witting  them^  (a  Bloody  IVordj  but  too  well  underjiood)  Wit  and 
Thty  recommended  him  to  the  Divine  Mercy ^  humbly  be-  his  Brother 
feecbing  God  to  forgive  him.     And  as  they  had  not  long  »*>•#  Af«fw 
y?»ctf,  either  aQually^  or  in  full  fref  oration  of  ^^^^^^^^ 
ha:{ardedali  they  had  in  the  fVor/d  in  cppqfing  ^^P^t  the^zm 
and  Arbitrary  Power  in  England  ;  yS  they  Jhould,  by  g^^    ^^^ 
Go£s   Grace ,    with  greater    T^eal  again  Sacrifice  ^Hfirfi  Psrt 
they  hady  and  their  very  Lives  too^  if  God  Jhould  be  9/ this  W* 
f leased  to  call  them  thereto,  to  prevent  Popery,  and  thefiory. 
Arbritrary  Power  of  France,  from  coming  upon  them^ 
And  prevailing  over  them'^    the  Perfecution   of  their 
Proteftant  Brethren  there  being  frejh^  in  their  Me^ 
fnories. 

Let  us  return  to  Ireland.  Upon  the  Defeat  of  the 
Iri/h  at  the  Bcyne^  King  fVUliam  having  refted  his 
Forces,  the  next  Day  after  the  Fight  lent  MonGeur 
La  Meloniercy  Brigadier  General,  with  fire  Battali- 
ons of  Foot,  and  four  Squadrons  of  HoWe,  to  ia« 
veft  Drogbeda^'wheTe  was  a  great  Magazine  of  Stores. 
The  Governor  at  firft  (eem'd  refolute  to  defend  the 
Place,  and  receivM  Monfieur  La  MeJoniere^s  Sum- 
monswith  great  Contempt;  but  the  King  tending 

him  Word,  That  if  his  Majefty  was  forced  to  bring  his 
Cannon  before  the  Place^  Ije  muji  expect  no  Qifarter  s 
The  Governor  confidering  that  King  Jame/s  Army 
being  defeated,  he  could  expeft  no  Relief,  accep-  DrogidU 
ted  of  the  Conditions  offered  him,  and  march'd  out  ^*^rremired 
with  the  Garrilbn,  which  confifted  of  three  Regi- 
ments and  Ibme  odd  Companies,  having  their 
Baggage  onlv,  but  leaving  all  their  Arms  and 
Stores  Dehina  them . 

On  the  ;d  of  July  the  Duke  of  Ormond  and  Mon- 
ficur  Overkjrl{,  were  detached  with  nine  Troops  ot 
Horfe  to  ftcure  the  Quiet  of  Dublin :  The  next  Day 
His  Majefty,  with  the  whole  Army  marcb'd  the 
£mse  way,  and  on  the  jth  Encamp'd  at  tingles j 
within  two  Miles  of  that  City,  where  he  was  in- 
formed, that  the  late  King  was  Embark'd  at  Waters 
/•r</ With  the  Duke  of  Bm^ifViL  Mr.  fitx-Jmnes^  the 


^0%  The  Reign  of  King 

A.    C.  Lord  Powis^  the  Lord  Tyrconnel^  and  the  French  Bri- 
1,690.    gadicr  the  Marquefi  de  L<rry;That  fome  French  Shipa 
4LOCVI  teing  arrived  at  Kingfale,  many  that  had  fled  from 
the  Battle  pofted   thither  to  get    Embarcations  ; 
That  the  greateft  Body  of  the  Irifh  went  towards 
jiMone;   That  within  Six  and  Twenty  Miles  of 
Dublin  there  was  not  an  Enemy  in  Arms,  and  that 
^here  could  not  be  any  where  above  jcoo  together, 
whereof  the  French  might  be  fiippos'd  to  make 
5/00.    That    300  of  the  Smfs  or  Germans  had  de- 
ferted  the  Enemy ;  That  the  Town  of  Wexford^ 
had  declared  for  His  Majefty ;  and  that  Sligo  was 
abandoned  by  the  Irijb. 
Xing  Wil.    ^}^^  6th  o(  July,  being  Sunday,  King  yVilIsm 
liasn  #ff-  ^°^  ^^  ^  Triumphant  Manner  into  Dublin,    and 
ttrs  Dub.  went  direftlv  to  St.  PatriclCs  Church,  the  Cathe- 
Bn,  July  dral  of  that  Metropolis,  to  pay  God  Almighty  his 
C  Pious  Acknowledgements  for  hii  late  Vi6lory,  The 

Bifliops  of  Meath  and  Umrick,  attended  His  Majefty 
on  this  occafiow,  and  all  the  Services  of  the  Church 
being  folemnly  perform'd,  Dr.  King  Preach'd  a 
Sermon  about  the  Power  of  Providence  of  God, 
in  Protefting  his  People,  and  Defeating  their  Ene- 
luies.  The  old  Mayor  and  Aldermen  waited  on 
His  Majefty,  and  the  People  endeavoured  by  all 
poffible  Demonftrations  of  Joy  to  exprefi  their  juft 
fcnfe  of  their  great  and  happy  Deliverance.  In  the 
Afternoon  the'King  retuni  a  to  the  Can^p.  where 
nis  Deels^  *^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  Publifli'd  his  Royal  Dcclara^ 
ration ifer\^^^  \  *  Promlfing  both  his  Pardon  and  Pro- 
inj^  prs^  [  teftion  to  all  the  People  of  the  Kingdom  of  Jrr- 
'  land,  who  either  remained  at  home,  or  having  fled 
from  their  Dwellings,  (hould  by  the  firft  Day  ot 
jluguji  next  repair  to  their  ufiial  Places  of  Abode  ; 
(urrendring  up  what  Arms  they  had  to  fuch  Juftices 
of  the  Peace  as  His  Majefty  fhould  appoint.  But 
as  for  the  delpcrate  Leaders  of  the  prelent  Rebel- 
lion, who  had  violated  thole  Laws  by  which  the 
Kingdom  of  Ireland  is  united  and  inseparably 
annexed  to  the  Imperial  Crown  of  England ;  who 
hadcall'd  in  the  French  ;  who  had  authcMrizM  all 
Violences  and  Depredations  againft  the  Pro- 
teftants  j  9^^  who  reje<a€d  the  Gracious  Paidon, 


Ulfim  t9 
/Afjrifh, 
July  7. 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //;(?  Third.  205 

His  Majefty  offer'd  them  in  his  Proclamation  of  A.   C. 
the  axd  oi  ¥ebrmry  i68*,  as  His  Majefty  was    1690. 
now,  by  God's  great  Favour,  in  condition  to  make  >'W< 
them  feifible  o\  their  Errors,  (b  he  was  refolv'd 
to  leave  them  to   the  Event  of  War,  unlefs  by 
great  and  manlfeft  Demonftrations,  he  fhould  be 
convinced  they  deferv'd  his  Mercy ,which  he  fliould 
never  refufe  to  thofe  who  were  truly  Penitent. 
On  the  9th  the  King  decamp'd  from  ¥inglas^  and 
divided  his  Army  into  two  Bodies^  with  the  greater 
His  Majefty  march'd  to  Crumlin^  three  Miles  on 
the  South  of  Dublin ;   and  the  other,  confifting  01 
Four  Regiments  of  Horle,  Two  of  Dragoons,  and 
Ten  of  Foot,  was  lent  towards  Athlone^  under  the 
Command  of  Lieutenant  General  Douglas.     The 
next  Day  His  Majefty  iflued  out  a  Proclamation,  ^  _,    , 
whereby  to  cafe  his  Sublets  of  'the  great  Oo^^^r'^ 


*  height ;  He  thought  fit  to  reduce  the  Value  oFthe 

*  (aid  Copper  Monev  to  the  Value  or  Standard  of 

*  the  like  Copper  Monev  formerly  Current  in  Ire^ 

*  land.  His  Majefty ,  having  left  Brigadier  Tr^- 
lawn}  to  Command  at  Dublin^  with  Five  Regi- 
ments of  Foot  and  One  ot  Horfe,advanc'd  as  far  as 
Inchiquire^  XX  Miles  beyond  Dublin j  in  his  way  to 
J^ik^nny, 

Lieutenant   General  Douglas^  with  his  Detach- ^^y^jj^ 
ment,  having  reach'd  Athlone  on  the  1 7th  of  July^  ^^tinlj  au 
(ent  a  Drummer  to  Summon  it;  But  Coll.  Grace^ tempted  ky 
the  Governor,  a  fturdy  rejR>lute  Man,  fir'd  a  Piftol  Ooi^las. 
at  the  Meflcnger,  faying,  That  fuch  mrc  the  Terms 
he  was  for.    Upon  this  impertinent  Anfwer,  Douglas 
refblv'd  to  attack  the  Place,though  it  beifig  ftrong  by 
SituacioQ,  and  defended  by  a  Caftle,  his  Force  was 
by  much  unanfwerable  to  his  Undertaking.  ^  How- 
ever he  immediately  planted  two  Field  Pieces  to 
prejudice  the  Enemies  Guns,  and  order'd  Falcines 
to  be  made  in  order  to  fill  up  the  Ditch.    Having 
^ndh'd  a  Battery  of  Six  Guns  by  dje  i^th,  the 
Sefieg^ry  ma4c  a  BrcA^h  ip,  cl^e  Cattle,  b\it  it  beinr 

botl 


i04  "^^^  Reign  of  KtPfg 

A.  C  ^^^  too  finall  and  too' high  for  an  Aflault,  it  was 
1 690.  Ijrudently  laid  afide.  Nevcrtkelefi  the  Firing  con- 
•  ^^yj>^  tinued  very  brisk  on  both  fides ;  but  the  Beiiegers 
having  loft  Mr.  Neifon  their  beft  Gunner,  and  tneir 
Cavalry  fiiftering  very  much  for  want  of  F6rragc  ^ 
and  at  the  fame  time  it  being  reported  that  Sanfieid 
was  advancing  with  ijoco  Men  to  relieve  that 
Place,  Douglas  \ic\d  a  Council  ot  War,  wherein  it 
was  thought  fit  to  raiftthe  Siege,  which  he  accord- 
ingly did  on  the  zjth,  having  loft  near  Four  Hun- 
dred Men  before  the  Town,  the  greateft  part  of 
whom  died  of  Sicknefs. 

The  King,  in  the  mean  time,  moving  WeffwarJ, 
jr,>rg Wij. reached   KJIUBulleyi  Bridge  on  the    nth  or    July. 
fiam         That  Morning  palling  by  the  Nefsj  and^  feeing  a 
Jhikts  m    Soldier  robbing  a  poor  Woman,  His  Majefty  was 
Sildiir,     ib  enragM  at  it,  that  Hefirft  gave  the  Fellow  ftvcr 
ral  Blows  with  his  Cane,  and  then  commanded  that 
both  he,  and  (bme  others  Guilty  of  the  like  Crimes, 
H//  jffiion^^^^^  ^^  Hang*d  the  Monday  following.     Some 
DifcwJ    People  reflefted  on  this  Adiion  of  the  King's.  i% 
mtnded.     being  both  mean  in  a  Sovereign,  at  any  time  to  lay 
Hands  upon  his  Subje£t  ^  and  cruel,  to  infiift  a 
Capital  Punifliment  on  one,  whom  he  hath  already 
correfted  for  his  Fault.   From  this  we  may  obferve, 
that  the  moftElevatedSouls  are  not  altogether  (b  free 
from  Pillions,  but  that  the  Man  breaks  oftentimes 
through  the  Heroe,    However,  this  exemplary  Ex- 
ccution  ftruck  the  Soldiers  with  (iich  a  Terror,  that 
the    Country  was   fi-eed  from   all  Violence'!  du- 
ring the  whole  March  to  Commalin^  CafiU'Durmont^ 
and  (b  beyond  C^J'/ow;  from  whence  His  Majefty 
detach'd  the  Duke  of  Omtondj  with  a  Party  of 
Horfe  to  take  Poflefiion  of  Ji^lkfnny^  and   (6  to  ft- 
cure  the  Proteftants  and  other  Inhabitants  of  the 
adjacent  Countries  from  being  Plundered  by  the  E- 
ncmy ;  who  by  this  time  began  to  look  behind,  and 
committed  great  Depredations.    From  Carlow  the 
Army  maroi'd  on  to  K^Us^  thence  to  Lou^Und* 
Bridge,  and   fo  to  Bc;;«er r-Bridge ;  and  on  the  1  oth 
of  July  His  Majefty  was  Iplendidly  entertairfd  at 
Dinner  by  the  Duke  of  Ormond^   at  his  ©race's 
Caftlc  oi  Ktllienny^  which  had  die  good  luck  tabav4 

l?eca 


•    *      •  { 


WILL  \  AM  the  ThirJ.  205 

been  prefervM  by  Co\mx,Lau:{un^  with  all  the  Goods  A.  C. 
and  Furniture,  over  and  above  a  Cellar  plentifully    |  (jp^^ 
Stored.    On  the  2.1ft  the  Army  Encamp'd  at  C^r- ^^y^^ 
rick,^  from  whence  M^r  General  A^V^,  with  his 
own  Regiment,  and  Collonel  Brewns^   as  alfo  a 
Party  of  Horfe,  was  fcnt  towards  H^aterford,    Kjrk, 
being  arrived  before  the  Place,  difpatch'd  a  Trum- 
pet to  Summon  the  Town,  who  at  firft  refiis'd  to 
Surrender,  there  being  two  Regiments  then  in  Gar- 
rifon.    However,  their  Anfwcr  was  (b  Civil,  that 
their  Inclination  were  eafily  underftood ;  for  (bon 
after  they  lent  out  to  know  what  Terms  they  might 
have,  which  were  theftmc  with  Dro^heda  \  But  not 
liking  tho(c,they  proposed  (bme  of  their  own,  which  Water* 
Were  rejeftcd,  and  tne  hej^vy  Cannon  drawn  down  ford  5iir- 
that  way,  and  (bme  more  Forces  ordcr'd  to  march. '"'"^'•'^^f 
The   Irifh   being  informed   of  thcfe    PreparationfiJ^^y  ^S^ 
thought  it  advileable  not  to  put  themlelves  to  Extre- 
mities, and  thereupon  agreed  to  march  out  with 
Arms  and  Baggage  on  the  zjth,  and  (b  were  Con- 
duced to  Mallow.    The  Fort  Duncannonj  a  Place  of 
Strength,  which  Commands  the   River  oi  Vyater- 
ford,  was  alfo  Surrender'd  into  His  Majefty's  Hands  ^™f<^ 
upon  the  fame  Articles  with  V^atcrford},   which  "^"^^j^* 
laft  Place  was  vievvM  by  the  King  the  Day  It  wasjuiy  ^5, 
given  up.    Here  His  Majefty  took  care  that  no 
reribns  mould  be  moleft'd,  and  among  the  reft  the 
Lord  Dover  was  admitted  to  a  more  particular  Pro* 
teftion  from  His  Majefty,^  as  having  formerly  ap-- 
plied  himfelf,  when  the  Ring  was  at  HUsborough^  by 
Major  General  KjrlC^  means,  to  defire  a  Pafi  for 
himfelf  and  Family  to  Flanders.    The  Lord  George 
Howard  did   likewile  embrace  His  Majeftles  Mer* 

On  the  27th  of  July  the  Kin^g  left  the  Camp  at 
CarricK ,  and  went  to  Dublin,^  m  order  to  Embark  K'ng  Wlf- 
for  England,  This  ludden  ftop  in  His  Majefty's  Pro-  liam 
grcfs occaGonM  various  Speculations;  for  it  argu'd^'^^''  ^^ 
cither  that  his  Affairs  in  England  were  in  no  plealing  ^rmy* 
Pofture,  or  that  he  defpair'd  of  Reducing  Ireland 
this  Campaijgn ;   Tyrconncl  and  Laus^un  having  ga- 
thered a  connderablc  number  of  Forces  in  and  about 
Limerick^^  and  given  the  Command  of  that  Impor- 
tant 


±o6  The  Reign  of  /^in^ 

A.   C.  tant  Place  to  Monfieur  BoiffeUau^  a  Reiblute  and 
I  dpo.   Experienc'd  Officer.    Others  df  more  refin^  Poli- 
ticKS  afcrib'ditto  a  deeper  Delign,  as  if  His  Ma- 
jefty  had  been  willing  to  draw  tne  Irijh  War  into 
length  both  to  make  nimfelf  more  nCceflar^ ,  to  cn- 
clinc  his  Englijh  Subjefts  to  lay  afide  their  private 
Difcontcnts  and  Divlfions,  at  the  Prolpeft  of  their 
Common  Danger:  andtoufe  thera,  by  degrees,  to 
bear  the  Burden  or  Taxes,  which  were  nece/Iary  to 
be  railed,  to  carry  on  a  vigorous  War  againft  France. 
Whatever  was  the  Reafon,  His.Majefty  left  the 
Command  of  the  Army  to  Count  Solmes  ^2nd  lay  that 
Ktght  at  Carlow^  but  upon  fbme  Advices  from  Eng-^ 
landy  expreft  himfelf  doubtiul  whether  to  go  over 
or  return  to  the  Camp.    However  he  went  to  C/jaf- 
fet-  l^ard^  and  fptTii  there  Ibme  time  to  hear  divers 
Complaints,  and  redrefs  feveral  Grievances.    Here 
he  likewife  ordered  a  Weekly  Faft,  and  publifh'd  a 
Secon4  Declaration  to  confirm  the  former,  in  Fa- 
vour of  all   poor   Labourers,  Common  Soldiers, 
Country  Farmers,  Ploughmen,  (3c.  and  declaring 
?^        A  wJthal,   **  That  if  thofe  of  Superiour  Rank  and 
£c'.rau.'^^^^y^  and  alfofuch  as  had  bom  Office  under 
^^^y^     \\"  Hisrvlajefty's  Enemies,  whether  Military  orCi- 
'  '*'vil,  fliould  by  the  ayihDay  of  that  Month  of 

*^  Auguft^  Surrender  themfelves  to  his  Obedience, 
*'  and  mould  be  content  during  the  Rebellion  of  that 
**  Kingdom .  to  betake  themfelves  to  fuch  Town  or 
*'  City  as  fliould  be  ajllgn'd  them,  they  fliould  be 
*'  fecure  in  their  Lives,  and  have  the  Liberty  of 
"  fiich  Town  or  City;  and  if  they  were  Deftitutc 
*'  and  in  Want,  fliould  alio  have  a  Subfiftance  al- 
'Mow'd  them,  according  to  their  refpeftivetjuall- 
*'  lities.  As  to  Strangers,  of  what  Nation  itXi^ttT^ 
•'  who  had  taken  Service  in  that  Kingdom  againft 
"  His  Makfty,  He  did  further  declare, That  if tlie^ 
**  fliould  roriake  the  Enemy,  and  come  into  his 
•*  Qiiurters  within  the  time  afore(aid,  they  fliould 
*' not  only  receive  His  Majcfty'sProteftion,  whilft 
*'  they  were  in  the  Kingdom,  but  forthwith  have 
**  Pa(ports  given  them  to  go  direftly  home  into'their 
*'  retoedive  Countries.  But  if  theft  Manifeftations 
"  of  nis  Grace  and  Favour  fliould  not  be  valued  as 

"they 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //-ftf  ThirJ.  ^<yj 

*'  tKey  deferved  ;    or  if  any  (hpuld  perfifl:  in  that  A.   C 
**  Barbarous  and  Unchriftian  way  of  Burning  and    1690. 
"  Defblation,  which  in  (bme  Places  had  of  late  been  vy'YSi 
"  praftisM,  His  Majcfty  fliould  hold  himfelf  diC 
"charg'd   of  thofe  Coiifequences  and  Calamities 
*'  which  muft  inevitably  follow,  fince  thofi:  who 
**  were  obftinate  againft  his  Mercy  became  the  Au- 
*'  thors  of  their  own  Confufion. 

About  this  time  the  King  having  a  farther  Ac- 
count from  England^  that  the  Defigns  of  the  Male- 
contents  were  difcoverM  and  prevented,  the  lofi  at 
Sea  repaired,  and  thsit  the  French  had  only  burnt  one 
fmall  Village  in  the  VFeft  of  England,  and  fo  gone  ^'  /^r* 
off  again,  He  refolv'd  to  return  to  the  Army,  which'*  L,a'\. 
on  the  4th  Day  of  Augufi  He  found  Encamp'd  at"'-''  ^"^ 
Golden-Bridge,  and  bv  the  7th  reach'd  Cnrrickellijh^ 
a  Place  within  five  Miles  from  Limerick ,  where 
Lieutenant  General  Dau^as  join'd  him.  The  nc*t 
Day  in  the  Morning  the  Earl  of  Pot  Hand  and  Briga- 
dier Stewart  were  detach'd  towards  Limericl^.  with 
90oHorfe,  and  laoo  Foot,  who  advanced  within 
Cannon-fhot  of  theTown,with  little  oppofition  from 
the  Enemy  ;  and  in  the  Evening  the  King  himfelf 
accompanied  by  Prince  George^  Monficur  Ovcrk^l^^ 
Lieutenant  General  Gink}e,  and  feveral  other  great 
Officers,  with  about  2.00  Horfe,  Went  to  view  the 
Pofture  of  the  Enemy,and  the  Avenues  to  theTown. 
On  the  9th  the  whole  Army  decampM  at  Five  in 
the  Morning,  and  made  their  Approaches  in  excel- 
lent order,  aoo  Horfe  and  Dragoons,  with  1000 
choftn  Foot,  leading  the  Van.  The  Country  be- 
ing full  of  Hedges  and  Ditches,  the  Pioneers  were 
immediately  employed  to  cut  down  the  firft  and  fill 
up  the  latter,  which  was  no  iboner  done  but  the 
Army  advanc'd,  and  drove  the  Enemy  before  them 
till  they  came  to  a  narrow  Pais  between  two  Bogs, 
within  half  a  Mile  of  the  Town,  which  was  noc 
above  i  yo  Yards,  and  this  befides  full  of  Hedges 
and  other  Incumbrances.  In  this  Pafiwere  Lanes 
leading  to  the  Town,  in  the  middlembft  of  which, 
being  the  broadeft,  Itood  the  Irijh  Horle,  and  to 
the  Right  and  Left  of  which  the  Hedges  were  lined 
with  MuQiueteers.    The  detach'd  Party  of  EngUjh 

Foot 


ao8  Tfje  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.   Fdot  was  upon  the  Advance  towards  the  Centcf , 
1690.   ^^^  Horfe  a  little  to  the  Right  of  them,  the  Dancj  to 
^^,^-*yX^  the  Left,  and  the  Blue-  Duchj  with  feveral  EnHifh 
Regiments  upon  the  Right»    Whiift  theft  thmgs 
were  going  on  thus,  the  King  ordered  two  field- 
Pieces  towards  the  Left,  where  they  could  bear  up- 
on the  Enemies  Horfe,  and  fir'd  from  thence  with 
Ho  cood  Succefs,  that  the  Enemy  fbon  quitted  that 
Poft.    At  the  lame  time  Collonel  Earl  led  on  his 
Fool  who  march'd  with  fo  much  Bravery,  though 
the  Enemy  made  a  great  Fire  through  theHedce, 
that  ihey  torc*d  them  to  retire,  and  continued  tEL 
Hedge  Fight  for  two  Hours,  driving  the/riy&  under 
the  very  Walls  of  the  Town,  poffeifing  themfel  ves 
of  two  advantageous  Polls,   call'd  Crommirs  Fort 
and  the  Old  Chaff  eU  and  being  hardly  ftop'd  tnere 
by  the  Orders  His  Majefty  fcnt  them.    Thereupon 
the  Infh  ply'd  our  Forces  with  their  great  Guns, 
that  kilrd  (bme  few  Men  as  they  marchM  in,  which 
the  whole  Army  did  by  Five  in  the  Afternoon,  and 
moft  of  them  Encamp  d  within  Cannon- (hot.   The 
Danes,   according  to  their  Poft,  EncampM  to  the 
Left,  where  they  found  ati  old  Fort  built  by  their 
Anceftors,  of  which  they  were  not  a  little  Proud, 
and  from  whence  they  fired  three  or  four  Field- 
Pieces  upon  the  Iri/h^  that  lay  Intrenched  betweea 
them  and  the  Town.    Orders  were  alfo  given  forth- 
with to  plant  four  Field-Pieces  on  CromweWs  (alias 
Iretons )  Fort  to  play  upon  the  Town  from  the 
Outworks. 
^    •  -        The  Army  being  pofted,  the  King  ftnt  a  Trum- 
sie  e9f    P^^^^  ^^^^  ^  Summons  to  the  Town.  A  great  ma- 
tlmtnck  ^y  ^f  f^^  Garrifbn  were  for  Capitulating :  but  Mon- 
Aug.  g.  'fieur  Boiffeleau  the  Govemour,  the  Duke  of  Ber^ 
wicl^j  and  Collonel  5<jrjr^/</  oppos'd  it  with  a  great 
deal  of  Heat,  faying,  there  were  great  Divifions, 
and  even  an  a6lual  Infiirredlion  in  Englandy  that  the 
Dauphin  was  landed  there  with  a  great  Army,  and 
that*the  Prince  of  Orange  would  quickly  be  obligli 
to  withdraw  his  Forces  tni^her.  Hereupon  Boiffeleau 
(ent  the  Trumpet'cj^back  with  a  Letter  Dire<5ed  to 
Sir  I{pi;crt  Southvfell  Secretary  of  State,  ( to  avoid  the 
}>lunt  Rudenels  of  Addreiiing  (limiclif  dire£lly  to 


•  f 


W  ILLI A  M  /^f^'  thirJ.  109 

the  King  without  giving  him  the  Title  of  Majefty  )   A.    C* 
im[X>rting,  That  he  wasfurpris*dat  the  Summons  \  and     1(^90. 
that  he  thought  the  heft  way  to  gain  the  Prince  f/Orange' j  V^^VNJ 
good  Ofinion^  voas  by  a  vigorous  Defence  of  the  Town^ 
which   his  Majler  had  entrujhed  him  withal.     About 
Eight  in  the  Evening  the  King  went  to  his  Camp, 
a  httle  Mile  from  the  Town,  haying  been  on  Horfe 
back  from  Five  in  the  Morning,  giving  the  necefla- 
ry  Orders,  and  expofing  himlelf  amidff  the  greateft 
Dangers,  which  his  Royal  Highnefi  the  Prince  of 
Denmark  fliar'd  all  along  with  His  Majeftv.     The 
Cannoh  pUyM  on  from  both  fides,  and  federal  of 
the  Enemies  Shot  fell  near  His  Majefty's  Tent,  or 
flew  over  it.    The  ft  me  Evening  arartyof  Dra- 

foons  was  lent  to  the  Ford  at  Annaghbe^^  about  two 
/Iiles  above  the- Town,  where  fix  of  the  Enemies 
Regiments  ot  Foot,  three  of  Horfe,    and  two  of 
Dragoons  were  Pofled    on  the  other  fide  of  the 
River,  with  a  Breaft-work  to  cover  them,  who  all 
fir'd  upon  out*  Men,  but  neither  Kill'd  nor  Wound- 
ed one  of  them.    The  advantage  the  Enemy  had 
was  fijch,  that  the  En^UJh  cxpefted  to  have  met 
with  great  Difficulties  m  pafling  the  River,  which 
is  very  Rapid,  and  the  Bottom  Stony,  but  in  the   - 
Night  the  Irijh  abandoned  their  Station ;  fo  that 
Lieutenant  General  Ginkje^  who  was  commanded 
with  a  Detachment  to  force  his  way  over  it,  per- 
formed it  the  t  next  Morning,   with  about  fp^^*  k 
Horfe  arid  Foot,  without  any  Oppofition.  .Two    ^^S-**^ 
or  three  Hours  after  the  King  himfelf  went  over 
the  Shinnon^  and  pofled  there  three  Regiments  of 
Foot,  with  fbme  Pieces  of  Cannon.    Neither  were 
the  Befieged  idle  \  for  all  this  while  they  were  rai- 
fing  Forts  between  the  Aflailants  and  thei    IriJh 
Town :  one  to  the  South  Gate,  and  the  other  to- 
wards  tne  £4/?,  which  prov'd  very  fcrviceablc  to 
them  ;  though  not  fo  ^reat    a  difadvantage  to  the 
Englijhf  as  3ie  fiirprizing  of  their  Train  oF  Artil* 
lery,  which  was  coming  up  to  joyn  the  Army. 

Some  Defertefs,  and  amongft  them  a  Gunner, 
^ho  got  into  Limericl^,  having  given  the  Enemy  ah 
accoutit  where  the  King  s  Tent  flood,  and  of  thofe 
(runs  and  other  things  that  were  upon  the  Road 

P  p  fronx 


tio  The  Reign  ef  King 

A.  C  tfom  Kilkenny,  under  a  finall  Guard,  thcv  oLrjr'd 
1 690.   very  briskly  towards  the  King]s  Tent,  which  His 


fi; 


Majefty  was  at  laft  prevail'd  with  to  remove.     Nor 
was  this  all ;  for  on  the  1 1  th  one  Manus  O  Briany  an 
hone  ft  Country  Gentleman, came  to  the  Camp,  and 
ive  notice,  that  Sarsfield,  with  a  Body  of  j  or  600 
[or(e  and  Dragoons,  had  pafi'd  the  River  Shanm^u 
in  the  Night,  nine  Miles  above  Limericl^^^  and   de- 
fign'd  (bme  thing  Extraordinary.    Though  feveral 
concurring  Circumftances,  ana  Sarsfield^s  A£livity 
and  Reftlution,  which  fitted  him  for  fuch  an  Enter- 
pri(e,  rendred  this  Gentleman's  Relation  at  leaft 
probable,  yet  little  heed  was  given  to  it  at  firft  ; 
and  a  great  Officer  inftead  of  inquiring  more  pard- 
cularly  into  the  Matter,  interrogated  O  Brum  con- 
cerning a  Prey  of  Catde  in  the  Neighbourhood;  Of 
which  the  Gentleman  could  not  forbear  Complain- 
ing afterwards,  faying.  He  was  forry  to  fee  Geuersi 
Officers  mind  Cdttle  more   than  the    Kjng^s   Htnmtr, 
However,  after  he  had  met  with  (bme  Acquaintance, 
he  was  brought  to  the  King,  who  to  prevent  the 
worft,  ffavc  order  that  ^\x  John  Lanier  "witli  Five 
Hundred  Mode  fiiould  march  to  meet  the  Train. 
But  where-cvcr  the  Fault  lay,  it  was  One  or  Two  in 
the  Mornine  bebre  the  Party  let  out,  and  even  then 
dicy  advani?d  very  flowly,  till  after  they  &w  a  great 
Lipht  in  the  Air,   and  heard  a  ftrange  rumbling 
noife,  which  fome  juftly  conje(^'d  to  be   the 
Train  blown  up.     For  the  Artillery   having  the 
Day  before  marchM  beyond  Cu^en^  to  a  little  old 
ruinous  Caftle  called  Ballenedy^   not  (even  Miles 
fix>m  ifae  Qunp,  Sarsfield  lurked  all  that  D^v  in  the 
Mountains,  and  having  notice  where  and  how  the 
Men  that  attended  it  lay,  he  took  with  him  Guides 
that  brought  him  to  the  very  Spot,  where  he  &11  in 
smong  them,  before  they  were  aware,  and  cut  (e- 
^  Eng*  veral  of  them  in  pieces,  with  many  of  the  Wag- 
liih  Trsin  poners,  and  (bme  Country  People  that  were  canry- 
fir  prized  mgProvifion  to  the  Camp. 
Mndbl*wn      The  noiie  of  this  Slaughter  having  awak'd  the 
«?  ^Sari-  OfEosr  that  Commanded  in  chief,  he  Order'd  Ym 
iieldi       xien  to  get  to  their  Hor(e8  that  were  a  Grazing 
Apg.  I  a.  to  put  theo^ves  ia  a  pofture  of  Defence ;  but  moft 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M//^^  Thirl  iii 

of  them  that  endeavoured  to  fetch  them  up,were  cut   A.  O 
in  pieces,  and  the  reft  obliged  to  fhift  for  themielves,    1 690. 
fo  that  there  were  in  all  about  60  Perfbns  kill'd.  The  V^VN^ 
Convoy  being  thus  totally  routed,  the  Jr*y!b  gathered 
the  Carriages.  Waggohs,  with  the  Bread  and  Am- 
munition, ana  as  many  of  the  Guns,  as  the  fliort- 
nefi  of  time  would  permit  them,  into  one  heap, 
and  haviiig  fiU'd  the  Guns  with  Powder,  and  plac'd 
their  Mouths  into  the  Ground,  that  they  might 
thereby  certainly  (blit,  they,  at  their  §oing  off,  fet 
Fire  to  the  heap,  wnich  was  blown  up  mto  the  Air, 
with  a  moft  aitonifliing  noife.    Tlie  Irijh  got  feme 
Booty  on  thii  occafion,  but  took  no  Prifoners;  on- 
ly a  Lieutenant  of  CoUonel  E^rfs,  being  Sick  in  3 
Houle  hard  by,  was  ftript  and  brought  to  SarsfieU^ 
iRrtio  us'd  him  With  Civility,  and  told  him,  If  he 
had  not  fucceeded  in  that  Enterfrire  he  would  have  gone 
for  France.    The  Party  of  Horle  that  was  lent  novA 
the  Camp,  came  up  in  fight  of  the  Enemies  Rear, 
after  the  buiinefi  was  over;  but  wheeling  td  the 
Left  to  intercept  them  in  their  Retreat  over  the 
Shannon,  the  IriJh  pafiM  clear  another  way,  and  got 
fefe  into  Limerick., 

The  unwelcome  News  of  this  Adventure  occa- 
fion'd  great  Murmurings  in  the  Camp,  and  (bme 
hot  Words  paft  between  the  prefent  Duke  of  Schom* 

berg  and  the  Earl  of  P ,  as  if  the  latter,  add 

Count  Solmes,  had  negle6):ed  to  (end  in  time  a  De- 
tachmttit  of  (ufficient  ftrength  to  fecure  the  Train. 
Others  (aid  the  King  was  altogether  unconcerned  at 
this  Accident,  as  having  no  real  delign  to  make  an 
end  of  the  IriJh  War,  but  only  to  keep  the  Enemy* 
CantonM  towards  L/mer/c^,  and  preferve  the  Con-  > 

aueft  he  had  made  this  Summer.  But  theft  laft  werCj^f^'L^^ 
l-grounded  Conjeftures,  and,  however,  theSiege^^*^^.^^^, 
went  on;  the  Trenches  wereopenM  the  17th,  andXiig;i7/ 
feme  great  Guns  being  afriv^d  from  fVaterford,  a 
Battery  was  raisM  below  the  Fort,  to  the  Right  of 
th^  Trenches,  which  difinounted  (bme  of  theEfte- 
CMcs  CannotL    The  fame  day  the  Prince  of  Wr- 
temberghf  Lieutenant  General,  Major  Generals /i[/r<^ 
and  tetteau,  and  Sir  tlenry  Bei/afis  Brigadier,  wicfc 
Seven  BanaUoni  emef'd  the  Trctiches,  advanc'dl 

P  p  2-'  neaf 


11%  Tlje  Reign  of  Kiffg 

A.  C.   near  jco  Paces^and  made  thcmfelves  Matters  of  twc* 
i6fo.    Redoubts.    The  i8th  the  Trenches  were  reliev'^d 
^^Y\j  bv  Lieutenant  General  Douglas,  the  Lord  Sidney ^  and 
(Jount  KiiJfAUy  Major  Generals,  and  Brigadier  5/^. 
wan^  who  approach  d  towards  another  Hrong  Re- 
doubt of  the  Enemies.   Nor  was  his  Majefty  lefs  in 
Danger  then  the  reft,  for  in  the  thickeft  of  the  Ene- 
mies Fire  he  rid  up  to  CromwelTs  Fort,  and  as  his 
Horfe  was  juft  enrtring  the  Gap,  he  was  ftaid  by  a 
Gentleman  that  came  to  (peak  to  h!m,  when  in  the 
vtry  Moment  there  came  a  Cannon  Ball,  that  flruck 
in  the  very  Place,  and  covered  the  King  with  glori- 
ous Duft.    His  Majcily  took  little  notice  ot  it,  but 
alighting  came  and  laid  himfelf  down  on  the  Fort. 
On  the  1 9th  the  Trenches  were  reliev'd  by  Prince 
Wirtembcrgh^  who  advanced  farther  towards  the  /aid 
Redoubt,  which  the  Kingorder'd  to  be  AttackM 
the  20th.    Lieutenant  General  Douglas^  the  Lord 
A  fifing     Sidney^  Count  NaJJau,  and  Brigadier  Stexpart  being 
Rfdiubt     (jj^n  again  on  the  Guard,  and  the  Signal  given    a- 
^*'"»        bout  Two  in  the  Afternoon  ;  the  Englifh^  to  the 
Aug.  ao.  jjyjj^ij^y  ^f  ,  ^Q^  befides   Officers,  and  ftveral  Tcfiy- 

lute  French  Volunteers,  Attacked  the  Fort  with  un- 
daunted Bravery,  and  after  an  obftinate^  Fight, 
drove  out  the  Enemy,  killing  Forty  of  their  Num- 
bcr.  About  half  an  Hour  after  tne  Irifh  made  a 
great  Sally  with  near  Two  Thoufand  Horfe  and 
Foot,  but  were  vigoroufly  Repuls'd.  The  a  j  ft  the 
Trenches  were  carried  on  and  finlQi'd,  ib  as  to 
kinder  any  more  Sallies.  The  xiA  the  Befiegers 
batter'd  the  Enemies  high  Towers,  from  whence 
they  fir'd  into  the  Trenches,  and  quite  level] d 
them ;  and  in  the  Night  threw  fcveral  Bombs  and 
Carcafles  into  the  Town,  as  they  did  the  next  Day 
red-hot  Bullets,  which  (ct  fevcral  Houfes,  and  a 
Magazine  of  Hay  on  Fire. 

All  the  Batteries  being  finiA'd  the  24th,  and 
Thirty  pieces  of  Cannon  mounted,  on  them,  the 
Trenches  by  the  2  rth  were  advancM  within  Thirty 
Paces  of  the  Ditcn  \  a  Breach  made  in  the  Wall 
near  St.  jQhn\  Gate,  and  part  of  the  Pallfladoes 
oa  the  Coumerfcarp  beaten  aown  by  the  26th. 

The 


WILLIAM  the  third.  ixj 

The  Ingeniers  having  afliir'd  the  King,  that  there  A.   C 
was  a  fufficient  Breach,  and  there  being  an  ImpoC    1600, 
fibiljty  to  make  it  wider,  for  want  of  Bullets,  His  \,^yY\j 
Majefty  refolv'd  to  take  the  Town  by  Mines,  and  Unfiueefs. 
in  order  to  that  commanded'  the  covered  way  or fuljittmf$ 
Counterfcarp  ('which  here  was  almoft  the  um^^ntht 
with  the  Ditch)  and  two  Towers  or  Forts  thacCo««^/>^. 
were  on  each  fide  the  Breach,  and  contiguous  to  ihe^*^^» 
Wall  to  be  attacked  the  next  Day,  and  that  the^^S«*7' 
Men  (hould  go  no  fiiYther,  but  lodge  themielves 
there.     Accordingly  Lieutenant   General  Dou^Us 
detach''d  Monfieur  de-la-Barthe^  a  brave  experien- 
ced French  Lieutenant  Collonel,  with  Nine  Com* 
Janies  of  Grenadiers,  ftrengthen'd  by  a  Hundred 
rench  Officers  and  Volunteers,to  begin  the  Attack^ 
which  was  perfom'd  with  (iich  Bravery  and  Suc- 
cefi,  that  the  Enemy  were  (bon  diflbdg'd  from  the 
covered  way  and  the  two  Fores.  1   The  Aflaillants 
purfiiing  their  good  Fortune,   enter'd  the  Breach 
relUmell  with  the  Run-aways ;  and  Monfieur  lut» 
Barthcy  with  (bme  bold  Adventurers,  and  above  half 
the  Earl  of  Drcgbsdah  Grenadiers  were  adhially  on 
the  Rampart,  and  others,  ftill  more  eager  than  the 
reft,  went  into  the  veiy  place.    This  Aftion  had 
been   Decifive,  if  the  Ingeniers  had  made  a  Lodg- 
ment in  time,  or  if  Count  Soltnes  and  Count  N^Jfau 
would  have  (uffer'd  the  Detachment,  that  were  to 
(econd  the  Grenadiers  tp  go  farther  than  the  Coun^ 
tcrfcarp ;  for  the  Irijh  were  all  running  from  the 
Walls  quite  over  the  Bridge  into  the  BngUjhTo\ffn^ 
but  feeing  that  few  of  the  Englifli  had  enter'd  die 
Town,  tney  rallied  again,  fac*d  the  Aflaillants,  and 
plv'd  them  (b  warmly,  that  (everal  of  them  were 
kiird,  and  many   mortally  Wounded.     E/evated 
with  this  5uccefi,  the  IriJh  ventured  upon  the  Breacli) 
again,  and  the  Relblutenefi  of  their  Women  wa^ 
lb  great,  that  they  inceffimtly  pelted  the  BnglUh 
with  Stones,  broken  Bottles,  and  all  iuch  other  ui- 
ftruments  of  DeftruAion  that  came  next  to  their 
.    Hands.     The  Men  for  their  part  could  not  for 
fliame  be  lels  Valorous,  infbmuch  that  after  three 
Hours  unequal  Fighting,  the  Englifo  were  forc'd  to 
retire  to  their  Trenchea.  But  mis  was  npt  aU»  f^- 

?P.  V*  *  .during 


eii|  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C,  during  the  heat  of  this  A£bion,  a  Brdndenhrgb  Re* 
f  6yo.  ginient  being  with  great  Bravery  got  upon  the  Ene- 
^^,,fl/\^  mics  Black  Battery,  the  Powder  happen'd  to  take 
Fire,  which  blew  up  a  great  many  of  them.     Be* 
fides,  though  Collofiel  Cuts^  who  was  commanded 
by  the  Duke  of  ff^nembergb  to  march  towards  the 
Sfur^^t  the  South  Gate,  beat  in  the  Jri^  that  appear'^ 
on  that  fide^  yet  he  loft  leveral  or  his  Men,  and 
was  himleli  Wounded;  for  be  boldly  advancing 
within  half  Musket-fliot  of  the  Gate,  all  the  Mcq 
lay  expos'd  to  the  Enemies  Shot,  who  lay  iecure 
within  the  Spur  and  the  Walls.    The  French  Pro- 
teftamts,  the  Dutch  and  the  Danes  behaved  them* 
ielves  very  Gallantly  at  their  re(pe&ive  Pods ;  and 
the  whoJe  Adion,  which  lafted  from  Three  till 
Seven,  was  very  brisk  every  where,  and  coft  the 
Befiegers  Six  Hundred  Men  kiird  upon  the  ipot^and 
as  many  mortally  Wourided. 
Hi  Shgi      This  Di(a|;j>ointment9  and  the  approaching  ill- 
rais\lf       Weather,  occaiionM  the  raiGng  o^the  Siege  oiUmt' 
Aqg-jr*  rick,y  for  on  the  jothof  Auguft^t  heavy  Baggage 
and  Cannon  were  lent  away,  and  the  next  Day  tne 
Army  decamp'd  and  marcn'd  off  towards  Clunmet. 
The  King,  after  he  had  Conftituted  the  Lord  Sidney^ 
and  ThwMs  Conin^sby  Eiq^  ("fince  made  a  Lord) 
Lords  Juftices  of  Ireland ,   and  intrufted,  Counc 
Soimes  with  the  Command  of  the  Army,  ( wluch 
he  ibon  after  confign^d  into  the  Hands  of  Lieute- 
nant General  Ginckje  )  His  Majefty  Embark'd  at 
Duncannon  Fort,  with  Prince  George  of  Dentnark  , 


and  feme  other  Perlbns  of  Diftindion,  on  the  jth 

Wil-Qf  Seftember^  and  arrivM  fife  next  Day  inJO'ifffV* 

liam  w-  j^^  jjg^  Brifiol^  and  on  the  9th  at  Windftn-^  where 


King 

liam 
turw 


tion,  all  cq^tributtng  to  (crew  up  their  mutual  Sa- 
tisfa<%on  to  an  unexpreiTible  height. 

Befides  Limericks  there  were  ftill  fevend  other 
Towns  in  lreUn4  in  the  PofleiSon  of  the  Irijb^  arid 
their  Army  was  yet  very  Numerous,  whidi  gave 
King  James*^  Friends  Ibme  hopes  of  the  Reftoradcln 
of  that  Kingdom  to  his  Obe4ietice  again  ^  b^t  liey 


WILLIAM  theJlirJ.  xij 

were  not  allttle  forprlz'd  tohear,  thatthe£«|/*y!b  A,  O" 
Flcec  was  arriv'd  before  Corl^^HzAouT  the  ziftof  1^90. 
September^  With  fome  Forces  under  tljc  Command  v.^/-\rO 
ot  the  Earl  of  MarlbcrougL    The  Earl  was  to  zGtj^e  Earl  #/ 
in  this  Expedition    in  concert  with  fome   other  Mulbo* 
Troops  that  were  fcnt  before  towards  that  part  ofrouf b  sr^ 
Ireland^  and  therefore  he  immediately  acquainted ''''v^'^^* 
the  Duke  of  fVirtembeig^  and  Major  General  Scrd-f^'  Cork, 
venmore  with  his  Arrival.    The  next  Day,  inentcr-^^P^'  ^'* 
ing  the  Harbour  he  was  oppos'd  by  the  Encrty, 
who  had  a  Battery  of  Eight  Guns  there ;  but  hit 
Lord(hip  having  km  2  armed  Boats  afliore,  thefe 
W  their  thick  faripg  oblig'd  the  Irijh  to  quit  their 
Guns.    On  the  2.30  the  createfl:  pan  of  the  Land 
Forces  were  fent  up  the  Paflages,  Headed  by  the 
Duke  of  Grafton^  fix  Miles  from  Cork,^  and  oeing 
come  by  the  ^4th  within  a  Mile  of  the  Town,  they 
began  to  mount  their  Cannon,  having  ne^  600 
Seamen,  Gunners  a^d  Carpenters,  who  did  tfceni 
confiderable  Service.    There  being  a  Report  that 
the  Duke  of  Berwick.  deCgn'd  to  raife  the  Siege, 
M^or  General  Scravenmore    fent  a  Mefieoger  to 
haften  the  Duke  of  PP7rumher£s  ifnarch,  ^d  on  the 
a jth  ordered  a  Party  of  Horlc  to  gq  and  gover  the 
the  Duke's  Foot.    The  fame  Afternoon  Major  Ge- 
neral Teneauj  with  a  Party  of  a  Thouj&qd  Men, 
having  drawn  (bme  Cannon  to  the  Fair-Hill^  refelv'd 
%o  Attack  one  or  both  of  the  New  Forts,  iand  New 
Shannon  Caftle  ;  but  the  IriJh  no  fboner  obferv'd  his 
Men  potted  in  order  to  that  Deficn,  but  they  fct 
Fire  to  the  Suburbs  between  him  and  them,  ami  quit- 
ting both  the  Forts  and  Catties,  retired  in  hafte  into 
the  Town  ;   whereupon  our  Men  pofle(s'd  them- 
felves  pf  ShannofhCMlt^  and  planted  (here  fbme 
Guns.  ^  Major  General  ^crifi^ffunur^  came  about  dial 
time  with  i  ooq  Horfe  and  Dragoons,  and  took  up 
his  Quarters  at  JKJU-jfbbe/.    Oq  the  2.6th  the  Duke 
of  Ji^rtemhergyrirki  his  Danes^  and  Brigulier  L^^  M^« 
loniere  withlbm^  French  and  Dutch  Foot,  arrived 
and  encamp'd  before  the  Town,    The  Duke  of 
Wirtennberg  and  the  Earl  of  M^lbmrai^b  being  both 
Lieutenant  Generals,  therc^  baroen'd  a  warm  DiC 
oute  ^xtwixt  them  ^bput  the  Chief  Cornmand ; 


i 


ii6  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.    ^^^  firft,(bmewhat  bluntly,  pretending  to  it,  becaufe 
1 6oQ    ^^  ^^^  ^  Prince ;  and  the  latter,  with  his    ufual 
^^..^p^  Gentelman-like  Moderation,  juftly  infifting,    that 
DtfpMtt  be^  ^^^  General  Command  did  properly  belong  to  him, 
tJiin  the  both  as    Eldcft  Officer,    and  becaule  he  led  the 
Dtke  of    Troops  of  his  own  Nation,  whereas  the  Duke  of 
Wirtcra-  Wirteniberg  was  only  at  the  Head  of  Auxiliaries, 
berg  mnd  The  Wife  Monfieur  La  Meloniere  interpofing,  the 
the  Esrl  •/Earl  of  Marlbof*ough  was  contented  to  (hare    the 
Mtrlbo-   Command  with  the  Duke,  left  his  inGfting  on  his 
«*"«"•      fiiU  Right  fhould  retard  His  Majeftjr's  Service.  Ac- 
cordingly the  Earl  of  Mcrlhorough  Gommanded  the 
firft  Day,  and  gave  the  Word,   IVirtcmberg'^  and 
the  Duke  of  iVntembcrg  Commanded  the  next,  and 
gave  the  Word,  Marlborough, 
Co  k  B  •       This  Difference  being^  thus  adjufted,  and  the  E- 
gg^J^^    *  ncmy,  on  the  ayth,  hitving  abandoned  their  Works 
*   '       at  the  Cat  Fort^  without  a  blowftruck,  our  Forces 
took  Poffellion  of  it ;  and  having  rais'd  a  Battery 
there,  they  both  threw  their  Bombs  into  the  Cit^, 
and  play'd  their  Guns  upon  the  Fort,  from  the  Fri- 
ars Garden,   and  from  another  Battery  above  the 
Fort  near  the  Abbey.    Moreover,  being  Matters  of 
a  Church,  Scmvenmore  order'd  a  Party  of  Men  in- 
to it,  who  from  thence  gall'd  the  Irijh  within  the 
Fort ;  All  which,  together  with  anotner  Battery  (ec 
up  by  Hed'jlbbey,  (bon  made  a  Breach  in  the  City 
Wall,  and  brought  the  Befieged  to  demand  a  Parley. 
Thereupon  Hoftages  were  exchanged,  and  a  Tmce 
granted  till  next  Morning;  when  the  Befieged  not 
accepting  the  Terms  offer'd  them,  the  Beficgers  be- 
gan to  play  again  verv  furioufly  with  their  Cannon. 
A  connderable  Breacn  being  made,  the  Daws  from 
the  Norfh^  and  four  Regiments  of  EngU/h  from  the 
Souths  under  Birgadier  Churchill,  pa(s'd  the  River 
up  to  the  Arm-pits,  into  the  Eajl  Marfh,  in  order 
to  Storm  the  Town.    The  Granadiers  under  the 
Lord  Coicbefler  led  the  Van,  and  march'd  forward 
with  incredible  Bravery,  though  all  the  while  ex- 

?os'd  to  the  Enemies  Fire,  being  encouraged  by  the 
)uke  of  Grif/r o«,  the  Lord  O  Briisn,  CoUonet  Gm». 
villcy  and  fome  other  refolute  Volimteers ;'  but  in 
this  Approach  the  Duke  oiGrafton  received  a  Wound 


WILLIAM  the  third.  xij 

in  the  Shoulder,  of  which  he  Coon  after  died.    The  A,  C- 
Van  immediately  pofted  them(elves  under  the  Bank    i  (j j©, 
of  the  Marfh,  which  was,  as  it  were,  a  Counter-  [^y^ 
/carp  to  the  City  Wall ;  ?ind  at  the  feme  time  the  Duke  of 
Salamander ^  and  another  Veffel  came  up  with  the  Grafton 
Tide,  and  lay  at  the  end  of  the  Mar{h,  diredtly  be-  ktlTd, 
fore  the  City  Wall,  playM  their  Cannon  at  the 
Breach,  and  threw  Bombs  likewile  into  the  City, 
All  things  being  now  ready  for  a  General  Affault, 
the  Befieg'd  thought  fit  to  prevent  it  by  beating  a 
Second  Parley  3  and  at  laft  the  Earl  of  Tyrone^  and 
CoUonel  F{icaut^  being  fent  from  Collonel  MakjU' 
cut,  who  Commanded  in  the  Place,  agreed  to  the 
Earl  of  JA^lborouglh  Conditions,   which  were,       . 
That  the  Garrifm,  confijiing  of  4000  Men,  /hould  be  ^^ /"^ 
011  Prifonen of  iVar,  both  Oncers  and  Soldiers'^   ^^^Sept!ta 
fio  Prejudice Jhould  be  done  to  them,  or  the  Inhabitants  ^   ™  *     ' 
That  the  General  would  ufe  his  Endeavours  to  obtain  His 
lAajefifs   Clemency  towards  them'.  That dl  theArms^ 
(IS  well  of  the  Garrifon  as  Inhabitants,  Jhould  be  fecuPd^ 
That  all  the  Proteftant  Prifoners  fhould  be  fet  at  Liber- 
ty  J  That  the  old  Fort  Jhould  be  delivered  uf  within  an 
Hour,  and  the  two  Gates  of  the  City  the  next  Morning  \ 
And  that  an  exaS  account  Jhould  be  given  of  the  fVar^ 
likfi  Ammunitions  and  Provifions  in  the  Magai^ines  Hihic 
Prifoners  of  Note  taken  at  Cork,  were  the  Earls  of 
Clancarty  and  Tjrone,  the  Governor  of  the  Place, 
Collonel  Hjcaut,  and  (cveral  other  Officers. 

FlcfliM  with  this  Succefi,  the  Englijh  bent  their 
Thoughts  upon  frefh  Conauefts,  and  the  fame  Day 
they  entered  Cork. ,  a  Detacnment  of  Horfe  and  Dra- 
goons, under  the  Command  of  Brigadier  VilUers, 
y/as  lent  to  Suinmon  the  Town  and  Forts  of  King* 
fale.  Upon  his  Approach  the  Irijh  were  ready  to 
let  the  Town  on  Fire ;  but  being  prevented  by  the 
fiidden  arrival  of  the  BngUJh^  the^  retreated  in  haft 
to  the  old  jmd  new  Forts.  The  Earl  of  Marlborouzh 
fct  oqt  from]  Cork]  Qn  the  ift  o(  October,  arri^ij 
at  Five-Mile  Bridge  tpe  fime  Day,  and  the  next  be- 
fore Kjngfale ;  and  having  form'd  his  Camp  in  the 
Evening,  gave  Dire&ions  to  make  his  •  Approaches  "^'"Sfy* 
towards  the  New  Fort,  while  Major  General  Tet-  ?'A'i  ' , 
h4H  was  ordered  to  attack  the  Old.    The  next  *      ^®'  ^* 

Morning 


V-    . 


2.1 8  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C  Morning  early,  Tetteau  having  pafi'd  the  River  in 
itfjo.   Boats,  made  a  Feint  of  Storming  the  Fort  in  the 
weakeft  place,  where  moll  of  the  Befieged  were 
ready  to  receive  him ;  but  in  the  interim  another 
Detachment  made  a  bold   Aflault    upon  another 
place,  where  the  Enemy  leaft  fiiQ)e£ked  them,  and 
by  that  means  were  foon  Matters  of  a  Baftion.    At 
the  feme  time  feveral  Barrels  of  Powder  happening 
to  take  Fire,  whereby  near  Forty  of  the  Iriflo  were 
blown  up,  the  reft  retir'd  into  an  old  Caftle  in  the 
midftoT  the  Fort,  and  immediately  (iibmitted  to 
be  Prifcncrs  of  War,  having  loft  about  aoo  Men 
out  of  4^0.    ThisbuGnels  being  over,  the  Earl  of 
hUrlb$rough  fent  to  Summon  the  New  Fort,  which 
was  much  more  Confiderable  than  the  other;  but 
Sir  Edw4rd  Scof^  the  Governor,  refolutely  Anlwcr'd, 
That  it  would   be  time  enough  to  CafituUte  a  Month 
hence.    Thereupon  the  *  Englith  openM  their  Tren- 
*0&o»f.ches,  and  on  the  9th  had  aavanc'd  them  to  the 
Counterfcarp,  but  the  lU  Weather  hinderM  the 
coming  up  of  the  Cannon  till  the  i  ith,  when  part 
of  itarriv'd.    The  izth  in  the  Morning  fix  Pieces 
were  piounted  at  the  Danes  Attack,  and  two  Mor- 
tars at  the  Englifif^ (which  fir'd  all  that  Day,    The 
1  ;th  two  24  K)unders  were  plac'd  on  the  fame  jBat- 
tery  ;    The  1 4th  the  reft  of  the.  Cannon  arrived, 
three  of  which  were  mounted  on  the  EngUjh  Batte- 
ry :  And  the  Danes ^  Commanded  by  Prince  Wr- 
tembcrg^   having  made  a  confiderable  Breach,  the 
NightTollowing,  todifturb  the  Enemy,  they  made 
^  a  falfe  Attack.    The  i  jth  the  Caimon  continued 
to  play  all  the  Morning,  and  all  things  were  prepa- 

Eiring  for  a  Storm,  wlien  the  Enemy  beat  a  Par- 
y.     Hoftages  being  exchanged,  the  Article3  were 
agreed  on  and  fignM  about  Midnight,  by  which  the 
middle  Baftion  was  to  be  delivered  up  the  next 
^d  Sitrm  Morning,  and  the  Garrifon,   confifting  of  about 
repdred,     '  I  oo  Men  was  to  march  the  next  Day  after,  with 
Q&o.  16.  Arms  and  Baggage,  and  be  conducted  to  Limerick^ 
The  lofi  of  the  EngUfh  before  this  Place  was  little 
lefs  than  300  Men  Kill'dor  Wounded,  which  yet 
was  of  no  Moment^  gonfidering  the  great  Ad  van- 

■      ''  '  wgc 


1 
If 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /*f  ThirJ.  xip 

tagc  they  gaitf d  by  fiibduing  this  Sea  Port  Town,  A,   C. 
and  that  of  Corl^ ;  for  thereby  a  ftop  was  put  to  all    i  dpo. 
Supplies  from  France^  (  at  leaft  on  this  fide  of  Ire-  K^yy^j 
Ufid)  and  the  Iri/b  were  almoft  confin'd  to  the  Pro- 
vince of  Vlfter^  where  they  had  much  ado  to  fiib- 
fift.     The  Earl  of  Marlhrwgh  hsving  p&rform'dThe EMrl$f 
this  Glorious  Expedition,  in  as  little  time  as,  con-Marlbo- 
fidering  the  Seaibn  of  the  Year,  feem'd  neceflary'^^gh  *■'• 
for  his  Sea  Voyage,  Embark'd  again  for  BngUnd,^^*  ^^^ 
and  arrived  at  Kei^ingtm  the  a8th  of  oa?fcr,  where  ^«Sl«*»«» 
he  received  thjt  favourable  Welcome  from  their 
Majefties,  which  his  great  Services  had  delerv'd. 
How  his  Lordfliip  came^  a  Year  after  to  lay  down 
his    Employments   is  ftiU  a  Secret ;  but  'tis  cer- 
tain that  Kmg  fVtlliam  was  at  a  great  lofi  to  fill  up 
his  Vacancv ;  and  that  He  ever  retained  an  Efteem 
for  the  Earrs  Political  and  Military  Abilities,  which 
His  hiajefty  fiifficlentlv  expreft,as  (bon  as  Time 
and  better  Information  had  dii&pated  the  Prejudices 
which  had  been  whifper'd  him  againft  that  Peer. 
Before  we  leave  Ireland  we  muft  take  notice,  that 
upon  die  News  of  rtie  EngUJh  Fleet  Sailing  towards 
that  Kingdom,  Count  L^u^un  (earing  being  Befieg*4 
at  Gdiioway^  went  off  from  thenoc  with  the  Duke  of 
TjfTccnncU  Monfieur  Boiffeieau^  and  the  mi^ble  Re- 
mains  of  his  Fy-eifcATroopSyieavingthe  General  Com* 
mand  of  the  Br$Jh  Forces  to  the  Duke  of  Berwic^^^ 
which  was  afterwards  given  to  Monfieur  St.  I(uth  • 

Having  thus  brought  the  Campaign  in  ^^^^^ndto  ^^-^    ^ 
a  Period,  we  have  now  time  toconfider  the  St^tet^^cmiT 
of  Afiairs  on  the  Continent*    How  great  foever  ihcnent,  mU 
weight  of  the  Confederacy  (eem'd  already  to  be,  itfifft  \n 
was  this  Year  confiderabiv  increased  by  the  addition  Italy, 
of  the  Duke  of  Sawy^  whole  Countrv  is  lb  Situated 
as  to  make  both  Parties  Court  him  with  utmoft  Ap- 

Slication,  though  in  a  different  manner,  and  with 
ifierent  Succefi.  His  Highnefi,  fince  the  kindling 
of  the  War,had  profcft  a  Neutrality,  with  which  the 
French  appeared  firft  the  leaft  (atisfied.  though  they 
ftemM  to  have  moft  realbn  to  be  (b ;  for  though  the 
Duke  had  been  to  Complailant  to  the  King  of  France 
as  to  Im^ifon,  Exile,  and  at  laft  to  deftroy  by  the 
Silford  m  own  Proteftant  Subje^i^  the  miferable 

Vaudoisy 


%zo  The  Kelffi  of  King 

A.  C.  Vaudois^  yet  nothing  was  able  to  continue   him  \n 
itfpo.    His  Majefty's  Favour,  but  his  receiving  a  Ptencb 
Gariibn  into  the  Cittadels  of  Turin  and  yerceiL  for 
the  (ecuring  of  his  pretended  Neutrality.     Thefe 
Propofals  could  not  but  found  harfh  to  a  Court  that 
was  ever  us'd  rather  to  gain  than  lofe  by  the   Divi- 
fion  of  her  Neighbours ;  but  however,  tne  Duke  of 
Savy^  who,  even  at  four  and  twenty  Years  of  Age, 
challenged  a  place  amongft  the  ableft  Politicians, 
prudently  amus'd  the  King  of  Frawe  with    civil 
Meflages,   and  at  the   fame  time  endeavoured  to 
make  the  Emperor  buy  his  Alliance,  with  the  Ac- 
knowledgment of  his  Claim  to  the  Kingdom   of 
Cyfrus^  and  the  giving  him^he  Title  of  Hoyal  High* 
Tttfi^  which  at  laft  the  Emperor,  confented  to  ao. 
This  Conceflion  being  made  publick,  the  French  be- 

{[an  to  lu(pe£l  the  Confiderations  upon  which  his 
mperial  Majefty  had  made  it,  and  exi)oftulated 
the  Matter  with  the  Duke;  His  Royal  Highnels 
thereupon  declared  to  the  FrtfMcA  King  by  his  Mini- 
fter.  That  he  had  no  dcfign  to  abandon  the  Friend- 
(hip  of  France^  or  to  do  any  thing  Derogatory  to 
the  Treaties  that  were  between  that  Crown  and 
him;  which  general  Anfwer  not  (atisfying  the  French^ 
fAov£}S\XT  Catlndt^  who' was  to  Command  thcFr^^c^ 
Troops  on  that  fide,  paft  the  Mountains  and  arriv'^d 
^t  Turin  in  the  Spring,  leaving  his  Army,  of  about 
1 8000  Men,  in  the  DaupJjin^^  with  orders  to  follow 
him  by  eafie  Journe)rs  into  the  Duke's  Territories. 
The  Preftnce  of  this  Military  Envoy  Ibmewhac 
difcompos'd  the  Duke  of  Savoy^  who,  to  rid  him- 
felf  of  a  troublefome  Gueft,  before  the  arrival  of  his 
more  troublefome  Retinue,  offered  to  fumifh  the 
King  of  France  with  aooo  Foot  and  1000  Horfe, 
The  Pope's  Nuncio  at  Turin  did  likewife  endeavouie 
to  fend  away  Cannae  in  good  Humour ;  but  that 
Cleneral  not  (atisfied  with  any   Offers   tha^  were, 
made  him,  pofitively  demanded  yerceil  for  a  place 
ol  Arms,  protefting  he  would  not  hearken  to  any 
Accommodation  but  uponthofe  Terms.    Though 
ihe  Duke  had  by  this  time  made  choicp  of  his  fide, 
yet  it  had  been  a  great  piece  of  Imprudence  in  him 
rp  declare  his  reaTlntentions,  fincQ  the  French  werq 

ready 


WILLIAM  the  ThtrJ.  iii 

ready  to  Attack  him,  and  the  Spanidrds  from  the   A.  C. 
MiUnefc  not  in  a  condition  to  Succour  him ;  He    i  (Jpo. 
therefore  wifely  made  uft  of  all  the  Artifice 'imagi--^^,/Y^-' 
nable  to  ^in  out  a  little  more  time,  which  produ- 
ced theft  new  Propolals  from  France^  vis^.  That  the 
King  was  willing  to  refer  his  Concerns  to  the  Pope 
and'  the  Republick  of  Venice^  upon  condition  the 
Duke  would  conlign  Verceil^    Carmagnole  and  Swi^a 
into  the  Pope's  Hands  till  the  end  of  tne  War.    The 
Duke  being  prt  ft  fo  far,  and  confidering  it  was  to 
nopurpofe  to  conceal  a  thing  that  was  already  but 
too  much  fiifpefted,  und  muft  neceffarily  be  known, 
boldly  declared,  That  he  waj  engaged  with  the  EmfC" 
ror^  and  could  not  go  from  his  iVord'^  However  inre-thi  DtA$ 
gard  the  Alliance  he  had  made  with  his  Imperial  Ma*  */  Savoy 
jefiy  tended  no  farther  than  to  opfofe  the  unjuji  Defigns  '?'"''!*'* 
of  France,  if  his  mofi  Chriftian  Majefty  would  put  ^J'  ^'^ 
Cazal  and  Pignerol  imo  the  Hands  of  the  [{epublicki^^^  ^ 
^fWenice,  till  the  end  of  the  IVar^  he  would  lay  ^'^'Wi  prancc 
his  Arms,  and  for  the  fame  put  into  the  Pope^s  Hands 
one  of  his  own  Towns,  as  a  Pledge  for  the  ohfervation  cf  ' 
A  Neutrality,    Every  one  will  eafily  imagine  how 
France  relilh'd  this  Anfwer,   which,  at  oeft,  was 
but  a  Civil  Declaration  of  War ;  the  Confcquence 
of  which  was  the  immediate  Liberty  and  Recalling 
of  the  Vaudois,  and  Incouragement  given  them  co 
arm  themftlves  againft  Fr^fTJcr ;    And  thcpublick 
avowing  of  the  Duke's  Treaties,  firft  with  the  Em- 
peror, and  then  with  the  King  of  5^4/«,  whereby 
they  refpeftively  engaged  themfelves  to  join  their 
Forces  againft  France^  and  never  to  make  a  ftparate 
Treaty  with  that  Crown,  without  their  joint  con- 
fent.  Moreover,  by  the  firft  Article  of  the  Treaty  * '  June  j. 
with  Spain,  his  Catholick,  Majefty  promisM  to  caufe 
his  Royal  Highnels  of  Savoy  to  be  comprehended 
in  the  Alliance  with  his  Imperial  Majefty,  his  Bri^ 
tannick,  Majefty  King  IVilliam^  the  States  General^ 
and  all  his  other  Allies  ^ 

Catinat  being  by  this  time  at  the  Head  of  his 
Army,  in  the  Duke's  Territories,  his  Highneft  ga- 
thered what  Force  he  could  to  drive  him  out,  and 
joining  himfelf  with  the  Troops  of  the  Milaneze, 
eagerly  (ought  an  occaiioo  of  fignalis^ing  hisYouthUil 

Courage  j 


%^^  The  Reign  of  Aipt^ 


Supplies  but  with  great  difficulty,  and  that  hii  Ar- 
my  wafted  every  Day  by  Deiertion  or  Diieales^where- 
as  the  Duke's  Forces  had  plenty  of  all,  and  encreas^d 
daily  with  new  ReioForcements,  and  therefore  diat 
he  ought  to  expe6l:  Viftory  rather  fromTime,  than 
firom  the  Succefi  of  a  Battle,  which  he  could  not  tiy 
without  difad vantage ;  the  French  being  not  only 
Superior  in  Number,   but  aUb  better  DifciplinU 
Thcfe  Rea(bns  prevailed,  for  (bme  time,  with  the 
Duke  of  Savoy,  fb  as  to  make  him  be  contented 
7U$  Bsttie  with  obfcrving  the  Enemy ;  but  being  flefli'd  with 
•^  Stiuf-  the  Succels  of  (bme  of  his  Troops    (  who  repuls'd 
V?*  jy^^'thcfirench  firom  before  Caripunj  and  beat  them  out 
"*  ^'  *•  of  the  Vallies  and  Town  of  Lucern)  his  Royal 
Highnefi  advanc'd  towards  Cdtinat  (who  made  a 
(hew  of  Attacking  Salujfes)  and  oSer'd  him  Battle. 
The  French  General  gladly  accepted  the  Challenge, 
and  having  obferv'd  that  the  Enemies  Left  Wing 
Was  covered  by  a  Morafi,  he  caus'd  the  lame  to  be 
fbunded,  and  finding  it  had  a  good  firm  Bottom, 
order'd  his  Men   to  begin  the    Attack  that  way. 
The  Duke's  Left  Wing  was  fo  fiirprisM  at  this  un- 
expe<9:ed  Charge,that  they  made  no  long  Refiftance^ 
but  the  Right  Wing  ftood  firm  for  above  three 
Hours,  till  being  over-power'd,  they  betook  them- 
felves  to  Flight.  The  Duke  himfelf  retir'd  with  bis 
broken  Remains  to  Carignan,  and  MonGeur  Capinat 
purfting  his  Viftory,  the  very  next  Day  made  him- 
*  lelf  Mafter  of  Salujfes,  and  not  long  after  of  Savii^ 
Una,   Villa  Franca,  and  (everal  other  Placa,   and 
then  march'd  his  Arnjy  towards  Carignan.    The 
Duke  not  finding  bimfelf  in  a  ftate  to  abide  his 
coming,  left  a  ftrong  Garrifbn  both  in  that  Place 
and  in  Canmgnola,  and  retreated  to  Moncalier  to  re- 
cruit his  Army,  and  to  wait  for  the  Germans  that 
were  coming  to  his  AiHftance.    With  this  Rein* 
forcement,'  befides  {ovaa  Milanese  Troops   being 
near  ^oooo  ftrong  he  tdecampM  from  Moncalier^ 
f  Scpt.i8.and  march'd  towards  MonficurC4n«rtr,who  having 
^-  s.       likcwifc  been  ftrengthen'd  with  (bme  Regiments 

from 


WILLI  A  U  the  Thirl  ^j^j 

from   France^  had  formM  a  Defi^n  upon  $u:{ay  a  A    C 
Town  Confiderable  for  its  Situation,  as  being  the    .  ^qq 
Key  of  the  Daufhini  into  Piedmont.    To  fecurc  this  \^iZ^ 
Place  the  Duke  ftnt  the  Count  of  Lovignie^  with  ^^ 
Six  Battallions  of  Foot  and  (bme  Horfe  :  of  which 
CAtimt  having  received  Information,  he  left  the 
Common  Road,  and  march'd  his  Men  with  wonder- 
ful Celerity  for  fix  Dajjs  together  over  the  Moun- 
tains.   Upon  this  Motion  of  Catimu^  the  Duke  of 
Savoy  imagined,  that  the  Siege  of  Sus^a  was  only  a 
Feint,  and  the  true  defign  of  the  Fretuh  was  to  give 
him  Battle ;  and  therefore  ftnt  Orders  to  LovignieT 
to  leave  St^a,  and  forthwith  to  join  him  with  all  his 
Forces.    This  was  no  fooner  done  but  the  French 
immediately  Invefted  the  Town,  where  there  was 
only  6  or  700  Men  in  Garrifon,  who  not  thinking 
themfelves  able  to  defend  fuch  a  weak  Poft,  agamil 
a  numerous  Arm^ ,   fiirrendred  upon  honourable  ^"**  '*• 
Terms.    With  this  Aftion  the  Campaign  ended  in  ^^^  *^  ^*' 
Piedmont^  for  CAtiruit  divided  his  Army  thereupon  f '^'***  '* 
fending  part  of  it  into  Provence,  and  the  other  mv^lTJu\t 
Savoy,  which  Dukedom  (theTownof  M#if^//^NovcnH 
excepted  )  Monfieur  St.  £iutb  had  not  long  before  ber 
reduced  to  his  Mafters  Obedience,    The  Duke  of 
^4w;f  finding  how  little  he  ought  to  depend  cither 
on  the  Emperor  or  King  of  Spain  for  the  Recovery 
of  his  I>ominions,  his  Royal  Highnefi  wifely  be- 
thought  himfelf  of  making   Application    to  the 
States  General  of  Holland,  and    principally  to  his 
Britannick,  Majeftv,  the  Head  and  Support  of  die 
Grand  Alliance,  by  the  Count  de  U  Tour,  PrefidcHt 
of  his  Finances,one  of  his  Privy  Council,and  a  Man 

^.J^^,^,^^'  V^^^  ^^^y  Extraordinary  having 
difoatch  d  his  Bufinefi  at  the  Hante,  came  immedi- 
ately over  into  Bnzland,  and  at  Irts  firft  Publick  Au- 
dience,  delivered  himfelf  to  the  King  in  the  follow- 
ing Terms* 

"  H  \t  ^^^y^  Highnefi,  ray  Matter,  does  by  me  '^^  o^vnt 
^^^     Congratulate  Your  Sacred  Majefty's  gbri-  de  U 
ous  Acceilion  to  the  Crown :  Ic  was  due  to  Vouc  TourV 

u  ^"!iV*^''^^'?/4  ^y  Y^^  V^^^"^»  ^n<*  is  main.  f''^^^. 
!!  Um'd  by  Your  Valour :  Providence  bad  dcfign^d  ^ 


2X4  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.   **  '^  f^^  ^^"^  Sacred  Head,  for  the  Accomplilir 
i(Joo,   **nientof  its  Eternal  Decrees,  which  after  a  long 
^  *  *'  Patience  do  always  tend  to  raife  up  chofen  Soub 
''to  rcpr^ft  Violence,  and  proteft  Juftice.     Xbc 
•'  wonderful  Beginnings  of  Your  Reign  are  moft 
*'  certain  PreCces  of  the  Bleflings  which  Heaven 
**  prepares  for  tne  Uprightiiefs  of  Your  Intentions; 
•*  which  have  no  other  Scope  than  to  reftorc  this 
*' Flourifliing  Kingdom  to  its  firftGreatneli,  and 
**  break  the  Chains  which   Europe    groans  under. 
*'  This  Magnanimous  Defign,  worthy  of  the  Heroe 
**  of  our  Age,  filPd  his  Royal  Highnefi  with  inex- 
"  preffible  Joy  \  byt  He  was  conftrain'd  to  conc^ 
*'  It  in  the  Secret  of  his  Heart ;  and  if  at  laft  He 
"  hsiZ  been  free  to  own  it.  He  is  obligM  to  the  very 
"  Name  of  Your  Majefty  for  it,  fince  that  alone 
"  has  made  him  conceive  fome  hopes  of  Liberty j  a£. 
^  ter  fo  many  Years  of  ^ ^ A^ ^ TV  DE. 

*'My  Words,  and  the  Treaty   which    I  have 
"  Sign'd  at  the  Hague,  with  Your  Majefty's  Mini- 
"  fters,  do  but  faintly  exprefi  the  PaiCon  which  m  v 
"  Matter  has  to  unite  himfelf  by  the  moft  inviolable 
*'  Ties  to  Your  Service.    The  Honour,  Sir,  which 
"  He  has  to  be  related  to  You,  has  tied  the  firft 
"  knots  of  this  Union ,  the  infinite  Re^ft  which 
**  He  has  for  Your  Sacred  Perlbn  has,  as  it  were, 
"  knit  them  fatter ,   and  the  generous  Proteftion 
*'  which  You  are  pleas'd  to  grant  Him,  will,  with- 
"out  doubt,  make  them  indittbluble.    Theft  arc 
**  the  finccre  Sentiments  of  his  Royal  Highnefs,  ro 
*'  which  1  dare  not  add  any  thing  of  mine ;  fot 
*'  how  ardent  (bever  may  Zeal  may  bCjand  how  prc-t 
"  found  the  Veneration  which  I  bear  to  Your  glo- 
"  rious  Atchievements,  I  think  I  cannot  better  ex- 
"  prefs  either,  than  by  a  Silence  full  of  Admiration. 
Though  Kin§  fVtlUam  never  fliew-d  the  leaft 
Tindhire  of  Vanity,  yet  he  could  not  but  be  pleas'd 
with  a  Speech  which  contained  Co  many  agreeable 
Truths,  drett  in  fo  genteel  a  manner ;  aiid  indeed  it 
argues  ill  Nature,  not  to  (ay  Ferocity,  rather  than 
Grcatnefi  of   Soul,   to  be  altogether  inftnfible  of 
Praife;  «for  juft  Commendation  as  it  is  a  powerful 
Incentive  to  Virtue,  fo  it  is  its  proper  Reward.  The 
good  Effects  of  Count  de  La  Tour^s  Complimenc 

appear'd 


W  ILLIAM  th  Third.  xx^) 

appeared  in  the  happv  Succefi  of  his  Negotiation;fbr  A.  C 
His  Majefty ^gladly  laying  hold  of  this  opportunity    itfpo. 
to  engage  tne  Duke  or  Savoy  in  the  Confederates  In-  \^/^'f\j 
tercft,  promised  nim  fpcedy  Affiftancc,  and  was  as 
good  as  his  Promife. 

The  Affairs  of  Italy  infenfibly  have  brought  us  9^«^^<P» 
over  into  En^/anJ^  let  us  return  to  the  Continent.  V*  **' 
As  the  Enemies  of  France  cncreas'd,  fo  flie  feem'd  *' 
proportionably  to  encreafe  in  Power,  being  very 
Formidable  this  Year,  not  only  by  Sea,  of 
which  the  Confederate  Fleet  felt  the  EfFeds, 
but  alfb  by  Land.  The  Allies  being  fenfible 
of  this ,  it  was  agreed,  that  the  Array  of  the 
States  under  Prince  fValdecl^ ,  fliould  oppofe  ill 
F/anJersy  that  of  France^  Commanded  by  the  Duke 
of  Luxemburg  \  while  the  Eledor  oi  Brandenburg 
fliould,  upon  the  Mo/effe^  obfervc  the  Marquis  de 
Bcufflers.  But  the  French,  according  to  their  ufual 
forwardnefs,  bavinj;  taken  the  Field  betimes,  the 
Dutch  were  coxiftrain'd  to  draw  out  of  their  Garri- 
(bns  to  attend  the  Enemy,  before  thofe  of  Branden^ 
burg  were  come  to  the  rofts  affign'd  them^  which 
gave  Boufflerj  an  opportunity  to  encamp  between 
the  Sombre  and  the  Meu/e,  from  whence  he  main* 
tain'd  a  free  Communication  between  Bis  Army  and 
that  of  Luxemburg, 

The  Dutch,  utwer  thefe  Circumftances,  encamp'd 
near  the  River  Piettm,  in  one  of  the  moft  advanta- 
geous Pofts  in  all  Flanders^  waiting  till  the  Branden-^ 
burgers  took  the  Field,  and  thereby  caus'd  the  Ene- 
iny  to  divide  their  Forces ;  but  in  the  mean  time 
the  Duke  of  l^uxemburg  drew  near  the  Sambre^  with 
a  defign  to  cro^  that  River  between  Namur  and 
Charier oy^  and  then  to  waft e  the  Spanlfb  Countries 
or  put  them  under  Contribution.  The  Prince  of 
TValdeck^  knowing  of  what  Importance  it  was  to 
keep  the  French  beyond  the  Sambre^  atid  moreover 
being  powerfully  fblicited  by  the  Spaniards  to  op- 
pofe  tne  Defigns  of  the  Enemy,  decampM  from 
the  Pieten  on  the  29th  oijune  (  New  Stile)  and  the 
the  nex''  Day  derach'd  the  Count  of  Berlo,  with 
I  yoo  Horfe,  to  obferve  whether  the  French  endea- 
vour'd  to  pafi  the  Samhe  or  no.    This  Detachment 

Q,  q.  was 


aid  The  Reign  9f  King 

A.   C  •  wts^ift  cale  of  necdL  to  be  (upported  by  four  or  five 
1^9-.  Regimems  of  Cavalry,  Commanded  by  the  Counc 
I  Je  Flodr^:  and  the  Count  of  fJ^^cobenum,  with  anoth^ 
Party  or  Horfe,  was  poftrc^  oa  this  fide  a  narrow 
Lane,  which  was  to  be  pafs'd  thro'  before   they 
could  come  at  this  Eaemy. 

Berlo  being  advanced  as  far  as  the  Village  of  FUm- 
ti  (  or  Flerys  )  found  that  a  good  part  ot  the  pyewch 
Army  had  already  pafiM  tnc  Sombre,  and  t>o{lcd 
Aemfelves  againll  the  Village,  which  the}^  kept  to 
their  Backs ;   of  all  which  ne  inP:ancly   inform'd 
Prince  fVMdc4:k9  who  was  polled  between  MeH^ 
and  Flasri.    On  the  other  Hand,  the  Enemy  having 
notice  of  Berlo^s  Approach ,  march'd  direfHy    to- 
i^ards  him;  And  at  the  (ame  time  theDuke  oi  JLuxem^ 
hurgh  difpatchM   away    feveral  Troops  privateJy 
through  By-ways  to  fall  upon  him  in  the  Rear. 
Thereupon  BcyU  fcnt  for  a  Reinforcement,  elpeci- 
idly  of  Foot,   but  inftead  of  fenaing   him  more 
Fcffce,  they  gave  him  orders  to  Retreat ;  Yet  he 
tieceiving  not  thofe  Orders  till  he  was  almoft  in- 
velop'd  on  every  fide,  was  oblig'd  to  put  hilnlelf  in 
a  Condition  to  defend  a  narrow  Lane^which  he  had 
before  poffefi'd  by  his   Dragoons.     The  Enemy 
eharg'd  nim  very  vigoroufly,  and  there  he  loft  his 
Life,  as  did  alio  Major  Caftlanan  and  fbme  other 
Officers.    The  Count  o(  Flodrop  was  likewifc  ad- 
vonc'd  too  far  to  retire  without  Fighting ;  and  in- 
deed his  Parry  ftood  their  Ground  very  ftoutly  for 
a  while,  but  being  opprefs'd  with  Numbers,  they 
wcrcforc'd  to  retreat  to  Monfieur/^ii^i/OT,  who 
eominanded  the  third  Detachment,  and  was  pofted 
on  the  ether  fide  of  the  Hedge.    Some  Squadrons 
rf  the  French  boldly   purfii'd  Flodrop  through  the 
Hedge,  but  they  were  (b  vigoroufly  repuls'd,  that 
they  were  conftrain'd  to  make  more  liafte  back  a- 
^ain.    When  this  was  over,  Fhdrop  aiul  H^ehbemm  ' 
joyn'd  their  main  Army,  which  was  drawn  up  in 
order  of  Battle,  and  continued  in  that  Pofture  all 
that  Night.    The  next  Morning  the  Omd  under- 
ftood  by  a  Deferter,  that  the  Duke  of  Luxemburgb 
was  refblr'd  to  Fight ;  but  two  Spies,  who  made  u 
their  bufinefs  to  betray  both  Armies,  reported  pre- 

ftntly 


^  I  LLI  A  Utbe  Third,  ti; 

fently  after,  that  he  was  repafling  the  Sombre.  Prince   A.  C. 
M^/^f c<;.  continu'd  in  this  uncertainty  till  Eight  in    16^0, 
the  Morning,  when  he  law  the  French  drawn  up  < 
in  Battle- Arw,  and  that 'there  was  a  neceflity  of 
Engaging.    The  Dutch  Army  confifted  only  of  a- 
bout  Five  and  Twenty  Thoufand  Men,  the  Spani^ 
Mrds  ^xidBratidevburf^hers^  who  (hould  have  Reinforced 
them,  not  being  vet  come  up  ;  fo  that  the  Prince 
could  not  make  aoove  two  Lines,  which  extended 
from  Fieuri  to  St.  Amnnd,    TJie  French  Army  was 
above  Forty  Thoufand  Men  ftrong,    Luxcmburgh 
having  almoft  drained  the  French  Frontier-Towns, 
and  having  been  reinforcM  three  Days  before  by 
Eighteen  Battallions  of  Foot,  Forty  five  Squadrons 
oJF  Horfe  from  Bouffl^s^s  Army  and  the  Flying- 
Camp  of  the  Count  de  Gournay.    The  Fight  being 
refolv'd  upon.  Prince  ^f5f/^^c<;.  gave  the  Conunanid  . 
of  his  Right  Wing  to  the  Prince  of  Kajfuu,  General 
of  the  Horfe,  accompanied  by  Lieutenant  General 
d*  Huby^  a  Spaniard^  and  the  Prince  of  Birk,enfieldj 
with  his  Brigadiers ;  and  aflignM  the  Charge  of  the 
the  Left  Wing,  and  the  main  Battle,  to  the  Prince 
of  Ndjfau,  Governor  of  Fric:(eiand^  and  Marefchal 
ds'Camp^  and  the  Lieutenant  Generals  J'  Alva  and 
Pf^cbbenum,    He  likewife,  before  the  Fight  began, 
lent  fbme  Horfe  to  line  the  Right  Wing  of  the  Ar- 
my, which  was  advantageoufly  pofted  ;  but  whe- 
ther none  were  (entto  line  the  Left,  or  that  thole 
who  were  commanded  thither  did  not  perform  their 
Duty,  the  Enemy,  without  being  pcrceivd,  flipp'd^tf/r/^  of 
feveral  Troops  behind  a  rifing  Ground  and  a  frnall  FJcrus 
Wood  near  the  5/f?7iir(r,  who  pofted  ihcmfelves  be-J"^y  '• 
hind  the  Second  Line  of  the  Left  Wing.    This  ^^  ^' 
conftrain*d  that  Line  to  face  about  and  turn  their 
Backs  to  the  Firfl,    whereby  being  very   much 
weakned,  fome  Batallions  of  the  Right  Wmg  were 
ftnt  to  fecure  their  Flank,  and  aflift  them  to  main-   . 
tain  their  Ground.   The  Duke  of  Luxcmburf^h  no 
fboner  obfervM  that  Motion,  but  he  told  the  Duke 
de  Mdine^  who  was  then  next  him.  Sec  what  the  E- 
nem;  are  doings  Iforetel  thy  mil  he  beaten.     Which 
faid,  he  orderd  the  Left  Wing  to  be  atr:ick'd  at  the 
fame  time  in  theFront.Rear  andFlank.l'he  §rft  Lfne 

Q.q  X  being 


xxS  tfji  Reign  of  Khg 

A.  C  being  already  weakened  to  reinforce  the  Secofii, 
idpo.  was  foonforc'd  to  give  Ground;  whereupon  ds 
£nemy  march'd  on  to  the  Second,  to  fall  upon  chdr 
Rear.  Bf  this  Time,  that  JLine  was  adv^anced  to 
make  Head  againft  the  Cavalry,  which  chcy  hsd 
before  them,  and  which  they  had  drove  back  in 
Diforder  upon  the  French  Infantry  ;  but  the  Enemy 
•  having  Three  Lines,  fb  that  no  (boner  was  one  o- 
venum'd,  but  frefh  Battalions  renewed  the  Rght, 
they  with  more  eafe  repulfed  the  Dutch^  quite  xui 
with  the  Onfets  they  had  already  liiftain'd.  Prioa 
Waldeck^  oblerving  the  Leit  Wing  in  a  ftaffgering 
Condition,  and  that  the  Horfe  had,  for  the  moft  pan, 
given  Ground,  ^nt  to  their  Relief  the  Horfe  or  the 
Second  Line  of  the  Right  Wing,  from  whence  the 
Foot  had  already  been  drawn  for  the  fiune  pur- 
pole.  While  this  was  doing  on  that  (ide,  the  Firil 
Line  of  the  Right  Wing  was  alio  engaged  with 
the  Enemy,  and  had  bravely  repulied,  and  routed 
them  Ihreral  times,  being  (upported  by  the  Spani/h 
Horfe,  who  made  themftlvcs  h4afters  of  Ten  Pieces 
of  the  Enemies  Cannon,  and  kept  them  a  confide- 
rable  time  :  But  the  French  having  Three  Lines  on 
that  fide  alio,  and  being  continually  Applied  widi 
firefli  Men,  the  Dutch  Cavalry  was  difpers'd 
and  broke  to  that  degree,  that  the  whole  Body  could 
never  be  rallied  again.  Indeed  Count  Flodrof  made 
a  (hift  to  gather  about  one  Thottfana  two 
Hundred  Horfe  after  an  Hours  Riding  firom  the 
Field  of  Battle,  and  brought  them  on  again,  but 
then  it  was  too  late,  for  the  Infantry  was  retreated. 

From  this  time,  during  the  whole  courfe  of  this 
War,  the  Dutch  Horfe  had  the  Misfortune  to  be  ac- 
counted the  worft  among  the  Confcden.rcs  ;  andJn* 
deedjhad  they  behaved  themlclves  as  w  j11  as  the  Infan- 
try, on  this  occafion,tbe  Viftory  would  certainly  have 
been  on  their  fide,  notwithftanding  the  inequality  of 
Numbers :  As  for  the  Foot,nevcr  did  any  Troops  per- 
,^  J        form  greater  Wonders;  for  after  they  were  forfa- 
^^'.^  ken  by  the  Horfe,  they  alone  fuftain'd  the  Charges 
h  the       ^f  the  French  Cavalry  and  Infantry,  and  being  at- 
Ojtch      rack'd  in  Front,  Flanlc  and  Rear,  all  at  once,  yet 
FQ9i.         they  remained  firm,    unbroken  and  impeaetrable. 

They 


WILLIAM  the  TbirJ.  1x9 

They  let  the  l^nemies  Horfe  approach  within  A.  O 
Piftol-fliot  of  them,  and  made  their  Difcharge  with  |  ^^q^ 
iiich  an  unconcerned  and  ftcddy  Aim,  that  the 
whole  Squadron  together  (eem'd  to  link  under  the 
Ground,  hardly  Thirty  of  the  whole  Number  get- 
ting off;  and  this  courfe  they  (b  accuftom'^d  them* 
Xelvcs  to  obferve,  that  at  length  they  laughed  at 
their  Enemies,  and  challenged  them  to  AoVance. 
The  French^  on  the  otherfide,  were  Co  dafli'd  with 
the  Execution  done  upon  them,  that  they  fled  2.C- 
ibon  as  the  Dutch  began  to  prefent  their  Mufquets: 
nor  durftthey  Anymore  come  near  them,  bucdif^ 
fer^d  them  to  retreat  in  good  Order,  without  oScT" 
ing  to  purlue  them.  This  unparaird  Firmnefs  and 
Bravery  made  the  Duke  of  Luxemhrgb  fay  in  their 

Praife,  Th4t  they  had  out-done  the  Spanifli  Infantry  at 
the  Battel  of  Rocroy  \  where  the  Spaniards  wrform* 
ed  Wonders :  Adding  withal.  That  Prince  VValdeck 
ought  ever  to  remember  the  French  Hvrfef  and  him* 
felf  never  to  forget  the  Dutch  Infantry. 

This  Aftion  was  yery  bloody  on  both  fides,  the 
Dutch  themfelves  owning  the  lojfs  of  4600  Men 
Killed  upon  the  place,  and  a  great  many  Wound? 
cd,^  above  4000  Prifoners,  and  the  greateft  part  of 
their  Artillery  taken.  The  moft  remarkable  rerfons 
among  the  Slain  were  the  Prince  of  Saxe  Mersburg^ 
the  Count  of  ^^Vm/h,  one  of  the  Young  Counts  of 
l^ajfauj  the  Baron  de  Hyde^  and  (everal  Colonels^ 
Captains  and  inferior  Officers.  As  for  the  French^ 
bating  the  Prifoners,  and  the  Field  of  Battle,  they 
had  no  Reafon  to  boaft  of  any  Advantage,  the 
Number  of  their  Slain  being,  at  leall;  equal  with 
that  of  the  Dutch ;  and  however  Prince  Waldeck, 
might  have  been  miftaken  in  not  avoiding  a  Battle, 
after  the  Informations  that  were  given  him  con- 
cerning the  Conjunction  of  the  French  Forces,  yet 
'tis  certain  he  dfid  all  that  could  be  expelled  from 
an  Experienced  General. 

The  Dutch  repaired  their  Loflfes  with  admirable 
DiUgence,  Infomuch  that  Prince  Vl^aldsck,  being  re- 
inforced by  Ae  Five  Englifh  Regiments,  who  were 
not  in  die  late  A<9tion ;  Eijg;ht  or  Kine  Thoufand 
Mto  frost  Hanover'^  and  Tcn.Thoufand  more  of 


a  JO  The  Reign  ef  Khg 

1690.   the  BJIhoprick  of  Lj'ege,   Brandentm^herf^   and  Hii- 
A*  C.  l^nd&rs^,  under  Count  dc  TiUy,  he  jom'd  the  Elc<9ar 


qt  Brandcnhurgb  witKall  his  Forces.    By  this  Con- 
jun<5lioa  the  Confederate  Army  being  reckoned  a- 
bout  fjoco  ftrong,  bent  their  March  to  GcnMp^  aad 
io  to  Bois'Scignem-lffac  \  but  tho'  the  Duke  of  Lux- 
anburgh  had  oeen  likewife  confiderably  reinforcU 
yet  not  trufting  to  his  Numbers,  he  \2X  conteatu 
with  the  Glory  of  having  gained  a  fignal  Vi5fcocy 
this  Summer,  and  fortified   his  Camp,  k  as  not  to 
be  oblig'd  to  fight,  without  confiderable  advantage; 
on  the  other  fide,  the  Confederates  being  un  williog 
to  haTArd  a  Battle  upon  fiich  bard  Terms^  there 
was  no  further  Aftion  in  Flanders  this  Campaign, 
which  gives  us  leave  to  pafs  on  to  Germanj, 
Affsirf.if      Tho'  the  Emperor,  towards  the  latter  end  oft  he 
dcimany,  preceding  Year,  was  very  prelling  wicii  the  Proi»- 
ftant  Electors  to  meet  at  Auslmrg^  yet  neither  Letters 
nor  Meflaces  were  able  to  prevail  with  them.  How- 
El09rMl    ever,  theEIeftoral  College  being  met,  together  with 
CQilege      the  Envoys  of  fiich  as  were  abfeic,  his  Imperial  Ma- 
held  at     jcfty  made  a  Speech  to  them  upon  the  Occafion  for 
Aujburg.  which  they  were  Affembled^   which   confifted  of 
Three  Principal  Heads  j  the  Firft  was  the  Securi- 
ty of  the  Empire  agatnft  the  Defigns  of  Frarue  \ 
the  next,  the  neceflity  of  chufing  a  King  of  the 
Bs^nans'^  and  laftly^  he  earneftly  recommended  to 
them  to  caft  their  Eyes  upon  Jijifh  his  Son,  Arch- 
Duke  of -4/|r/?r//f,  and  King  o(  Hmtgary^  to  advance 
him  to  that  Dignity,    Whatever  the  Ele<ftoral  CoU 
lege    refolved    in  Relation   to  the  Firft,      they 
fjroved  un.inimous  in  the  choice  of  the  Laft  ;  pru- 
dently fijppoling,   that  there  could  be   no  better 
Archd'A  *   ^^^^  ^^^  obviating  the  Defigns  of  France  upon 
Jofcph  '   (^^rmany,    than  to  continue  the  Imperial   Dignity 
(hifJn  King'^^^^  ^tt/W4»   Family.    Thus  Archduke  J^fcfh 
^tffhe  Ro-^w^s  Chofen  and  CrownM  King-  of  the  Hpnums^  co 
mans.       the  great  Satisfaftion  of  the  Emperor,  and  nuA-ot 
Jan.  ?4.    the  Empire;  and  the  no  leJLdifeppointment  of  the 
.^f^.       King  of  France^ ^  whofe  Eaemies  did  ftill  encreide 
in  this  Very  Conjunfilirt.    For  the  Memorial  which 
the  Duke  of  Lo?  rain  presented  to  the  Diet  at  Ha*> 
$hkamfy  towards  the  clo(e  of  laft  Yc^,  about  tii| 

being 


WILLIAM//;^  Thini.  aji 

being  reftor'd  to  hisDutchy,  was  now  fiicccedcdby    idpo. 
a  Manifefto  from  the  fame  Prince,  wherein  he  de-  /v.   C. 
clar'd  War  againft  France^  alledging  how  unjuft  it  v^^^VNii/ 
was  in  Lewis  the  XIV.  to  detain  his  Territoricsr/>e  Duki 
from  him,  under  frivolous  Pretences;    promifing^/Lorraia 
to  himfelf  to  enter  into  Lorrain  the  approaching  O'^^^"' 
Summer,  at  the  Head  of  Forty  Thoufand  Men  \  ^^  *• 
and  exhorting  all  his  Subjefts^  to  (hake  oft  tlie  Yoak  ^^'"^ 
of  France^  and  all  the  Nobility  and  Gentry  to  at  ■^^*"^*' 
fill  him  to  regain  his  Ancient  Patrimony,  under  the 
Penalty  of  being  degraded,  and  deprived  of  all  their 
Priviledges.    But  it  (bon  appeared  how  vain  arc  all 
the  Proje6ls  of  Mortal  Men  :  For  this  brave  Prince, 
who  in  a^l  probability  might  have  given  a  terrible 
Shake  to  the  immenfe  Power  ot  France^  beiryj  up- 
on the  Road   to  Vienna,  at  a  fmall  Village  called 
H^eUsy  was  feizM  wiih  a  Quinzy,  which  took  from 
him  the  u(e  of  his  Lungs,  and  his  Speech  in  a  (hor^ 
time,  fo  that  he  was  forc'd  to  Write  down  part  of 
bis  Confellion  :    And  perceiving  himfelf  near  his 
end,  he  wrote  a  Letter  to  the  Emperor,  expreiCng 
his  Sorrow  for  having  done  (b  little,  and  his  betn^ 
po  longer  able  to  clo  any  thinp:  more  for  his  Ser- 
vice, and  Recommending  his  Wife  and  all  his  Fa- 
roil/  to  his   Imperial  Majefty's    Care.    He  then 
Wrote  another  to  his  Lady,  to  comfort  her  for  hej 
Lois ;  and  foon  after  this,  the  Impofthume  that  was 
in  his  Throat  burfting  within  fide,  prcfently  ftiflcd 
him,  fo  that  he  expir'd  in   the  Arms  of  his  Father  *D/V/, 
Conteflor,  on  the  1 8  th  Day  of  ^pril.    This  Ciddcn  April  iS. 
Death  as  it  tjirn'd"  into  Affliftion  the   Rejoicings^-  •?• 
of  the  Court  of  P^enna,  upon  the  Marriage  of  the 
Princefi  Dorothea  Sophia  of  Newburgy  with  the  Prince 
ot  Parma  \  (p  it  allay 'd  the  Sorrow  oiVerfdlles,  up- 
on the  Death  of  the  Dauphine^  which  happcn'd^*  ^^- 
two  Days  after  that  of  the  Duke  of  Lorrain -^  *"^Frwi« 
which  did  not  retard  the  Dauphin  her  Husli^d*^  ^^^^ 
Journey  to  Strasbur^h,   froni  whence  he  put  himfelf  ^pril  i«, 
4t  the  Head  of  the  French  Army,  il\at  lay  near  n.  s. 
ttindau. 

The  Command  of  the  Im.perial  Army  was  givei\ 
to  the  EleSor  of  Bavaria^  with  whom,  at  length, 
join'd  a  Body  of  Saxons,  headed  by  the  Elector  him- 

^9  4.  M» 


ajx  The  Reign  pf  King 

i6qo.   '^^t   with   his  Two  Sons.    Theft  Four  held    a 
f^  Q    Conference  at  Eppinghen^  together  with  the  Field- 
yj^^js^  Marefchals,  Caprara  and  Sereniy  after  which  there 
Csmpmign  ^cre  great  Expedations,  that  the  principal   Parr 
/ifGenna-o(  the  Army  would  have  fallen  upon  Hunmngben-^ 
ny  vitb'    but  there  was  nothing  put  in  Execution  on   that 
§vt  sny  r^-fide,  nor  indeed  any  where  elft  worth  relating. 
msrkshli    For  the  Impmalifts  naving  for  (bme  time  incacnp- 
^im.       gj  Ju  jije  Marquiiatc  of  Baden  Durlaeb^  all  Men 
were  fiirprix'd  that  inftead  of  Marching  on  to- 
wards the  Upper  ^ine^  they  fell  down  on  a  fudden 
towards  Mentiti  the  EIe6):or  of  Saxon:^  at  the  fame 
time,  being  polled  near  PhiUifsburg^  General  Dune- 
waUt  commanding  a  Flying-camp  towards   Fon^ 
Louisy  and  General  Soucbes  keeping  his  former  Poft 
on  Hurminghen  fide.     The  Dauphin  was  no  iboner 
inform'd  or  theft  Motions,  but  ^he  paflfed  the  Ubine 
at  Fort-Louis^  to  maintain  his  Army  in  the  Enemies 
Country,  and^  that  in  order  of  Battle,  as  expe^ing 
fbme  Oppofition  in  his  March.    On  the  i6th  ot 
jiuguji  he  encamped .  in  the  Plain  of  s^olhovm,  (or 
Stoihoffen)  having  the  Mountains  on  one  fide,  the 
m>ine  on  the  other,  and  a  larce  Morals  before  him, 
being  about  Forty  Thouland  ftrong,  and  in  expc- 
ftation  of  being  confidcrably  reinforc'd.    His  Dc- 
iign  was  to  have  taken  (bme  Forts  that  open'd  htm 
a  Paffage  into  PVirtcml^erg^  a  Province  yet  untouched 
by  either  Army,  and   which  confequently  would 
have  afforded   plentiful   SiibGftance  for  his  Men. 
The  Duke  of  Bavaria  prevented  the  accomplifli- 
meat  of  his  Projeft,  for  returning  back  with  long 
Marches,  and  Joining  the  Saxons^  the  two  Eledlors 
march'd  direftly  towards  the  Dauphin^  who  by  hard 
and  cautious  Marches  avoided    an  Engagement  9 
and  the  rather,becauft  the  Imferiaiijis  wercluperior 
to  him   in   Force,  upon   his    detaching  Twelve 
Thou(and  of  his  Men  towards  the  MofeBe^  to  thwart 
the  Defigns  of  the  Luntnburgbers^  and  HeJJ^ns^  who 
were  got  near  C^blcnf:^^   on    purpofe  to  paw    the 
Hhinc^  and  (b  fall  into  the  Archbimopricks  of  TViVrx, 
and  expel  the  French  out  of  their  Country.    And 
clius  ended  the  Campaign  on  the  German  fide  with- 
out  any  remarkable  Adion. 

An 


WILLI  AU  th<  Thin/.  133 

An  In(urre£lion  which  happen'd  in  Cdtahniato-    1690. 
wards  the  be^ning  of  this  icar,  and  which  area-    a.   cL 
ted  no  linall  Trouble  to  the  Viceroy,  and  Court  v,^y"^ 
of  Spain  be/peaks  our  attention  for  a  while.    The  infmrtBim 
'Pretence  was  that  the  Spaniards  kept  too  mat  a  m  in  C^ 
number  of  Troops  in   that  Provitice,   and  over-taloiiia, 
charg*^  it  with  Taxes  contrary  to  its  Ancient  Pri- 
vileges, of  which  the  Catalans  were   ever  jealous^ 
and  obftinately  tenacious.    The  Revolt  began  in 
this  manner :  Two  Wealthy  Countrymen  kuid  In- 
tereft  enough  to  draw  together  about  a  Thoufand 
more,  and  with  that  Body  they  ftopt  up  all  tfaie  A- 
venues  to  Barcelona^  where  the  Duke  de  Vila  Her* 
mo/a  the  Viceroy  reuded ;  feiz'd  upon  Two  Troopi 
of  Horie  that  lay  in  the  Neighbouring  Villages^ 
and  committed  (bme  Spoil ;  but  upon  the  Viceroy's 
lending  a  Party  of  the  Garriibn  of  Baredona  againft 
them,  they  immediately  fled  to  the  Mountains,  and 
from  thence,  in  a  (hort  time  after,  lent  to  beg  Par- 
don, which  was   granted   them.    This  Sedition 
which  (ecmM  entirely  extincuifli'd,  wasonlv  raked 
up  in  the  A(hes :  The  Rebels  had  (hew'd  them- 
felves  too  loon,  by  Reafbn  the  French^  who  were 
to  have  (iipported  them,  were  not  within  reach  to 
do  it ;  fo  chat  the  Catalans  kept  fair  for  a  time,t]ll  they 
had  afllirance  of  Protection  from  France^  when  they 
threw   off    their    Masks,     more  darlingly  than 
before,  and  increasM  in  Numbers  every  Dav ;  fo 
that  tne  Court  of  Spdin  was  obliged,  beficles'the 
Forces  that  were  already  in  that  Province,  to  (end 
for  more  out  oi  Navarre  to  fiipprefi  them«    By  thefc  5,**^^/}^ 
means  the  Rebels  were  reduc'd  to  fo  great  neccffity,   ^^*  ■''  * 
that   tho*  ^  the    Duke    de   Noailles    polled    with 
all   Expedition    to   Perpignan^    and    us'd  all    the 
jnduflry  imaginable  to  draw  his  Army  together  to 
Countenance  tbem,  yet  they  had  before  in  a  man- 
ner dwindled  into  nothing.     However  he  reapM  ThtVttnxh 
rhis  Advantage  from  their  Revolt,  th^t  he  wasDe-^^jpiV/s 
forehand  with  the  Spaniards  in  the  Field,  as  he  wasCaOiloiii% 
the  Year  before,  when  be   took  Camprcdon  from 
them,  which  (pent  them  this  whole  Campaign  in 
the  retaking  or  it,  tho'  thev  could  not  prevent  the 
demoliOiing  of  it.    Thus  tne  Duke  de  Noailles  had 

thc<; 


134  ^^'^  R^iff^  ^ Kin^^ 

idyo.   the  oppominity  to  take  ^an  Juan  tk  AhadtffaSj  a 
A.  C   finall  Fort  two  Leagues   bcyoodi   Campi^don^  siod 
X^f'^^^sj  Six  from  Gsronne^  which  incoarag'*d  him  to  go   on  • 
and  fo  poffcfling  hlmftlf  of  divers  Caftlcs,  that  cm- 
barrafi'd  his  Progrcfs,  he  advanc'd  as  far  as  F^u/tfi^ 
about  Four  ffnall  Leagues  from  Girmne^  upon  ^iirfaidi 
laft  Town  he  (ccm'd  to  bend  his  Thoughts  ;  But 
finding  hirafelf  not  ftrong  enough  for  (iich  anEn- 
terprize,  and  yet  being  dcGrous  to  take  the  advan- 
tage of  the  flowncfi  of  the  Spaniardsy  he  left  Gi- 
renne  upon  the  left  hand»  ana  advanced  near    tfae 
City  of  r/cA,  maintaining  his  Army  at  thf  Expencc 
of  the  Catalans^    and   deftroying  all  he  could    noc 
make  ufe  oi.    As  for  the  Sfaniards^  the  Month  of 
Atifufi  was  come,  before  they  bad  got  between  Ten 
or  Twelve  Thoufand  Men  together,  with  which  the 
Duke  de  ViSa  Hermofa  march'd  towards  the  Enemy  ; 
but  the   Frencl)  Army  being  now  weakened  by  a 
Detachment  fcnt  into  Dauphincy  the  Duke  de  Noa/ies 
prudently    declined  Fighting,   and  retired  by    the 
way  of  Hpuffilhn^  and  lo  ended  the  Campaign  oo 
that  fide. 

The  Differences  about  theFranchifes,  and  other 

thiiigs  done  by  the  French  Court  and  Clergy,  in 

Prejudice  of  the  Holy  See,  were  this  Year  amica* 

bly  composed  between  the  King  of  7^^ m^^  and  the 

Pope;  his  moft  Chriftian  Majeft^,  making   in  a 

manner  all  the  Conceflions  on  his  Part  to  cfle<3 

It,  and  the  Old  Father  to  m^ke  him  Ibme  return, 

laying  a  Defign  to  reconcile   the   Emperor  and 

ysin  stm    France.    The  Republick  of  Venice^  as  well  for  their 

tempts       own  Intereft,  as  to  pleafe  the  Court  of /^ow<:,  coa- 

viade  for  a  cuTT^d  wIth   his  Holin^fi  in   this  Proje<ft  ;  but  all 

peace  be-  ^^^j^  Endeavours  could  not  prevail  with  the  Em- 

T^nTireand  ^^^^  ^^  hvc^k  th^  AlHances  be  had  fo  folemnly 

r««rl     entcr'd  into,   as  well  for  his  own,  as  the  rpft  of 

■  £urcp^  sKcunty. 

Thus  having  run  thro'  the  feveral  Tran<a6iion$ 
Abroacf,  that  have  any  Relation  to  King  Pf^Siam , 
as  Head  of  the  Confederacy  againft  France^  let  us 
now  attend  that  Monarch  whom  we  left  with  his 
Queen  at  H^indfor^  in  the  TranQjofts  of  their 
Sept.  12.  mutual  Joys.    Three  *  Days  a^ef,  the  Parliament 

•  *    '    met,  . 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  ^iE^f  ThirJ.  23^ 

met,  and  was  Prorogu'd  by  Commiffion  till  the   16^0. 
ad  of  OStobcri  and  at  the  iame  time  a  Proclamati-   a.   C; 
on  was  publiOi'd,  requiring  the  Attendance  of  the  V-/^v^ 
Members  of  both  Houfes  on  the  Day  prcfixt.  Du-  Psrlia. 
ring  this  Interval,  His  Majefty  recciv'd    the  {o.mentpr§^ 
lemn  Congratulations  ofthc  Nobility,  Clergy,  City  jf^»*<^, 
oi  London^  Eaft- India  Company ^  and  fcveral  other  Sept.  ii< 
Corporations,  upon  his  glorious  Campaign  in  Ire- 
Undf  and  &fe  Return  into  this  Kingdom ;  and  the 
Parliament  being  met,  according  to  their  late  Pro- 
rogation,   the  King    Addrefling  himfelf  to  both  ^ 
Houfes,  told  them  :  '  That  fince  he  laft  metihem,^*  ^'^^ 

*  he  had  us'd  his  bed  endeavours  to  reduce  Ireland  ^l^pj^^ 

*  into  (ucha  Condition  this  Year,  as  that  it  might  ^,^^ 

*  be  no  longer  a  Charge  to  England:  And  it  had  oa^b.  2. 

*  pleas'd  God  to  Ble(s  his  Endeavours  with    iiich 

*  Succefs,  that  he  doubted  not,  but  he  fliould  have 

*  been  fuUv  poffeft  of  that  Kingdom  by  this  time, 
?  bad  he  been  enabled  to  have  gone  into  the 
^  Field  as  loon  as  he  (hould  have  done,  and  as  was 

*  more  especially  ncceflary  in  Ireland^  where   the 

*  Rains  are  fo  great^  and  begin  Vo  early. 

'  That  he  thought  himfelf  obliged  to  take  No- 

*  lice,  how  well  the  Army  there  had  behav'd  thom- 
^  felves  on  all  Occafions,  and  bom  great  Hardihips 

*  with  little  Pay,  and  with  fo  much  Patience  and 

*  Willingnefi,  as  could  not  proceed  but  from  an  Af- 
^  fe£kionate  Duty  to  his  Service,  and  a  Zeal  for  the 

*  Preteftanf  Religion. 

*  That  he  had  already  made  it  evident,  how  inuch 

*  he  h^  preferred  the  Satisfaction  of  h'ts  Subje£ls 
'  before  the  iblid  Advantages  of  the  Crown,  by 
^  parting  with  fo  confiderable  a  Branch  of  its  Inhe- 

*  ritance ;  and  it  was  no  lels  apparent,  that  he  had 

*  ask'd  no  Revenue  for  himfelf,  but  what  he  bad 

*  already  fobjcacd  to  be  charged  to  the  Ufes  of  the 

•War.  ,     ^ 

*That  he  did  at  his  Departure  give  Order  fof 

*  all  Publick  Accompts  to  be  made  ready  againft 

*  his  Return,  and  he  had  commanded  them  to  be 
^  laid  before  the  Houfe  oi  Commons ;  by  which  they 

*  would  (be  that  the  real  Want  of  what  was  NeceU 
I  &tf  beyond  the  Funds  girta^  and  die  not  getting 
"  .  in 


%^6  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C  *  in  due  timo  that  for  which  Funds  Were  aflign'd, 

I  tf  90.  *  had  been  the  principal  Caulcs  why  the  Army  v^^a^ 

^XVV^  *  in  ft)  much  Arrcar  of  their  Pay,  and  the  Stores, 

*  both  for  the  Navy  and  the  Ordinance,  not  fiippli- 

*  ed  as  they  ought  to  be. 

*  That  now,  as  He  had  neither  ftar'd  His  Per- 

*  fen  nor  His  Pains,  to  do  thera  all  the  Good  Ffc 

*  could  J   fb  He  doubted  not,^  but  if  they  would  as 

*  chearhilly  do  their  Parts,  it  was  in  their  Power  to 

*  make  both  Him  and  themfelves  happy,  and  the 

*  Nation  great ,  and  oh  the  other  hand,  it  was  too 

*  plain  by  what  the  French  had  let  them  ftc  fo  lare- 

*  ly,   that  if  the  prefcnt  War  was  not  profecuted 

*  with  Vigour,  no  Nation  In  this  World  was  exposed 

*  togreater  Danger. 

Tlien  direding  his  Speech  to  the  Commoas  in 
particular,  He  told  them  :  *  That  He  hoped  there 

*  would  need  no  more  upon  that  Subje^,  than  to 

*  lay  bcfbrc'them  the  State  of  what  would  be  necelp 

*  (ary  for  the  fupport  of  the  Fleet  and  Armies : 
*^which  could  not  poilibly  admit  of  being  leflenVi 

*  in  the  Year  enfiiing  ;  and  to  recommend  to  their 

*  Care  the  clearing  of  His  Revenue,  fo  as  to  enable 

*  Him  to  fiibfift,  and  to  maintain  the  charge  of  the 

*  Civil  Lift ;  the  Revenue  being  (b  engag'd,  that  ft 

*  muft  be  wholly  applied,  after  the  firft  of  Novcm- 

*  bcTy  to  pay  off  the  Debts  already  charg'ckupon 
•it ;  and  therefore  apreftnt  Confideration  muft  be 

*  had  of  the  Arrears  of  the  Army,  which  (hould 

*  be  laid  before  them,  and  for  all  which  He  defir'd 

*  a  fufficient  and  timely  Supply.    That  it  was  hxy 

*  ther  neceflary  to  inform  them,  that  the  whole  ftp- 

*  port  of  the  Confederacy  abroad,  would  abfblutely 

*  depend  upon  the  (peed  and  vigour  of  their  Pro- 
'ceedingsin  rhisSeiiion. 

'  That  here  He  muft  take  notice,  with  great  fi- 

*  tisfacSion,  of  the  readincfi  which  his  Subjects*  of 

*  al)  Degrees,  had  ftiewn,  both  in  this  City,  and  in 

*  their  (everal  Countries,  by  givine  their  Affiftances 

*  fo  chearfuUy  as  ihey  did  in  his  Ablencc,  while  the 

*  French  Fleet  was  upon  our  Coafts ;  and  befides  i^is 

*  fo  convincing  a  mark  of  the  good  Inclinations  of  his 

*  Peopje,  He  had  found  through  all  tfac  Countncs 

"  wtere 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  137 

*  where  Hepafi'd,  both  ac  Klsgoine   tnxo  Ireland^  A.  CX 

*  add  ih  his  return  from  thence,  (uch  Demonftrati-   lijpo* 

*  ons  of  their  Affciiions,  that  He  had  not  the  Icaftv^Y^ 
^  doubt,  but  He  fliould  find*  the  (amc  fifbm  their  Re- 

*  prefentatives  in  Parliament. 

^  That  He  mull  take  notice  al(b  how  much  the 

*  Honour  oftheNatioh  had  been  exposed  by  theiii- 
^  condu<^  of  his  Fleet,  in  the  laft  Summers  En- 

*  gagement   againft  the  French  i   and  He  thought 

*  himfelf  fo  much  concerned  to  (ee  it  vindicated^that 
^  he  could  not  reft  (atbfied,  till  an  Example  had 
^  been  made  of  iuch  as  fliould  be  found  faulty  upon 

*  their  Examination- and  Trial, which  was  not  pra6li- 

*  cable  while  the  whole  Fleet  was  abroad,  but  was 
f  now  put  into  the  proper  way  of  being  done  as 
^  Ibon  as  might  be.     ^  ^ 

Then  AddreiTrng  bimlelf  aj^in  to  both  Houles» 
He  closed  bis  Speech  by  telling  them,  *  That  He 
^  look'd  upon  the  Well-being  of  this  Kingdom^  to 
^  depend  upon  the  Refult  of  their  Counlels  and  De* 

*  terminations  at  this  time :  and  the  Benefit  would 

*  be  double  by  the  fpeed  of  their  Reiblutions,  info- 

*  much,  that  He  hop  d  they  would  agree  with:  Him 
^  in  this  Concluiion,  Tha^  whoever  went  about  to  oh- 
^  firuS  or  divert  their  ^pf  Heat  ion  to  thefe  Matters  fr^^' 

*  ferably   to  all  others^  could  neither  he  His  Friend  nor 

*  f/jtf  J^ingd0n^s, 

Six  or  (even  Days  were  (pent  by  both  Houlb  in 
preparing^ and  pre(enting  Addreues  to  their  Ma- 
jetties.    The  Lords  in  their  Addre(s  to  the  King,J&f  fw// 
"  being  extreamly  (enlible  of  the  great  Benefit  zndy^^^^'ijf  f 
*^  Advanugc  that  His  Majcfty's  late  Exi^edition  in-^'  ^  A^* 
'*  to  Ireland  had  procured  to  all  His  Subjeas  in  ge-OSo.  6, 
**  neral,   as  likewi(e  that  the  Succe(s  of  His  Ma- 
jetty's  Arms  in  that  Kingdom,  was  due,  next  to 
the  Providence  and  Blejlmg  of  God,  to  His  Ma* 
"  jetty's  Peribnal  Valour  and  Conduft,  did  look 
*^  upon  it  as  their  Duty  to  pre(ent  their  humble  and 
*'  hearty  Thanks  to  His  Majetty,  for  all  tho(e  fignal 
*'  Evidences  He  had  given  of  His  extraordinary  Af* 
**  fe^ion  forHIsPcopTcjWhlch  had  carried  His  Maje- 
'*  fty  in  (b  many  occafions  to  venture  a  Life  that  was 
^*  (b  dear  to  diem^and  to  dc(pi(c  all  Hazards  to  pro« 


it 
(I 


"  cure 


%l%  The  Reign  of  Kint^ 

A.   C.  "  cure  the  Settlement  of  His  Kingdoms,  the  Peace 
1690.   "  ^nd  quiet  of  His^ubjefts,  and  the  Eftabliflmient 
i^^bj  "  of  their  Religion.  And  as  it  was  not  poflible  but  fe 
•*  much  Bravery  of  Mind,  (iich  an  undaunted  Cou- 
*'  rage,  and  a  Heart  fb  exhalted  above  any  Appre- 
**  henfions  in  the  midft  of  all  Dangers,  muft  gain 
**  His  Majefty  the  Admiration  and  Reverence  of 
**  all  the  World,  and  even  of  His  Enemies  them- 
•*  felvcs,  who  had  felt  the  Effefts  of  (b  great  Virtues, 
*'  ib  they  did  not  doubt  but  that  foch  extraordinary 
**  Qpalities  muft  unite  the  Hearts  of  all  His  People 
**  in  fuch  a  Tendemefi,  as  well  as  Duty,  for  Hii 
**  Royal  Perfon,  as  was  neceflaiy  for  the  finifliing 
•'  what  His  Majefty  had  fb  glorioufly  begun. 
'And  u  the     Th^  next  Day  their  Lotdlhips  acknowledged 
Queai,      **  the  great  Advantage  the  Nation  had  received  fey 
Ofto.  7.  **the  eminent   Refolution,  as  well  as  Prudence, 
.  **  Her  Majefty  had  fhew'd  in  the  Abfence  of  the 
•*  Kinff,  and  m  (iich  Circumftances  of  DiflSculty  as 
**  would  have  difcompos'd  a  Mind  that  had  not  been 
•*  rais'd  above  them,  as  Her  Majefty  had  approved 
*•  Her's  to  be,by  this  undeniable  Evidence .-  And  de- 
•*  dar'd,that  Her  Majefty  having  prefrrv*d  the  Qiiiet 
•*  and  Peace,  by  Her  prudent  Admtniftration  againft 
^  the  Dangers  tnreatned  by  a  Powerful  Ejiemy,  the 
*•  remembrance  of  (uch  extraordinary  Virtue  muft 
**  ever  dwell  in  their  Minds,  and  engage  ihcm  in 
**  Juftice  ,  upon  all  occafions,  to  exprefi  their  Grra- 
**  titude,   as  became  Her  Majefty 's  moft  Dutiful 
•*  Subjefts. 
i%e  C#w-      '^"^  Commons  on  the  other  Hand,  **  reprefrnted 
wms  Ad-  **  t^  ^^^  Kii^g*  their   §,rateful  fenfe  of  thdt  unfd* 
drefs  to  thi'^  ratclPdGoednefs  and  tvnder  Affe^ion  to  His  People, 
King^       *'  which,  for  the  refcuing  His  Kingdom  of  Ireland 
Ofto.  9.  **  from  a  Tyranneus  and  Foreign  Toak,-,  and  eafing  His 
^'  Subjefts,  of  this  Kincdom,  of  the  excejjhe  Charge 
•*  ef  a  lingering  fVar^  did  induce  His  Majefty  to  un» 
**  dertake  a  ha:(ardous  Voyage^  and  too  freely  to  expqfe 
"  to  all  the  Dangers  of  War  that  Invaluable  Lffe^ 
•*  upon  which  the  whole  Pretefiant  Interefi,  and  the 
"  Ccmmon  Liberty  of  Eurefe  did  (b  mtth  depetid. 
"  That  it  was,  next  to  God,  His  Condu^  and  Bx- 
**  amjfle,  that  they  muft  afcribe  the  Succefs  of  the  £*- 

.  '*  f  edit  ion 


WILLIAM//;^  ThirJ.  139 

^*  fidinouy  and  to  which  they  muft  owe  their  hopes  A,  .  C. 

•*  of  thcfpeedy  and  entire  HfduBjan  of  that  King*    i6jo- 

**  dom,  and  of  feeing  themfelves  in  a  Condition  to  v^VNi 

**  msJce  His  EnemUiJenfible  of  the  Strength  and  P^wer 

'*  of  England^  under  a  King  who  kjitfwt  and  fwfues 

'*  its  inurefi.    They  did  from  the  bonrai  or  their 

*'  Hearts  Cottgratulate  His  Majefty's  Succefs^  arid  His 

*'  J^^/wrn  to  His  People,  who  were  unanimoufly 

^  perluaded  that  their  Peace^  Security  and  Hapfinefsj 

*'  were  bound  up  in  His  Safety ;  and  they  did,  in 

^^  the  Name  of  all  the  Commons  of  Bngtaui^  afiure 

"  His  Majcfty,  That  they  would  be  ever  ready  to 

*'  affift  Him  to  the  utmoft  of  Aeir  Power,  and  as    . 

**  the  beft  and  trueft  way  of  expreffing  tlicir  Gruti- 

**  tude^  would  endeavour  effkHually  to  (iipport  His 

^*  Government  againft  all  His  Enemies. 

In  their  Addrefi  to  the  Queen,  the  Commons  jf^  ^^ 
"  expreft  the  deep  fenfe  they  had  of  that  G^odnefiy  Q^een^ 
**  ^^ifdBtn  and  Courage  which  Her  Majefly  did  mani-  Oflo*  9. 
fcft  in  the  greatrft   Hiffvulties^    and  moft  frefjing 
Dangers^  during  Hi$  Majefty's  Abfence  ;  at  a  time 
when  a  powerful  Enemy  was  upon  our  Coaft,  when 
**  the  Nation  was  weakocd  in  that  part  which  is  its 
*'  proper  Strength  and  deprived  or  the  Security  of 
"  His  Majejly's  Prefcncc.    They  decbr'd  the  Refo. 
**  (blution  Her  Majefty  fhew'd  in  Her  Adminiftrati*^ 
**  on,  gave  Life  to  Her   Sub)ec3s,  and  made  them 
exerc  a  Strength  and  Farce  unknown  ro  the  former 
Reigns ;  That  Her  T^nl  for  the  Publick  encouraged 
*'  them  to  fhew  (iich  Cl/e<trfulnffs  in  their  Duty,  as 
difappolnted  the  Hopes  and  Defigns  of  all  the  o- 
pen  and  fecrct  Enemies  of  the  Government ;  and 
*'  that  the  Grateful  i(ememlfraftce  of  this  (  which  re- 
"  new'd  the  Memory  of  the  moji  hatp  Times  )  would 
**  for  ever  remain  in  the  Hearts  01  Her  People,  and 
**  could  never  fail  to  be  cxprefi'd  in  all  Inftances  of 
^^  Loyalty  and  Obedience  icom  themfelves,  and  all  the 
**  Commons  of  Emland.    The  fame  Day  thefe  Ad- 
dre{]&s  were  preicnted,  the  Commons  began  to 
nuke  good  their  Aflurances  of  AflFe£lton  to  the 
Government  by  Voting,  *  That  a  Supply  be  given  to  *  03o.  p# 
their  hfa/efties  for  the  ineire  reducing  of  Ireland,  and 

fecuring 


€( 


44 


a.40  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  G  ficwring  the  Peace  of  this  Kjngdorti^  0nd  carrying   mt  i 
1690,  vigorous  iVar  againfi  France.    The  next  Day  chef 
^^,X^sl/ granted  the  Sum  of  lyoi^py  Pounds  for  the  Nary, 
Tbi  Smm  f/^nd  Building  ot  Now  Ships ;  and  on  the  4rh  of  we 
^oi62ssi.f^^xne  Month  they  Voted  toe  Sum  of  2294760  Pouocfa 
itgtsnted  for  the  maintaining  an  Army  of  6^616  Men^  which 
thi  King    HiB  Majefty  had  Sgnified  to  that  Houfe,  that  He 
/•r  Redth  thought  ncccflary  for  the  next  Years  Service. 
jfT  "•■ .    To  Icvythele  great  Sums  the  Coiftmons  Refelv'd, 
Sw     W^'^A  To  charge  an  Affeffinent  of  i37«4i  /.  by 
p^i^     the  Month,  for  one  Year,  upon  all  Lands,     (t)  Sc- 
gMha       <onH;j  That  an  Additional  Duty  be  laid  upon  all 
rtanoc    Wrought  and  Raw  Silks,  and  all  Foreign  Ltnnen. 
Wufi  Mdfc)  Thirdly^  That  a  Duty  ot  Six  Pence />«^  Galloa 
hUmu  t9  be  laid  upon  all  Low-Wines  of  the  firft  Extradioo. 
TMife  it.    (i)  Ycurthl^^  That  an  Additional  Duty  of  Ten  /er 
^  w0.i6.  c^nt.  be  laid  upon  all  Foreign  Timber  and  Wood ; 
*XS?'^  ^^and  the  like  Duty,  above  what  was  already  charged, 
^SS-!!-upon  aU  Wrought  Silks,  Callico,  Indian  Unncn. 
^^'     WF»//Afo,  That  feveral  Duties  be  laid  uponForeigo 
f  Ditto.    oeed-Oyl,  Hops.  Pepper,  and  all  Grocery  Ware^ 
except  Sugar  and  Tobacco,   (f)  Sixthly^  That  the 
fQQo^^^ETiicife  upon  all  Beer,  Ale,  and  other  Liquors  be 
doubled.    And  (g)  Seventhly^   That  an  Additional 
g  O&0.25  Duty  be  laid  upon  Foreign  Iron,  Yam  of  Flax  or 
Hemp,  and  all  ManuBidtures  of  Glafs. 
Theft   fcveral  Funds  falling    much   (hort    of 
BtBshwt  Anfwerlng     the    Supplies    granted     to     Their 
f^ehed    Majefties,  it  was  ( h)  Refolved,   That  the  Sum  of 
Eiiatef,       loooooo  I.     be  raised  upon    the   Credit^    or  by  the 
hOao.17 file  of    the  Forfeited  Eftatcs  /»  Ireland ;   And  (i) 
that  an  Addreft  be  preknted  to  His  Majefty,  That 
'Ofio.2oUe  would  bepleas'd  to  command  the  CommilC- 
oners  in  Ireland  to  make  a  Return  to  His  Majefty, 
of  the  Names  of  the  Peribns  in  Rebellion  in  that 
Kingdom,  and  of  their  Eftates  and  Value  thereof,and 
that  the  lame  might  be  transmitted  to  the  Houfe  of 
Commons.  This  Addrcfs  having  been  drawn  up  and 
reported  to  the  Houfe  by  Sir  Thomas  Clarges,  and  the 
dueftion  being  put,  that  the  ftid  Addrefi  with  A* 
.  HA       mendments  be  agreed  unto,  it  paisM  in  the  Nega- 
M  Oito.sa  jjy-e^    However  it  was  Refolv'd  the  ( Jt^  feme  Day, 

That 


W  ILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  141 

(    That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  for  Attainting  of  the  Per-   A.   C. 
I    fbns  that  were  or  had  been  in  Rebellion  \n  England    1690, 
K     or  Ireland^  and  for  Confifcating  their  Eftates,  andv.,,<Y^s^ 
»     for  applying  the  fame  to  bear  the  Charge  of  the 
r.    \Var;  As  alfo  another  Bill  for  the  better  Difcover- 
I  ing  the  Eftates  and  Trufts  belonging  to  all  Popijh 
B    Seminaries  or  Popifh  Ufes,  and  converting  the  lame 
;    to  the  uft  of  the  rublick.    Near  fix  Weeks  pals'd 
before  any  Progrefs  was  made  in  ihc  firft  of  thefe 
Bills,  but  it  being  at  laft  (I)  prefcnted  to  the  Houfe/  Decern, 
and  read  the  firit  andiecond  timts.  it  was  (w)  or-*'-.^ 
der'd,  that  aClauie  be  brought  in  for  relcrving  a^  ^-''ccm. 
Proportion  of  the  Forfeitures  in  England  znd  Ireland 
to   His  Majefty's  Dilpofal;  which  Claufe  having 
been  prepared  and  reported,  was  (n)  difagreed  to "  D-c^°** 
by  the  Houft.    At  length  the  Bill  with  feveral  A- 
mendments  being  Engrofi'd,  Read  the  third  time 
andpaft,  was  fo)fent  to  the  Upper  Houfe,  where*  Deccn. 
it  was  laid  by,  notwithftanding    feveral  Meffages  23. 
from  the  Commons  to  put  their  Lordfhips  in  mind 
of  it.    The  truth  is,  the  Court  did  uncj^rhand  op- 
pofe  the  palling  of  this  Bill,  not  only  becauft  the 
Kin^  defign'd  to  rccompenfe  the  Services  of  ftveral 
Perfbns  with  part  of  the  Forfeitures,  but  becaufe 
aUb  this  Fund  would  fcarce  have  yielded  the  Sum  it 
was  given  for. 

On  the  loth  of  November  the  King  went  to  the  gifff  pa ff 
Houie  of  Lords,  and  the  Ccnnmons  beine  Sum-  Novem.' 
mon'd  to  attend.  His  Majefty  confirmed  py  his  10. 
Aflenr,  An  A&  tor  granting  an  Aid  to  their  Ma- 
jefties  of  1 66 17OX  Pounds.    And  (p)  Eight  Day?  ^  No  vent 
after  He  gave  the  Royal  San£^ion  to  another  Aft  '^• 
concerning  the  Commiflioners  of  the  Admiralty, 
and  to  feveral  private  Bills. 

About  this  time  Captain  (  James  )  CamfheBy  s^  M^s.Wbzt 
Scoth  Gentleman,  Brother  to  the  Earl  of  Argyle^  af-  ton  ^ ^m- 
fifted  bjArchtbald  Montgomery  and  Sir  John  Johnfton^  fd  sw^y  by 
did  forcibly  leize  on  Mrs.  Mary  PVhartony  a  rich  *^C*/^'*'" 
Heircfi  of  about^he  Age  of  13  Years,  (j)  carried  ^^P^'* 
her  away  from  her  Relations,  and  Marry 'd  her  a-  ^  ^^^^^^ 
gainft  her  Will.  Whereupon  His  Majefty  iffued  (r)  ]r^Qy^^^ 
out  His  Royal  Proclamation  for  the  Apprehending  ^-^ 
the  fuid''Mr.  Campbell  and  the  Abetters  of  his  unwnr- 

Rr  ranublc 


14 1  TI:fC  ReigH  of  Khg 

A.  C  i^antable  way  of  Wooing.     Not  long  (s)  befort 

1(590.   there  was  a  Bill  brought  into  the  Houft  of  Com- 

V.^x'VN^  to  prevent  Clandeftine  Marriages,  the  palling  of 

/  Oao.a6  which  People  thought  would  have  been  forwarded 

by  this  Violence  committed  by  Captain  Campbell ; 

but  upon  Conlideration  that  this  Bill  was  attended 

with  many  Inconveniences,  and  might  hinder  many 

Younger  Brothers  from  making  their  Fortunes,  the 

fame  was  let  fall.    However  another  Bill  was  (  r  ) 

/  Decern,  brought  into  the  Houfe  of  Commons  for  maldng 

4'  void  the  Marriage  between  Mrs.  VVmnon  and  Mr* 

C/impbeJl^  which,  notwithftanding  the  Earl  of -4r- 

u  Decern.  ^^^'^  Petition  in  his  Brother's  behalf,  did  (u)  quickly 

1^,         'go  through  both  Houfts. 

On  the  a/th  of  November  the  King  after  having 

pafi'd  the  Bill  for  doubling  the  Excifc  upon  Beer, 

^  Ale  ,    and   other   Liquors ,    told   both    Houfes  , 

the  iK»g*x"That  He  took  thisoccafion  to  a/Ture  them,  that 

speech  to  u  y^  ^^  extreamly  fenfible  of  the  Zeal  and  Chear- 

J™'"""  fulnefs  in  all  their  Proceedings,  arid  of  the  Rea- 

J^ovcm.    '*  dinefi  which  the  Commons  had  (hewn  in  granting 

^^^       '    "  fiich  large  Supplies  towards  the  preliing  occa/ions 

"  of  the  Navy  and  Army  ;And  He  did  farther  aflurc 

them,  that  He  fliould  not  be  wanting  on  His  Part^ 

to  fee  them  carefully  applied  to  thofe  ufes,  for 

"  which  they  intended  them. 

At  the  fame  time  He  obferv'd  to  them,  "That 
*'  the  Pofture  of  Affairs  Abroad  did  ncceflkrily  re- 
•*  ouire  His  Prefence  at  the  Hngue^  before  the  end  of 
"  this  Year,  and-  by  Confcquence,  He  defir'd  them 
to  lofe  no  time  in  difpatching  and -perfefting  of 
fiich  farther  Supplies  as  were  ftill  neceflary  for 
•'  the  Navy  and  Army  ;  And  not  for  them  only,  buK 
**  It  was  high  time  alfb  to  put  them  in  mind  of  ma- 
**  king  fbmc  Proviijon  for  the  Expence  of  the  Civil 
*'  Government,  which  had  no  Funds  for  its  Sup- 
**port,  lince  the  Excife,  which  was  defign'd  for 
**  that  Service,and  alfo  the  other  Branches  otthe  Re- 
venue, had  been  apply 'd  to  other  Publick  Ufes  ■ 
and  therefore  He  earneftly  recommended  it  to 
•*  their  fpeedy  Conficjeration. 
f  Novem;     Tli^  ^^7  t  before,  the  Commons  had  RefblvM 
af  «•  I .  That  the  feveral  Ducles  Ui4  upon  Goods  Impor'* 

ted 


cc 


Vr  It  Li  A  Utke  Third,  14) 

ted  and  to  be  Imported,  be  granted  to  their  Majefties  A;  C, 
for  the  Term  of  Five  Years,  to  Commence  from    1690. 
the  loth  of  November,  and  no  longer,    a.  That  ^.^...^YNi,; 
the  Duties  imposed  by  an  A6b  made  in  the  firft  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  the  latfe  King  jfames^  Entituled,  ^» 
jIH  for  granting  His  Majeftj  an  bnpofition   upon  all 
ff^ncs  and  [Vinegars  imported  the  24  Day  of  Jurie  168/. 
and  the  x^h  Dayof]\mQ  1699.  .And  by  another 
Aft  made  in  the  fame  Year,  Entituled,  An  Ad,  for 

framing  an  Aid  to  His  Majijiyy  hy  an  bnpofition  on  a!l 
'Tcnch Linnen,  and  onallE^G:lndizLinnen,  and  fe» 
vera!  other  h/UnufaEiures  of  India,  and  on  all  French 
Wrought  Siiks  and  Stuffs^  and  on  all  other  v^* ought  Sili^s^ 
and  on  all  Brandies  imported  after  the  i  it  Day  of  July 
t6Sf.  and  before  the  ift  Dayrf  July  1690.  be  conti- 
nued until  the  a4th  Day  pf  June  1696.  And  ?; 
That  the  Duty  imposed  upon  Tobacco,  by  an  AfE 
made  in  the  ift  Year  of  King  ^ames  il.  Entituled, 
An  A&  for  granting  to  His  Majefty  an  Jmpqfition  upon 
HH  Tobacco  and  Sugar  imported  after  the  i  if  Day  of  Jilly 
168/.  and  before  the  lit  Day  of  ]\x\y  1690.  be  contt- 
nued  until  tlye  x/\jth  Day  «/ June,  and  no  longer,  A£ 
the  fame  time  it  was  order  d,  that  a  Bill  or  Bills  be 
brought  in  for  graating  to  their  Majefties  the  feve- 
ral  Duties  or  Impofitions  upon  the  ft\reral  Heads 
refolvM  upon  by  that  Houfe;  but  all  this  falling 
(hort  of  tne  Supplies  that  had  been  voted  before,  it 
was  *  Relblv'd,  That  the  reniainder  of  a  Sam  not  ex-  .  Decern ' 
ceeding  4086^/5'  Pounds,  for  tlje  Supplies  to  be  granted  ,g^ 
to  their  Majefties,  be  raited  by  doubling  the  Additional 
'  Duties  of  Excife  upon  Beer^  Ale  and  other  Liquors, 
mentiot^d  in  an  Ah  of  the  ift  Tear  of  their  Majefties 
J{eigny  Entituled  An  Aci  for  an  Additional  Duty  of 
Bxcife  upon  Beer,  Ale  and  oth&r  Liejuors^  to  begin  froni 
the  time  the  AS  for  doubling  the  Duty  of  Excife  upon 
Beer,  Ale  and  other  Litfuors^  during  the  /pace  of  one 
Tear  did  expire :  ^nd  a  Bill  Was  order'd  to  be  pre- 
pared in  pui-luance  to  the  iaid  Relblution. 

The  following  Day  the  Kirig  gave  the  Royal  « .»     r*j 
Sanaioil,  Firft,  To  an  AH  for  grant i pit  to  tocir  Ma^ij^^ 
feftles  certain  impofitions  upon  aU  Ealt  India  Goods  and^Q       '    ' 
ManufaHures,  and  upon  all  vprought  Sill^s,  and  fcveral 
other  Goods  and  Mercbandi:{es.     adly,  To  another 


*44  3^^  ^^^ff^  of  King 

A.   C    Ad  fcTthe  contifttunce  of  fiveral  fcnrmer  A8s  therein 
1690.    mention  d^  for  the  laying  feveral  Duties  upon  ff^ncj^ 
\,>YN^  Vsn(^gar^  and  Tobacco,     jdly.  To  an  AH  fir  Punijbimg 
Officer*  and  Soldiers  thatfhould  Matin;  or  Defer t  their 
Majeflies  Service^  and  for  psnifhin^  faff e  Mufters^  and 
to  fevcral  other  Publick  andf  Prirate  Bills.    After- 
wards His  Majf (ly  took  this  occafion  to  .rq>6at  to 
both  Houlcs,  **  How  ftnfibe  He  was  of  their  good 
ttis  Mtm    ^^  k&Gt\otis  to  Him.and  of  their  (incere  Endeavoun 
jefiies       **  to  promote  the  true  Intereft  of  their  Country^ 
^V^^^  ^J  **  in  continuing  to  provide  fiuther  Supplies  towards 
^J^^^*-"  defraying  the  Charges  of  the  War,  which  He 
^       •*  would  take  care  te  fee  diligently  and  ftridtly  ap- 
^  pliefi  to  the  Ufes  for  which  they  gave  them.    He 
told  them,  '^  He  had  latcfy  acquainted  rhem,  chat 
*'  the  Pofture  of  Affair?  abroad,  wpuld  not  admit 
•*  of  deferring  His  Journey  to  the  Hs^ue  much  be- 
^  yond  that  time ;  and  that  He  put  them  in  mind 
**  oi  it  now,  in  hopes  that  ConHderation  would 
**  prevail  with  them  to  ufe  all  poUible  diipatch  in 
^•*  what  ftill  remained  to  be  done  for  the  more  vigo- 
•*  rous  Profecution  of  the  War.    And  concluded, 
with  mentioning  to  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  "  That 
^  if  Ibme  Annual  Provifion  could  be  made  for  the 
•'augmenting  of  the  Navy,  and  buildbg  of  j^me 
•*  new  Ships  of  War,  it  would  be  a  very  neceflaiy 
•'  Care  at  this  time,  both  for  the  Honour  and  Sa&tj 
**  of  the  Nation. 


granted      '^^^  ^^  ^^^^  Majefties  for  the  building  ofShifs  of  Wkr^ 
fir  Builds  >w^  exceeding  the  Sum  of  /70000  Pounds ;  And  2dly, 
sng  rf      That  the  /aid  Sufply  fo  to  be  given  to  their  lAajeJlieSj 
Shift  ^Ht' be  for  the   building  of  Seventeen  Third- ^te  Ships  of 
CB>»*  ^4*  Sixty  Guns  apiece^  to  be  added  to  the  Ships  in  the  E/H- 
mate  already  provided  to  be  built.    Three  Days  after, 
it  was  RefolvM,  that  this  Supply  fliould  be  rais'd 
by  the  Additional  Duties  upon  beer,  Ale  and  other 
Liquors ;  and  order'd  that  an  Ena<%n^  Claufe  be 
prctMur^d  in  purfiiance  to  the  faid  Resolution. 
^   The  Commons  having  pais'd  a  Bill  for  appoint- 
irigandensdblinfiCommbfioQcn  for  taking  the  Pkib. 

lick 


WILLIAM  thethirJ.  ±4j 

lick  Accounts,  aad  ordered  the  feveral  Members  to    A.  C* 
put  into  Glafles  at  the  Table  the  (everal  Lifts  of    .  : ;  ^^ 
Nine  Peribns  Names,  to  be  Commiilioner;  in  the  L^*y>^ 
fiidJBill,  the  Majority  *  fell  on  Sir  £{pbert  Hicb^  Sir  *  Decern 
Thomas  Ciarges^  Pdui  Foley  E(q;  CoUonel  Hpi?en  Au-  %6. 
ften  £(q;  Sir  Mattbevf  Andrews^  Sir  Benjamin  NewlanJ^ 
Sir  Samuel  Barnadijiony  Sir  Peter  Colleton^  zni^bcrt 
Barley  E(q; 

On  the  |th  of  January  1^91,  the  King  went  to  ^ 

the  ParliamL-nt  and  gave  His  Royal  Affent  to  4n  AEi  ^'P^fi  4 

J.  for  granting  to  their  Majejiies  feveral  Additiondl\^*  '• 
Duties  of  Bxcife,    x.  Another  for  preventing  vexatious 
Suits  againftfuch  as  had  attedfor  their  Majefties  Service 
in  defence  of  the  l^ngdom.     3 .  Another  for  appoint- 
ing Commiffieners  to  examine  and  State  the  Publicly  Ac' 
compts    of   the  Kjngdom,     4.  Another  for  the  moft 
effedual  putting  in  execution  an  Act  for  frohibiting  all 
l>ade  and  Commerce  with  France.    /.  Another  for 
raifing  the  Militia  in  the  Tear  16^1.    6  Another /or 
the  ^lief  of  poor  Pr(foners  for    Debt  or    Damages* 
•7.  Another  for  encouraging  the  diftiiUng  of  Brantfy 
and  Spirits  from  Com^  and  for  laying  frveial  Duties 
en  Low  fflnes ;  ^  And  to  Four  priv;tc  Bills ;  which 
done.    His  Majefty  AddrciTiing  htmfelf  to  both 
Houfts,  told  them,  '*  He  was  very  glad  to  find  that if,e  Kings 
*'the  luccels  of  their  Endeavours,   to  bring  ihis5/>wA  t% 
•*  Seffion  to  a  happy  Conclufion,  h^id  been  fw^^hnthHsvLfts 
**  that  He  was  now  at  libertjr  to  go  into  Holland ; 
••  And  He  returned   them  his  hearty  Thanks  for 
^  the  great  difpatch  they  had  made  in  finiihing 
•*  the  Supplies  they  had  defignM  for  carrjring  on  the 
^  War,  which  it  mould  be  his  care  to  kc  duly  an4 
**  pun<iually  applied  tQ  that  Service  for  which  they 
^  nad  given  them.  And  becaqft  feveral  Members  qf 
the  Houfe  of  Commmons  were  diflitisficd  wich  the 
Bill  concerning  Forfeitures  being  laid  dide  as  fearing 
the  King^s  Favourites  fliQuld  have  the  lart^cd  fhure 
of  the  Rebejs  Eftates,  His  Majefty  thought  it  pro- 
per to  afiure  them,  **  That  He  fhowd  not  mak^  any 
Grant   of  the  Forfeited  Land'  ^»  England  and  Ire- 
^  land,  till  there  was  Another    opportunity  of  Settling 
^^  th^t  ^tt^  in  P^rli^menty  in/uch  manner  as  foouli 
f  be  thot^ht  meft  expedient. 

Rr  }  More 


ifiyo* 


14^  The  Retgn  of  King 

A.  C.      Moreover  He  told  them,  "  That  as  He  had  rea- 
"  (on  to  be  very  well  fatistied  with  the  ProoFs  they 
*^  hid  given  liim  of  their  good  AfFcftion  in   rhfs 
"  SelJion  of  Parliament,    (b  He  promised  Kimfejf 
**  the  continuance  of  the  lame,  at  their  return  into 
^*  their  feveriil  Countries :  And  as  every  Day  pro- 
**  ducM  ftill  frcfti  Inftances  of  tlie  reftleiTnefi  of  His 
**  and  their  Enemies   both  at  home  and  abroad,  in 
^'  defigning  agjiinft  the  Profperity  of  this  Nation, 
**  and  the  Government  Eftablifh'd  ;  lb  He  did  not 
•'  doubt,  but  that  the  Union  and  good  Corrc^xjo- 
**  dencf  between  Kim  and  His  Parliament,  and  His 
*'  eamcft  and  conllant  Endeavours  for  their  Prefer- 
**  vat'on  on  the  one  Hand,  join'd  with  the  continu- 
^*  ance  of  their  Zeal  and  AflPecHon  to  fupport  Hiib 
*'  on  the  other,  would,  by  the  Bleiline  of  God,  be 
**  at  all  tjmes  too  ftrong  for  the  utmolt  Malice  and 
**  Contrivance  of  their  Common  Enemies.     The 
^4r/M««/ King  having  made  an  end  of  his  Speech,  the  Speaker 
scfj^um'd,  of  the  Lords  declar  d  to  both  Houfes,  that  it  was 
His  Majefty's  Pleafure  that  they    fliould   adjourn 
themfclvcs  till  the  3  id  of  March  next  enfiiing. 
BISf  left      S^fo^^  we  leave  this  Seffion  of  Praliamcnt,  'tis 
miLi^a   n^^^^^^'y  ^^  ^'^^^.  notice,  that  befides  the  Bill  rela- 
^      *  ting  to  the  Forfeited  Eftates,  there  were  ft  vera!  o- 
thers,  that  were  leftunfiniflied,  particularly  A  Bill 

to  regulate  Trials  in  Cafes  ofTrenfon^  which  was  much 
?alk  d  of  in  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  antj  yet  put  off 
from  time  to  time;  Another  to  oblige  the  Lords  Conrnii' 

JJioners  of  the  Treafury  to  tal{e  the  like  Oaths  as  the  Lord 
Treafurtr\  Another  relating  to  the  AfricanlirzA^\ 
Another  againfk  B^ohhers  on  the  High-xpny  ;  Knoxhtr  for 
tlye  fpeedier  determining  EleHions  of  Members  of  Par- 
liament ;  Another  to  charge  the  Efiate  of  the  (ate  Lord 
Jeffrey  V  in  Leicefterfliire,  with  the  Sum  ofi/^y6oL 
and  Interefi,  ^oEdmond  Prideaux£/^j  Another /or 
Regulating  and  Licenfing  Hackney-Coaches  ;  And  ano- 
ther for  the  enabling  Chyrurgeons  to  adminifltr  invpard 
Medicines  in  Cafes  of  Chyrurgery ;  which  laft  waS  peti- 

tion-d  againft  by  the  Phyucians  and  Apothecaries. 
A  Bill  was  alfe  brought  in  for  reducing  Interefi  Money 

from  Six  to  Fo/zr  per  Cent,  whi^h  after  the  Second 
Reading  was  rejeaed. 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  //;e  Tkirt}.  147 

On  the  I  Jth  oJF  November  the  King  ordered  a  new  A.  C 
Commiflion  to  pafs  the  Great  Seal,  Conftituting  1690, 
the  Lord  Godolphin^  Sir  John  Lowther^  Bjchard  Ham- 


fl  Montn  alter  nis  ivjajticy  aiiiJUb  a   01  tne  vaLaiit      "' --- v-- 
Bifhopricks  of  TreUnd,   and   appointed  Sir  Cbarlcs^^'^^^^^ 
Porter  to  be  Lord  Chancellor  ot  that  Kingdom,  and  '  ^//fop- 
pne  of  the  Lord  Juftices,  in  the  room  of  the  Lord  ^^^^^  ^ 
Vifcount  Sidney^  who  was  recalled  to  be  t  made  oneijcjan^ 
of  His  Majefty's  Principal  Secretaries  of  State.   Not  riifpos'^d  of, 
long  *  before  Colonel  Cuts  was  made  Baron  Cuts^  of  Decern. 
Gowran  in  the  Kingdom  of  IrcUnd,  in  confideration  t  /^'T^ «««^ 
of  his  faithful  Services,  and  zealous  Affeftion  to  Sidney 
His  Maiefties  Perfon  and  Government.  '"^^^  ^^- 

On  the  20th  of  December   his  Highnefs   George  ^^"^^^^^ 
mUiam  Duke   of  Z,ell,  Eldcft  Prince  of  the  nioft^^^^'^*^'' 
Serene  Hou(e  of  hrunfmck  and  Luncnbuy^h^  ^^Co'j.'Cuts 
Elected  a  Knight  Companion  of  the  moft  noble  y;,^^^  ^  B^ 
Order  of  the  Garter ;  an  Honour  which  juft  a  Year  rm  De-» 
before  h:d  been  confer'd  upon  the  Duke  oiBran-ztm,  3, 
denburgh,  (  the  preftnt  King  of  PruJJia. )   And  on  5'>  John 
the  firll:  Day  of  the  new  Year  Sir  John  Tevor^  Spea-^fcvof 
ker  to  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  and  firft  Lord  Com-^;*!^'  ^ 
miilioqer  of 
mittcd  into 
(Council.  i5pi. 

•  The  King  having  ftttlcd  Affairs  at  home,  began  2';?^  King 
his  Voyage  Tor  Holland  xhc  6i[\ofJrjiuary^  notwith- ptf  out  f$r 
(landing  the  rigour  of  the  Sealon:  But  finding  at  Holland, 
His  arrival  ziCnjnobnry^  that  the  Wind  was  fct  in  Jan.  5. 
Eafterly,  with  a  hard  Froft,  He  returned  to  I^nfing- 
ton  on  the  9th,  and  (even  *  Days  after  He  ftt  out  *  i  -   ,5 
again  from  li^-itchnll^  and  Embark'd  at  Gravcfsnd  ^ 
with  a  noble  and  numerous  Retinue.    On  the  i8th 
in  the  Morning  the  Veflcls  that  attended  His  Ma- 
lefty  being  come  up  with  the  Gcrce^  His^Majcfty  was 
mform'dby  aFiftierman,  that  they  w^re  within  a 
League  and  half  of  the  fihore  ;  whereupon  He  left 
tiis  Yatchi,  attended  by  the  Duke  of  Ormond,  the 
Earl   oi  Devottjhire^   Lord  Steward  ,   the  Earl  ot 
Dcrfet^  Lord,  Chamberlain,  theEarl  of  PorW/rwrf.thc. 
Earioi  Monmoufhy  Monfieur  Overknk^^  and  Mon- 

■    R  r  4  *     iieur 


loufe  ol  Commons,  and  tint  Lord  Com-'"***'  " 
f  the  Great  Seal  o£  Englnnd^  was  ^^'ro^ldtr 
HisMajefty's  moft  Honourable  Privy- j^^^-^',' ' 


248  T^^  ^^^^  ^f  ^^^g 

A.   C.  ^^"^  j^i^lefiein^  and  went  off  with  Three  ShaJoops 
I  i^o  I .    thinking  to  get  afliore  in  an  Hour  or  two,    Buc  the 

^^YN^^'ffi^^^^'^5  ^^^y  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^»  ^'^^  ^^^ 

r  Fogginefi  of  the  Weather  were  fuch,  that  'tij«f as  a- 

bouc  Eight  the  next  Momine  before  they  could 
re^ich  Goree^  where  they  went  ainore,  and  after  Ibznc 
R^f  relhment.  His  Majefty  went  into  his  Boat  again, 
and  about  Two  in  tne  Afternoon  landed  at  0^4- 
nien  Haak^ ,  nor  far  from  Maefland-Slujis.    At  Houm- 
flardykf  his  Majcfty  was  receiv'd  by  the  Fieeren  y^n 
Opdamy  Belardsy  PVitT^cn  and  Vrybergy  appointed  b/ 
the  States  for  that  purpofe ;  and  about  Six  in   the 
He  Mrriva  Evening  he  arriv'd  at  the  Hague^  to  the  unexprcr 
^'  the       fible  Joy  of  all  the  Hollanders ^  to  fee  the  Deliverer 
Hague,     of  their   Country  return'd  amongft  them  adorq'd 
Jan.  19.    y^jijj  Three  Crowns,  and  having  miraculoudy  e- 
ftaped  the  imminent  Dancer  to  which  he  had  late- 
ly exposed  himfelf,  to  comfort  tbem  by  his  Prcfcncc. 
The  States  General,  the  Suits  ofliolUndy  the  Coun- 
cel  of  State,  the  other  Colleges,  the  Congrcls    of 
Foreign  Minifters,  and  all  the  Perfbnsofdiftin<5iion 
^t  the  Hague,  made  their  Compliments  to  his  Ma- 

1'efty  upon  hisfafeand  happy  Arrival ;  and  bfciufe 
le  was  come  Ibfuddenly,  as  to  prevent  the  (blemn 
Reception  that  was  intended  by  the  Magirtrares 
of  that  Place,  His  Majcfty  was  prevailed  upon  to 
tjanri^.make  his  Publick  Entry  on  the  afirh,  which  was 
perform'd  with  great  Solemnity  ;  feveral  triumphal 
Arches  having  been  ere£led  to  repre(ent  his 
Mjjefttes  Atchievements,  and  all  the  Burghers  ap. 
pearing  in  Arms  with  unufiial  Magnificence, 
In  the  Evening  the  Fire-works  were  play'd,  the 
Cannon  difcharg-d,  on  the  Viverberg^  oppoGte  to 
His  Majefty's  Pal.ice,  and  Bonfire?  lighted  thro' 
the  whole  Town. 

Cimrrefs  of    ^^^  ^^"?  ^^^^  *  ^^"^^  glorious  Spcftacle  kept 
\^j^.  Ctfi/i-!  the  Eyes  or  all  Europe  fisc'd  upon  the  Hague  \  I  mean 

derate       thc  extraordinary  Meeting  ofthe  Confeoerates.  The 

Princ's  at  Electors-  ot  Brandenburgh^  and  Bavaria^  the  Dukes 

^^^Haguc.  of  Luncnburgb^  the  L^andtgtave  of  Hcjje,  ^he  Duke 

of  :^€lt,  the   Duke  of  H^olfetnbuttel,    the  Prince  of 

Commerci^   the    Prince  of  0irtemberg^  Prince  IVd*- 

dx'^,  the  Mirquifs  de  G^Ji^naga  Govcrrxor  o(FI^* 


W ILL  I  AU  the  Thir J.  249 

Jersj  die  Ccnint  de  iVInditJlratTi  the  Emperor's  Pie-  A.  C 
niporentiary,  the  Count  de  Prela  Doria  Envoy  Ex-  1691. 
traordinary  from  the  Duke  of  Savoy^  the  Minifters  v«/^y%^ 
of  the  Elefl  or  Palatine^  of  the  Ele6iors  of  Saxony ^ 
JAetu^^  Trier ^  and  Cologne^  andoffeveral  other  Princes 
being  arrived  at  the  Hay^ue  to  concert  Mealiires  with 
King  PVilliam^  in  order  to  preferve  the  Liberties 
of  Europe^  His  Majefty  rcpreiented  to  them :  *  That^'''i:^Wa. 
'  the  imminent  Dangers  they  found  themfelves  in,^**'^'^ 
fufficiently  difcovcr'd  the  Errors  that  had  been  ^|^'*  ^* 
committed,  (o  that  he  needed  not  ufe  any  Argu-'  * 
ments  to  {hew  them  the  Neceflity  of  taking  more 
juft  and  better  Meafiires;  That  in  theCircum- 
ftances  they  were  in,  it  was  not  a  time  to  deli- 
berate, bur  aft^  That  the  Enemy  was  Matter  of 
all  the  Chief  Fortreffes  that  were  the  Barrier  of 
the  Common  Liberty ;  and  that  he  would  quick* 
I7  poflefi  himfelf  otall  the  rett,  if  a  Spirit  of  Di'^ 
vifion^  Sloxpnefsy  znd  particular  Infereft  conxinucd  a- 
mong  them.  Tliat  every  one  ought  to  remain 
perlwaded,  that  their  refpeftivc  particular  Inte- 
refts  were  comprizM  in  the  general  one ;  That 
the  Enemies  Forces  were  very  ftrong,  and  that 
they  would  carry  things  like  a  Torrent  before 
them.  That  it  was  in  vain  to  oppofe  Complaints 
and  fruitlefi  Clamours,  or  unprofitable  Protetta- 
tions  againft  Unjuttice  j  That  it  was  neither  the 
Refolution  of  a  Barren  Diet,  nor  the  hopes  of 
fomc  Men  of  Fortune,  arifing  from  frivolous  Foun- 
dations, but  Soldiers,  ftrong  Armies,  and  a 
prompt  and  fincere  Union  between  all  the  Forces 
of  the  Allies  that  mutt  do  the  Work ;  and  dbat 
thefe  too  mutt  be  brought  to  oppofe  the  Enemy 
without  any  delay,  if  they  would  put  a  ftop  to 
his  Conquefts,  and  (hatch  out  of  his  Hands  the 
Liberty  of  Europe^  which  he  held  already^  under  a 
heavy  Yoke.  Concluding^  That,  as  for  himfel^  ho 
would  neither  (pare  his  Credit,  Forces,  nor  Per» 
(on,  to  concurr  with  them  in  (b  juft  and  necefTary 
a  Defign ;  and  chat  he  wouU  come  in  the  Spring 
at  the  Head  of  the  Troops,   faithfully  to  make 

i;ood  his  Royal  Word,  which  he  bad  fb  (blemn- 
.  y  ^ncag'd  to  them. 

This 


%SO  Tt.e  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.       This  Speech  from  a  Prince,   to  whom  all  the 
1^9  f.    Pcrfbns   that   composed   that    illuftrious  Aflemblf 
l^^^jpald  a   refpcftful  Deference,  and  in  whofe  Judg- 
ment and  Experience  they  entirely  confided,  could 
not  but  produce  the  dcfir'd  EfFeft  \  and  thereupon 
^TheEm*  it  was  refblvM  that  *  Two  Hundred  Twenty  Two 
fer»r  ws  Thoufand  Men  fhould  be  employ'd  againft  Frana. 
$$  fumijh   'Yhc  German  Princes  having  been  jfeveral  times  mag- 
'rh'^f^ d    *^'fi^^"^'y   treated,  not  only   by  his  Mijefty,  but 
Men%3€    l^'^cwife  by  my  Lord  Steward,  and  the  other  £«jj- 
Kiniif     ^ifl^  Peers,  they  (cparated  t  with  mutual  Satisf*;6fi- 
Spain  in   on,  and  the  Kiiig  prepared  to  return  Hum?. 
Flanders,  «_____.__-.-.«--..------____«_^»--p 

ft0009. 

The  King  of  England  loooo.  Tfje  States  Genera!  3?oo«.  The  Dmkt 
•fS^voy  ind  the  Vr^gps  $f  Milan  20000.  The  EUclor  •/  Bavaria  i5ooo. 
The  Ele^of  •/  Saxony  12000.  Tae  Laudtgravc  «/He(le  Sooo.  The 
Circles  tf/Suabia  and  Franconia  toooo.  The  Duke  f/"  Wircemberg 
6000.  The  ElfSlor  0/ Brandenburg  a 0000.  The  Prince  «/ Liege  6000 . 
The  BiP)Of  rf  MunRer  7000.  The  £/«.*V  Palatine  4000.  Ihe  Priws: 
#f  Lunenburg  idooo.  In  all,  212000. 
f  Ahut  the  middle  c/Marcby  AT.  S, 

The  early  and  unexpef^ed  Motions  of  the  French 
did  not  only  put  a  fuddcn  flop  to  King  fVUliam^ 
Journey  for  England^  but  alfb  convince  the  Confe- 
derates of  the  wholefomnefs  of    the  Maxim    His 
Britannick  Mijefty  had  lately  laid  down.  That    it 
roas  not  a  time  to  dslihcf-ata^  hut  to  a^l :  which    the 
^Aseft&King  of  France  *  knew  bcft  how  to  put  in  Pra- 
ab  Hofte  dice.    For  on  the  i  j^th  ot  Ii£trch  a  Detachment  of 
doceri      French  Cavalry  invelted  the  ftrong  and  important 
City  of  Mons^  before  which  Place  his  moft  Chri- 
ftian  Majefty  arrived   himfelf  Six  Pays  after,  ac- 
companied  by  the  Dauphin^   the  Duke  df  Orleayis^ 
Mons  hc'-  and  the  Duke  de  Chartres.    The  next  t  Day  the 
ftegd  by    Trenches  were  open'd  \  by  the  26th  they  were  ad- 
the  K.  of   vanc'd  about  1 5-0  Paces  on  each  fide ;    and  the 
France  /wfame  day  the  French  attacked  the  Mill  ot  Hion,  with" 
P^'^fon.       jv^e  Redoubt  that  cover'd  it,  which  after  a  double 
Repulfe  they  valiantly  carried  by  main  Force.  At  the 
f:mc  time  the  Behcgers  rais'd  large  Batteries,  and 
v/ith  Thrcefcore  Pieces  of  Cannon,  and  Five  ancl 
•  TA?i'onry  Mortars  made  terrible   havock    m  the 

Town* 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  f/;^  Third.  ayi 

Town.    The  Garrifon  within  confifted  of  about  A,   C, 
Six  Thoufand  Hor(e  and  Foot,  commanded  by  the    1691. 

Prince  de  Bergue^  who  was  not  wanting  in  his  Du-  ^> 

ty ;  but  notwithftanding  the  ftout  Refinance  of  the 
Befieg'd,  the  French  were  advanced  fo  far  by  the  firft 
of  Aprils  that  having  filled  up  the  Ditch  of  an  im- 
perfe6t  Hommrk^,  on  the  South  fide  of  the  Town 
towards  the  Gate  of  Barlemonty  they  boldly  aflliuit- 
ed  that  Out-work,  and  after  the  lofs  of  a  great  ma- 
ny Men,  began  to  make  a  Lodgment  upon  it. 
Thereupon  the  Beficg'd,  headed  by  fome  of  their 
bravcft  Officers,  attempted  to  be  beat  them  off,  and 
in  Eft'efk  conftrain'd  the  Work- men  and  the  Grcr 
nadiers  that  (upported  ihem  to  give  way ;  but  at 
laft  the  Aflaillants  regain'd  their  Poft,  drove  the 
Enemy  into  the  Town,  and  pulh'd  on  the  Siege 
with  \o  much  the  greater  vigour,  as  that  they  were 
inform'd  that  the  King  of  England^  was  advancing 
to  rai(e  it. 

His  BrUannick^  Majefty  upon  the  News  of  the 
french  having  invefted  Mons^  returned  from  Loo  to 
the  Hague^  on  the  aift  of  Mcircb  (N.  SJ  from 
which  laft  Place  he  difjjatch'd  Prince  Waldeck,  to 
HaH^  near  Brujjils.  where  the  Forces  that  were 
drawing  together  for  the  relief  of  Mons^  had  their 
general  Rendezvous.  On  the  a6rh  Hfs  Majefty 
went  to  Breda^  having  before  his  departure  nam'd 
the  General  Officers  that  were  to  command  the 
Army :  from  Breda  he  advancM  \to  Vtlvoerd^  and  on 
the  6th  of  Afril  arriy'd  at  Hatt^  where  tho*  he  had 
an  Army  of  near  Fifty  Thoufand  Men,  yet  he 
found  that  thro'  the  negleil  .of  the  Spaniards^  there 
was  nothing  provided  fojr  h)s  Expedition ;  no  not 
|b  much  as  the  neceffary  Carriages. 

In  the  mean  time  the  Siege  of  Mons  was  carried 
on  with  indifferent  Succeis,  for  the  French  had  only 
cain'da  Horn- Work,  and  there  ftill  remained  two 
Half-Moons  for  them  to  take  before  they  could 
come  to  the  G)untcrfcarp  of  the  Place ;  nay,  in  the 
attack  they  made  upon  one  of  thefc  Half  Moons, 
the  7th  of  April  at  Night,  they  were  repuls'd  with 
conlWerable  lofs ;  but  the  Burghers  being  terrified 
by  the  Enemies  BombS)  which  had  burnt  part  of 

the 


%f%  The  ReifH  of  King 

A.  C  »t>c  Town,  and  tfceir  Fears  being  jmprov'd  by  the 
1691.   influence  of  their  Priefts,  the  principal  of  them 
\yY'\j  with  two  Abbots  went  to  the  Governor,  and  prcC- 
fed  htm  to  capitulate.    The  Governor  wbo    wjug 
confidest  be  might  hold  out  Eight  or  Ten  Days 
longer,  having  had  but  Three  or  Four  Hundred 
Men  kiird  during  the  Sirge,  and  wanting  nekbcr 
Ammunition    nor  Provifions,    refusM  to  comply 
with  their  Demands ;  whereupon  they  lent  a  Drum 
of  rbeir  own  to  beat  a  Parley,  and  tbreatned  to  o« 
pen  the  Gates,  and  to  deliver  both  him  and   the 
Garrtion  into  the  Befieger's  Hands,    Things  beinff 
^Moiis  ^  carried  to  this  Extremiiy.  the  Governor  con&ntra 
i^^jJJJ^'^iU  laft  to  capitulate,   ana  *  fiirrendred  the  Town 
Vmrfi     MP^^  ^^'  honourable  Condition;.     Wbereupoa 
Ai^lio  ^^'"8  ^*^^''^w  immediately  left  the  Army,  renini'd 
j^^     '  to  the  Hague^  embarked  for  Envldndy  and  ftfely  ar- 
K,  Willi-  ri^'d  a^  IVhitehdU  on  the  i  jtb  or  April  fO.  S J 
am  returns     Let  us  now  look  back  upon  what  pafiM  here  dcr- 
u  Eng*     ring  His  Majefties  Abfence.  Towards  the  latter  end 
land.         of  the  Year  iM^.  King  James  and  his  Popifli  Coim- 
Lancap      ^1  in  ircUnd  laid  the  Foundation  of  the  Lumcafhsre 
?i^/     plot,  having  fent  over  Commiflions  Into  that,  and 
k0ftd.      other  Northern  Counties  to  raife  an  Army,  ii^hich 
His  Mijefty  engaged  himfelf  to  head  iq  Perion  in 
4tigufi  1 690.  But  the  Plot  being  difcoverM  bv  (oo^e 
pf  the  Confederates,  and  foon  after  efie6luaUy  baC- 
jf^y^     fled  by  that  Monarch's  Defeat  at  the  B^m  \  ano- 
Btvt  m     ^l^cr  Projeft  was  (et  on  Foot  by  the  Jopokkcs  m 
Jmt.         England  for  His  Mijefty's   R^ftoration  \  and  thas 
was  to  gain  Alliftance  from  France  *  to  invade  Eng^ 
land.  To  compafi  this  End,  ^the  leading  Men  of  the 
Party,  in  all  Counties,  immediately  repair'd  to  Lm^ 
don^  and  there  confulted  what  new  Meafures  were  tp 
be  taken^  after  this  fatal  and  unexpe&ed  disappoint* 
ment  by  King  H^lUanis  Vi&ory  in  Ireland :  And  be- 
*  See  Lord  cauft  ihe  Confpirators  Were  then  generally  foeaking 
Predon's  of  but  one  Fafkion  ;  it  was  refblv'd  that  the  Plot 
ThmL        to  reftore  the  Abdicated  King  ihould  hp  laid  nider^ 
extended  farther^  and  more  Intei^Jis  be  united  inf^i^ 
v^te  Cabals  of  pbeir    mofi  cmfiderable  FriepdSi,  Lerds^ 
and  Gentlemen^  both  Whigs  and  Tories,  atui  that  at 

erccy  Meeupg  they  fl^o.Mld  pfropp^  aoq  deb^ic  the 


l^tLLl AM  the  ThiyJ.  555 

moil  cfik6hial  ways  to  bring  their  Defign  aboiit ;  A.  C 
and  when  come  to  a  Refolucion,  they  (hould  cranf-  liSpf. 
mir  their  Sentiments  to  the    J^j^al  Cluh,  (as  they  L^W 


call  it)  in  Coveru-Garden^  atul  they  fele&  the  raoft 
rational  among  the  trarious  Opinions,  and  digeft 
them  into  fuch  Methods  tor  Pra6life,  as  (hould  go- 
vern the  whole  Party.  The  Refult  of  their  fcvc- 
rai  Confultations  was,  Firft,  That  the  Jacobites  be^ 
$ng  unable  to  rtinthrone  the  late  Kj^g  h  their  twn 
ftretigth^  they  /houU  endeavour  to  obtain  Ajftfiance  from^ 
France,  who  had  formerly  made  them  fuch  Promifesi 
and.  Second!}',  Since  delays  were  dangerous^  fending 
Letters  into  France  ha^^ardoas^  the  Court  at  St.  Ger- 
m^^ins  fa&ious  and  treacherous^  that  fome  Men  <fQ^4^ 
luy  and  kjtown  Ability /hould  go  over  into  FratK:e  /# 
tranfaB  that  Matter  for  the  whole  Party.  ThisPro- 
je£);  having  the  Approbation  of  the  leading  Club 
m  December  1690.  The  Lord  Prefton^  Mr.JiJhtem^ 
and  Mr.  EUiot^  were  pitch'd  upon  as  proper  Pcr- 
(bns  to  be  (ent  into  France.  Some  would  have  had 
their  Number  encrcas'd ;  but  were  over*ruled  by 
this  (landing  Muxim  among  them  \  *  Chufe  well^*  ^^d 
but  have  to  do  but  with  a  fcWyfor  a  multitude  may  give^  PrcftonV 
but  can  never  l^eep  CounceL  Trimt. 

Thcfe  Gentlemen  thus  appointed  by  the  Party,7^^ 
having  hir'd  a  yeffel  of  Mrs.  Jane  Prat  of  Berkin^nfama  _ 
in  EBTix,  for  their  Tranfportation  into  France^  went  covered, 

*  on  Board  her  near  Battle-Bridge ;  but  the  whole  ^  Dec.  30. 
Plot  being  difcover'd,    the  GoVernmenc  ordered  *<^9o* 
Captain  Billop  to  attend  their  Motion  ;  who  accor* 
dingly  (iifler  d  them  to  fzil  below  Grav^end,  and 

then  boarded  and  took  them.  In  Mr.  Afhton's  Ek>- 
ibm  were  found  a  Packet  of  Letters  and  Papers, 
whereby  it  appeared,  that  they  were  going  to  france 
to  promote  t^e  treafonable  Defigns  of  that  Party  4- 
gainfi  the  Ki^g  ^nd  Qifeen,  to  invade  the  Healm^fiib* 
vert  the  Government^  and  reftore  the  late  Kjni  by  the 
A0ance  of  French  Yorces.    In  January  1691,  thejtn.  ttf« 

♦  Lord  Prefton  and  Mr.  t  A/hton  were  brought  to  Jta  19. 
their  Trials  at  the  QldBaHy,  and  being  found  Guil-  A^**.  AOi- 

2r  of  High-Treafon,  reqeiv'd  the  SetitenccofCon-^<>n^*''»- 
emnation  ;  upon  which  Mr.  A/hton  was  Executed/'^  J*"-**» 
but  the  Lord  Prefton^  thro'  the  interce^on  of  his 

illullrious 


IP 


xjr4  Tlje  kergn  of  Kht^ 

A.  C.  lUuftrious  Relations,  and  in  confideration  o^  hb 
1 69 1.    Difcovering  the  whole  Confpiracy  upon  Oath,  ob- 
-  -     Uin'd  their  Majcfties  Pardon.    As  for  Mr.   Elliot^ 
there  being  no  pofitive  Proof  againft  him-  he  was 
not  brought  to  his  Trial.    Not  long  after,    the 
Abruary  Qpeen  caused  a  Proclamation  to  be  iffued  out  for 
5.  itf^i .   Difcovering  and  Apprehending  the  late  Bifhop  of 
J5/>,  PVillUm  Penit,  the  famous  Quaker,  and  Jamss 
Graham  Efq;  as  Accomplices  of  the  Lord  Prcftcn 
and  John  Ajh$on^  lately  attainted  of  High-Treafba. 
Thut  the  Confpiracy  being  quafti'd,  all  hopes  of 
an  InvaGon  and  Infurre6iion  were  now  laid  afide, 
till  the  Jacobites  could  meet  with  a  more  iairou- 
rable  opportunity  to  revive  them. 
The  Queen      About  this  time^  the  Qdecn  exerting  her  Good- 
Jets  up  a    nefi  and  Charity  in  a  moft  effe£hial  manner,  by 
Linnen-   ftriking  at  the  Very  Root  of  Vice  and  Wane,  I 
Manufi-  mean,  Idleneft ;  encourag'd  the  fetting  up  of  a  Lin^ 
ttme.       nen-ManufaRure^  wherein  many  llioufinds  of  Poor 
People  were  employ'd ;  and  to  bring  honeft  La- 
bour into  Efleem,  even   among  thofe  who  think 
themfelves  Born  to  live  in  voluptuous  Sloth,  Her 
Maiefty  didnotdifdain  to  bufie  her  Royal  Hands 
with  making  of  Fringes,  wherein  (he  was  quickly 
imitated  not  only  by  her  Maids  of  Honour,  out  by 
all  the  Ladies  throughout  the  Kingdom. 

On  the  I  ith  of  March  the  Office  of  Poft  Matter 
General  was   granted  by  their  Mujefties  Letters 
Patents  to  Sir  Uphert  Cotton^2iX\i.  Thomas  Pran^iand^KfiQ 
Sir  tdw.  and  the  i^'th  of  the  ft  me  Month,  Sir  Edward  VHiers 
VilJicrs    Mafter  of  the  Horfe  to  the  Queen,  was  created  Ba- 
€re0Ud      ron  and  Vifcount  of  England^  by  the  ftile  of  Baron 
yifcount     yUli^rs  oi  Hco^  and  Vifcount  yilliers  o£  Hartfirdj  in 
Villicrs,  fjje  County  of  Ks^t.    About  a  Fortnight  after,  a 
March  as  pirc  happened  2X  iVtntehatl,  at  the  end  the  Stone 
J.f^''       Gallery.    It  begun  at  the  Lodgings  of  the  Princefi 
White-    ^^  DenmarlCs  Maids  of  Honour,  continued  fof  fora^ 
baU.        Hours  with  great  violence,  and   burnt  down  the 
April.  If. whole  Gallery,  but  was  ftopp'd  before  itreach'd 
the  King's  or  Queen's  Apartment^. 

This  Imall  Difafter  was  (bon  forgot  on  the  happy 
Arrival  of  the  King,  who  having  given  the  neceC 
far/  Orders  for  the  ReduiSbion  of  Irclmd^  and  fof 


\V  tLLi  AUthe  thirl  ijf 

the  fitting  out  a*  numerous  Fleet,  which  Admiral   A.  C. 
J^JJcl  was  appointed  to  Command  in  Chief,  befto w-    i6^i. 
cd  his  Royal  Care  on  the  tilling  the  Vacant  Ec-  \^^*-v^s^ 
clefiaftical  Dignities*  Dr.  Tillotfon^  Dean  of  Sr.  P4«/ s,  Eccltfia^ 
a  Divine  diftinguifh'd  by  the  Purity  of  his  MoraUjftical prt* 
his  Moderate  Principles,  and  his  Chafte,  but  Ma(*  »»»''»«^> 
culine  Eloquence,   was   advanced  to  the  Archbi*  April  ay. 
flioprlck  of  Canterbury y ;  Dr.  Patrick,  ^  BiQiop  of  CW- 
chefier^  a  Prelate  of  univerftl  Learning  and  exem- 
plary Piety,  ^Vas  tranflated  to  the  Biflioprick  of  Ely  ; 
and  Dr.  Bcveridge  was  promoted  to  the  j^ithopriclc 
of  Bath  and  If^ells  \  Dr.  FowUr  to  the  Bifhoprick  of 
Glouccjier  ;  Dr.  Cumberland^  to  the  Bilhoprick  of  P^ 
terhorough  j  Dr.  Moor^  to  the  Bilhoprick  or  Normcb ; 
t)r.  Grover^  to    the  BifhtJprick  of  Chichejler  •    Dr. 
Sherlock,  (who  upon  the  Kmg's  Viftory  at  the  Bojne 
own'd  their  Majellics  Title  to  the  Crown)  to  the 
Deanery  of  St.  Paufs ;  Dr.  Comber,  to  the  Deanery 
of  Durham ;  Mr.  Talbot^  to  the  Deanery  of  iVorc^^ 
fter ;  and  1l>c,  (Voodward  to  the  Deanery  of  Sarum. 
Not  many  Weeks  after,  their  Majefties  nominated 
the  famous  Dr.  *  Sharp,  Dean  of  Canterbury^  ^^  ^^n  Ut 
Archbifliop  oiTork,^  upon  theDcath  of  Dt.Ldmplugh,       ^^  ^' 
late  Archbilhop  of  that  See;  Dt  \  Ironfide,  Bifliop  f  May  ar* 
of  BriftoL  to  fuccecd  Doctor  Crofts,  lately  Dcceas'd, 
in  the  Biflioprick  of  Hereford;  Dr.  *  John  Hall  to  bc*  June  13. 
BiQiop  of  Brijiol,  and  Dr.  t  fOfhard  Kidder  Dean  of 
Peterborough,  to  be  Bifliop  of  Bath  and  iVells  j  Dr.Di^tOi 
Beveridfie  having  refused  that  Biflioprick,'  for   the 
^me  Reafbn  that  the  Bifliop  of  London  had  de* 
clin'd  the  offer  of  the  Archbilhoprick  oi  Canter^ 
bury^  to  wit,  becaufc  the  Incumbent  was  alive.    On 
the  lad  Day  of  April  His  Majefty/  in  purfuance  of 
hisRefolution  to  Command  in  Perfon  the  Confcde* 
rate  Army  in  Flanders,  fet  out  from  Ksnfington,  Era- 
bark'd  at  Harwich  on  the  ad  of  May,  (et  Sail  with  a  -#   -*. 
fair  Wind,  for  Holland,  attended  by  a  Squadron  ofZ'Jnisi 
Men  of  War,under  Rear  Admiral  i^oot.  Landed  the  Holland^ 
next  Day  near  Maefiand  Stuice,  wenc  from  theiKc  to  Miy^  3. 
Hounjlaerdick, ^.^nd  arriv'dthe  fume  Evening  at  the 
Hague  ;^  where  we  fliall  leave  Him  for  a  while,  to  fee 
how  nis  Orders  arc  executed  in  Ireland. 


Afi 


ter 


%^6  The  Reign  cf  King 

A.  C.      After  both  Annies  in  that  Kingdom  had  gone  in- 
itfji.   ^^  ^^^^^  Winter  Qiiancrs,  the  preceding  Year,  they 
\yf\j  remained  prerty  quiet  on  cither  fide  for  a  time ;  and 
jtfairs  •/  though  feveral  Ddigns  were  fonn'd  by  each   Party 
Ireland  /sagainft  the  other,  yet  nothing  of  any  great  Moment 
1^9 1.       happenM  between   them.     The  greateft  mUchief 
Ireland     done  to  the  £«f ///b  was  by  the  Irijh  Robbers,  caird 
infeftedby  g^ppereesy  who  committed  great  Cruelties  and  De- 
R0ppere€s.  prcdatioos,  and  then  retreated  into  their  Bogs  and 
faftneflcs,  where  the  regular  Forces  could  not 
reach  them :  Nor  were  the  Lords  Juftices  more  (iic- 
cefiful  in  their  Attempts  to  luppreft  them,  either  bj 
offers  of  Mercy  to  (uch  of  them  as  (hould  fubmic 
to  their  Majefties  Obedience,  or  by  propofmg  a 
Mymore  Reward  for  every  Head  of  a  Rapperee.    But  now 
imttfi9d,    the  Englijh  Army  having  taken  the  Field  about  the 
begihnmg  of  Junc^  thole  Banditti  mix'd  themfelves, 
with  the  late  King's  Forces,  with  whom  they  muft 
wait    the    Fortune   of  War.      King    WUIimn^s 
Forces  bfeingconfiderably  augmented  by  the  additi- 
on of  thofe  Troops,  which*' under  Mackfiy  had  lajp- 
pily  compleaced  the  Reduftion  of  the  Scotch  High-. 
Anders;  Lieutenant  General Giwci^/tf,  Commander 
•June  6.  in  Chief,  *  Uecamp'd  from  MulUngary  and  t  came 
i  June  7.  before  Ballymore ;    the  Marquis  dc  l{uvignyy  Major 
General,  being  lent  before  with  a  Detachment  of 
Horfe  and  Dragoons,  to  poflefi  himfelf  of  a  Pafi 
between  jhat  Place  and  Aehlone.    The  Batteries  be- 
*Jiine  S.  ijjg  rais'd,  the  General  *  fent  a  Meffa^to  Colonel 
ViickeBourk^^  who  commanded  in  the  Town,  T/W 
if  he  and  the  Garrijin  would furrcnder  within  two  HowSj 
he  would  fave  their  Lives ^  and  make  them  Prifoners  of 
iVar ;  if  not^  tlxy  were  to  exfeB  no  Mercy,     To  which 
the  Governor  made  a  fhuffling  (brt  of" Reply  in 
hopes  of  getting  better  Terms ;  but  the  Cannon 
and  Bombs  having  made  two  Breaches   the  Pontons 
being  put  into  the  Water,  and  all  things  rttidy  for 
a  Storm,    it  occafion'd  fo  great   a  Conftematjon 
'jkid  r     *^^^**8   Ac   Enemy ,     that  the   feme    Evening 
~l,y     the  Garrifon  which  conGfted  of   780    Men,  be- 
June  9     ^*^^  *  ^^^^^  Officers,  and  a ^9  Rapperees ,   laid 
down  their  Anns  and  (iibmitted  at  Ducretion. 

The 


W  ILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  1^7 

Th^Engli/h  Jiaving  rcpairM  the  DaiHage  done  to   A.   C- 
Baltymore^  and  puc  that  Town  in  a  better  condition    itfp i. 
for  Defence,  thej^  marchM  from  thence  on  the  1 8th  L.-'^VN^ 
of  June^  and  being  join'd  the  fame  Day   by  the  Athlone 
l^rince  of  jyinemberg^  Encamp'd  at  Baljmon/s  Pafi,  Befuged. 
•whilft  a  (Irong  Detachment  of  Horfe  advanced  to- 
wards Athlone.     On  the  19th,  very  early  in  the 
Morning,  the  Vanguard  march'd  from  Ba^ymonf^  and 
beat  the  Enemy  fromfeveral  Out-Ditches  of  the 
£nglifh  Town  of  AMojie^  on  this  fide  the  Shannon^ 
and  lodg'd  themfelves  there.    The  next  Day  a  Bat- 
tery of  ten  18  Pounders   having  ruiri'd  a  Baftion 
near  the  Water-fide,  looking  towards  Laneiborough^ 
the  General  order'd  an  Aflault  to  be  made.    Tne 
fame  was  perForm'd  accordingly;  and  though  the 
Irijh  raadi  confiderable  Refiftance,  yet  the  Bngliflj 
went  onex  and  kept  firing  till  they  came  to  the 
Breach,  wmch  ^French  Captain  of  Grenadiers  firft 
mounted,  throwing  his  Grenado,  firing  his  Piece, 
and  ordering  his  Men  to  do  the  fume.    His  Bravery 
fb  encouragd  his  Party,  that  though  he  was  kill'd  j^  ^8* 
in  the  Aftion,  yet  the  Irifh  were  fbon  forc'd  to  quit  fJ^ 
their  Poft,  (bme  retiring  over  the  Bridge  to  Caw-J^^^^^^'j^ 
naught  fide,  and  the  reft  leaping  into  the  Shannon^  i^jj^j^  5o^ 
where  many  were  drown'd. 

After  this  Succcfi,  Batteries  were  planted  againfl 
the  IriJh  Town,  which  being  finifli'd  by  the  xxA^ 
the  Cannon  and  Mortars  began  to  play  very  briskly 
on  the  North- Eafi  fide  of  the  Cattle,  where  it  was 
weakeft,  and  continued  to  do  ib  next  Day,  when 
the  Pontons  came  up.  The  afth  was  (pent  in  rai- 
Cng  Batteries,  one  oelow  and  another  above  the 
Bridge,  while  a  third  was  erefted  without  the  Town 
Wall  by  the  River- fide,  oppofite  to  a  Baftion  the 
trijfh  had  made  on  the  other  ude  the  River.  At  the 
fame  time  the  General  was  contriving  Methods  to 
march  part  of  his  Army  over  the  Shannon^  at  a  Ford 
CowardsL4»«tor£?«gi,but  that  Defign being  fruftratcd, 
he  relblv'd  to  force  his  way  thro'  Athlone^  and  there- 
fore labour'd  hard  to  gain  the  Bridge,  wherein  he 
found  no  frnall  Difficulty.  However,  on  the  27th, 
in  the  Evening,  the  Engllfh  burnt  the  Wooden 
Breaft  work  the  Enemy  hadf  made  on  the  other  I'ldt? 

Sf  of 


x^8  The  Reign  9f  Kii^g 

A.  C.  of  the  broken  Arch,  and  the  next  Morning  had  lai4 
itfpr.   their  Beams  over,  and  partly  plank'd  them,  which 
a  Party  of  the  Belieg^cf  endeavouring^  to  ruin,  chcy 
were  all  kill'd  in  the  Attempt.    Tms  did  not  diU 
courage  another  Party  of  Ten  Men  to  let  about  the 
fimc  Work,  which  they  bravely  efl'e£^cd,  throw- 
ing down  the  Planks  and  Beams  into  the   River, 
roaugre  all  the  firing  and  skill  of  the  BngUJh  ;  whkh 
made  the  General  refolve  to  carry  on  the  Work 
by  a  clofe  Gallery  on  the  Bridge,  and  to  pals  the 
Shannon  next  Day  \  but  they  met  with  fuch  oppoii- 
tion,  elpedally  by  having  their  Gallery  burnt  by 
tbe£neroy.  that  the  farther  prolecution  of  the  At- 
tack was  aeferr'd  for  that  Day.    On  the  jotfa  a 
Council  of  War  being  held,  It  was  warmly  debated, 
whether  it  were  advUeable  to  make  another  Attempt^ 
or  to  draw  off?  There  were  not  wanting  great  Rea- 
£>ns  for  the  latter  ;  but  the  Duke  of  if^rtewAer^ 
xkt  Major  Generals  Mackdj^TalmaJhyI(uvigny^nd  Tet- 
teoH  andOd.C4m^o»  uvg^dyThat  no  traveAdion  could  be 
ferforvii  without  HaiardiThat  the  Attempt  was  likf  to  te 
attended  with  Succefs^  and  proffer* d  themfelves  to  tetbe 
firft  that  Jhouldpufs  the  Hfvcr^  and  attacks  the  Enemjf, 
Their  Opinion  having  prevail'd,  the  Detachment 
drawn  out  the  Day  before,  was  ordered  ftill  to  be  in 
readinefi,  and  the  General  gave  command  chat  tbcy 
(hould  be  brought  down  by  Six,  the  ufual  Hour  o£ 
reliering  the  Guards,  that  the  Eneny  might  not 
liilpeft  the  DeGgn;  which  indeed   they  did   not. 
All  things  being  ready,  the  Conjunfture  favourable, 
and  the  Signal  given.  Captain  Sandys  and  two  Lieu- 
tenants led  the  firft  Party  of  60  Grenadiers,  all  in 
Armour,  and  xo  a  Breaft,   ftconded  by  another 
ftrong  Detachment  of  Grenadiers  (  which  were  ta 
be  Supported  bv  6  Batallions  of  Foot )  and  with  an 
unparalleled  Kefelution  took  the  Ford«  that  was 
a  little  to  the  left  of  the  Bridge,  againfl:  a  Bdlion 
of  the  Enemies ,   the   Stream   being  very  rapid, 
and  the  Paflage  very  dIflEcult  by  reafbnof  /ome 
great  Stones  that  were  in  the  River.    At  the  fame 
time  the  Englijh  great  and  fmall  Shot  began  to  pla' 
from  their  Batteries  and  Works  upon  tho(e  of  the  E 

Acxny 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /k  Thirl  XS9 

nemy  on  the  other  fide,  who  fired  as  thick  as  po/H-  A.   C 
biy  they  could,  upon  rhoft  that  paft  the  River.  But    1^91. 
at  length  the  latter,  by  an  incredible  piece  of  Brave-  v^^-vSj 
ry^  forc'd  their  way  through  the  Enemies  Bullets, 
Fire  and  Smoke,^  and  having  gain'd  the  oppofite 
Bank,  the  reft  laid  Planks  over  the  br6ken  part  of 
the  Bridge,  while  others  were  preparing  the  Pon- 
tons.   By  thefe  means  the  EngUJh  pafs'd  over  (o 
faft,  that  in  lefs  than  half  an  Hour  they  were  Ma- 
tters of  the  Town,  and  poflc(s'*d  themfelves  of  the 
Works  that  remained  entire  towards  the  Enemies 
Camp :  The  Irijh  being  fo  amax'd  at  the  fiidden- 
ne(s  of  the  Attack,  and  Relblution  of  the  Bngii/h^ 
that  they  quickly  abandon^  the  Place  and  fled  to 
the  Army,  though  not  without  confiderable  lofi. 
TheBefiegers  had  not  above  /o  Men  klU'd  in  thif 
nieraorableA6Hon,which  the  MajorGeneralsAi:«c/t/f/ 
mdTenedu^  and  the  Brigadier  La  Mtiomere  con- 
du^d  with  (jreat  Vigour  j  and  to  the  good  Succefi 
whereof,  Major  General  Talmajh,  (  who  went  with 
the  Grenadiers  as  Voluntier  )  the  Duke  of  fVlrtem  - 
berg^  Count  Najfau ,  and  Brigadier  Bellaffts  greatly 
contributed ,  by  their  Courage   and  Frefence  of 
Mind.    *T would  be  a  hard  matter  to  match  in  Hi-^'  W^* 
ftory  ft)  brave  an  Enterprize,  a  Fortified  Town  at-?'?'  'f 
tack'dcrols  a  River,  only  by  ;ooo  Men  in  thej]|]^™"* 
Face  of  the  Enemies  Army,  that  were  Matters  of  i^^' 
all  the  Fords  by  rhc  Retrenchments  they  had  caft 
before  them !  And  therefore  'twas  but  Juftice,  that 
General  Cincljje  flbould  entail  on  his  Family  the 
Honour  of  this  Atchievement,  by  the  Title  which 
was  afterwards  beftow'd  upon  him,  of  {Earl  of 

Athione. 

The  Englijh  were  no  ft)oner  entered  the  River^ 
but  an  Exprefi  was  fent  from  the  Town  to  Mon- 
fieur  St.i^«^6,  who  commanded  the  Frcwc/? Auxiliaries^ 
and  the  Inflj  Army,  who,  upon  the  News,  (aid  i 

It  Wis  imfojfihle  for  the  Englifh  to  pretend  ty  tal^e  a 
ToTPHj  and  he  fo  near  with  an  Army  tofuccour  it  j  ad- 
ding, he  would  give  a  Tboufiind^  Pifiots  they  durjl  ct^ 
temft  it.  The  orave  and  a6live  S/irsf:cIiI  replied  j 
He  knew  the  Enter fuTie  was  fsottco  dijjicuit  /,»■  Englifll 
Gourage  to  attempt ,  and  therefore  prcll  Sc.  l{uth  to 

S  f  X  fend 


^6o  The  neign  of  King 

A    C    fend  fpeedv  Succours  to  the  Town,  which    that 
1601'    General  refufing  to  do,  and  ftill  turning  the  Under- 
J^!Jv^  taking  into  a  jeft,  fome  hot  Words  pafs'd  bctwi:^ 
him  and  Snrsfield,  which  bred  a  jealouhe  amongft 
them,  that  proved  of  fatal  Confequence  not    long 
after.  St.  i^tt^/j  being  foon  convinced  that  the  £nrlUh 
were  in  aftual  PolleHion  of  the  Place,  ordered  fc- 
veral  Detachments  to  beat  them  out  again  ;  but 
then  he  was  Crnlible  of  a  former  Overlighr,  in  not 
levelling  thoft  Fortifications  of  Athlone  that   were 
next  his  Camp:  For  now  the  Emlifh  usM  the  Enc- 
mies  Works  againft  themfelves,  (o  that  they  thought 
it  advifeable  to  decamp  that  very  Nfjght.    General 
Ginckie  having  continued  at  Athlone  till  he  hfd   pixc 
♦  rn^^A  It  into  a  poffure  of  Defence ,  *  march  d  on  with 
ClnS  the  Army,   and  having  rcach'd  BaSmnfloe,   cm- 
wr     campM  along  the  River  5//cA.  upon  Kofior^on  ficle, 
Aihlenc,  which  was  a  very  good  Pals,  and  which  it  the  Irijh 
July  10.  had  fecur'd  they  would  have  given  the  En^N/h  a 
great  deal  of  Trouble,     But  it  feems  they  had  pof- 
ftfs'd  themfelves  of  a  far  more  advantageous  Poft ; 
TU.  u\4U  for  they  lay  on  the  other  fide  o^Agbrim  Caftle,  three 
c/«o».^r  Miles  beyond  Ballifmfloc,  and  were  extended  from 
AfiSim    the  Church  of  Kilcommodon,  on  their  Right,  to  a 
.       *  Place  caird  Gourtnafori^  about  two  Miles  in  length. 
On  their  Left  run  a  Rivulet  having  fteep  Hills  and 
little  Bogs  on  each  fide ;  next  to  which  was  a  large 
Red  Bog,  almoft  a  Mile  over,  in  the  end  whereof 
ftoodthe  Caftle  of  Aghnm,  commanding  the  way 
that  led  to  their  Camp ,   paflable  for  Horfe  no 
where,  but  juft  at  the  Caftle,  by  reafon  of  a  fmall 
River, which  running  through  a  moift  Ground  made 
the  whole  aMorafs.ThisMorafs  extended  it  felf  along 
to  the  Right,  where  there  was  another  Pafs  ztVrd- 
chrecj  having  a  rifing  Ground  on  either  fide  there- 
of; and  the  Irifh  Camp  lay  along  the  Ridge  of  a 
HilL  on  the  fide  of  which  ftood  two  Danijh  Forts, 
about  half  a  Miles  diftancefrom  the  Bog  below, 
and  this  cut  into  many  final  1  inclofures,  which  the 
Jrijh  lined  very  thick  with  finall  (hot,  and  manag  d 
a  Communication  between  them.    General  Ginckle 
having  view'd  the  Enemies  Camp,  found  it,  as  it 
was,  very  advantageous;  but  confidering  he  had 

advanced 


WILLIAM  the  Thir  J.  ^5^ 

advanc'd  fo  far,,  that  he  muft  cither  fight  his  way  A.  C. 
through,  or  retreat  with  Lofi  and  Shame,  he  ordered   i  ^g  i  * 
the  Army  to  march  towards  the  Enemy  the  next  o^yv^ 
Day.    St.  Huth  fuppofing  by  the  Countenance  of 
the  Bnglifloy  that  they  were  relblv'd  to  attack  him, 
made  a  iolemn  Speech  to  their//??,  wherein  he  told 

them  ;  Howfucccfsful  he  hnd  been  in  faffrcjfmg  Herefy^^  j*     , , 
in   France,  and  bring  over  a  inft  number  of  dcluded^p^^^^  ^^^ 
Souls  into  the  Bofom  of  the  Mot  her  Churchy  T^hat  for^jj^i^'^^ 
that  l(eafon  bis  Mafter  had  made  choice  of  him^  before 
otherSy  to  Ejiablijh  the  Church  in  Ireland,  on  fuch  a 
Foundation^  that   itjkould  Jiot  henceforward  be  in  the 
Paiver  of  Hell  or  hereticks  to  dijlurb  it ;  and  that  all 
good  Roman  CathoUckj  depended  on  their   Courage  to 
fee  thefe  glorious  things  ejfccied.    He  confefs*d  Mattery 
did  not  entirely  an/wer  his  Expectation  Jince  he  came 
among  them ;  but  that  fiill   all  might  be   recovered  j 
That  he  was  informed  the  Prince  of  OrangeV  Heretical 
uirmj  was  refolv'd  to  give  tljcm  Battle  y  That  now  or 
never  was  the  time  for  them  to  recover  their  loft  Hor 
nourSj  Privileges  and  EJiates  of  their   Anceftcrs  ;  «r- 
ging  to  them,  they  wtre  no  Mercenary  Soldiers,  their 
All  being  at  Stake,  and  their  Dcjign  to  reftorc  a  Pious 
KS^g  ^0   his  Throne^    to  propagate  the   Holy    Faith^ 
and  extirpate  Herejy,     And  laftly   to   animate   their 
Courage  more  effeciually,he  ajfur* d  tl}cm  of  i^iwg  James'x 
l^ove  and  Gratitude,  of  Lewis  the  Grcat'^s  ProteQi^ 
ony    of  himfelf  to  lead  them  on,    of  the    Church  to 
Pray  for  them,    and  of   Saints  and    Angels  to    carry 
their  Souls  into  Heaven 'y  clofing  his  Speech  with  an 
Order,  to  give  Quarter  to  none,  efpecially  not  to  /pare 
any  of  the  French  Hereticks  in  the  Prince  c/Orange'/ 
Artny, 

On  Sunday  the  i  ith  oi  July  the  Englijh  Army 
in  the  Morning  early  prepar'd  to  advance  towards^' ^j^.^ 
the  Enemy,  but  the  Weather  proving  Foggy,  they'-'^*""^ 
mov'd  not  till  it  was  about  Twelve  a  Clock,  which 
w&s  tljten  done  in  as  good  Order  as  the  Ground 
would  permit.  The  General,  at  the  (ame  time, 
havbg  vicw'd  the  pofture  of  the  Irj/fc,  and  feeing 
the  hcc^ffity  ot  makmg  himfelf  Mafter  of  the  Pa5, 
qiVrachrecy  feni  a  Danifl^  Captain  with  fomc  Horfe 
to  ferice  It  y  ()ut  t^ey  tiot  (ucceeding^  he  ordered 

Sf  J  Two, 


i(Jx  The  Reign  of  Jfh^ 

A.  C.  Two  Hundred  oiCunninghdnCs  Dragoons  to  mardi 
i6<)i.    to  certain  Ditches  nigh  the  Ford,  to  keep  the  E- 
nemy  from  coming  over,  and  in  the  mean  rime 
the  Englifr  Array  roarch'd  forward.    By  this  time 
it  was  two  of  the  Clock,  and  the  General  finding 
it  neceflary  to  gain  that  Ford,  and  the  other  wjys 
that  led  to  the  Right  of  the  hijh  Camp,  as  the  mofi 
proper  meaqs  to  atuck  them,  commanded  C«b- 
ningb4m\  Dragoons  at  the  Ditch,  to  advance  to- 
wards a  Party  of  the  Enemy  pofled  on  the  other 
fide;    who    upon    their  approach  with  anorber 
Party  that  fuftain'd  them,  alt  retirM  behind  a  Hill 
nearer  the  Camp,  where  was  potted  a  greater  Bo- 
dy.   All  thefe  Parties  being  ftill  reinforc'd    by  o- 
thers,   oblig'd    the  Englifh  Dragoons  to  retreat  j 
whereupon  General  Ginckje  ordered  Bpplnger\  Dra- 
groons  to  get  between  thefe  Bodies  and  the  EInemy's 
Camp.    This  Motion  was  prefently  difcoverM  by 
the  Enemy,  who  had  the  advantage  in  pouring  in 
(b  many  Men  upon  the  Engii/h^  that  they  would 
ftill  have  been  too  hard  for  the  Dragoons,    had 
they  not  been  feconded  by  the  Earl  of  PortUnd^s 
Horfe,  who  behav'd  themfelves  here  with  great  bra* 
very.    What  was  at  firft  only  a  Skirmim,  had  by 
this  time  engaged   a  confiderable  Bod^  on  both 
fides ;    yet  the  Enemy  in  a  while  retir'd,  which 
brought  the  Generals  together  to  deliberate,  whe- 
ther it  were  not  beft  to  defer  the  Battle  till  next 
Morning  ?  Which  was  agreed  on  fo  far,  that  their 
Tents  were  order'd  to  be  fent  for ;  but  when  ther 
percelv'd  the  Enemy  to  be  in  fome  dilbrder,  by 
what  had  already  happen'd,'  'twas  refbly'd  not  to 
delay  the  attack,  left  the  Enemy  (hould  march  oft 
in  ihe  Night,  and  (b  afford  no  more  opportunities 
for  a  decifivc  A6Hon.    Wherelorc  by  the  Advice 
of  Major-General  Mackay^  it  was  agreed  to  begin 
the  Fight  on  the  Enemies  Right,  thereby  propoling 
to  draw  part  of  their  ftrengih  from  Aghrim  Ca/He, 
near  to  which  their  main  Body  was  potted  ;  that    ; 
fo  the  Right- Wing  ol  the  Englipa  might  have  the 
eafier  Pailage  over  to  attack  their  left ;  and  then  the 
whole  Englrjh  Army  might  have  the  opportuniry 
|p  pf^S^^i    which   was   othemays    jnipoffble; 

Which 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /i&^  Third.  a^J 

Which  Advice   had  its  dcfir'd  End.    About  lialf  A.  C. 
an  Hour  after  Four  in  the  AFcernoon,  a  Party  of   ifipi. 
the  Englifi:  Left  Wing  moved  towards  the  Enemy, 
and  by  Five  the  Battle  began  afrefh.    The  Ditches 
were  (Irongly  guarded  by  Irilh  Mufqueteers.  and 
their  Horfe  advantagioufly  polled  to  uiftain  them : 
AAd  here  the  Irijh  behav'd  themfelves  with  un- 
daunf^d  Courage,  defendng  their  Pofts  with  unpa-  ^ 
rallel'd  Obftinacy^  nor  would  they  ftir  from  one 
fide,  till  the  Englifh  put   their  Pieces  over  at  the 
other ;  and  then  having  Lines  of  Communication 
from  one  Ditch  to  another,  they  would  prefently 
pod  themfelves,  and  flank  the  Englifh^  which  oc- 
cafionM  great  firing  on  both  fides,  and  continued 
on  the  I^ft  almoft  an  Hour  and  a  Half,  before 
the  Center,  and  the  Right  Wing  of  the  Army  be- 
gan to  engage ;    In   the  mean  time   the  EngUjb 
main  Army  advancM,  and  Major-General  Ai4cj[<ijF 
and  the  reft  observing  feveral  Bodies  of  the  Ene- 
mies Horfe  and  Foot  draw  off  from  the  Left  and 
move  towards  their  Right,  where  the  Enghjfh  pret 
fed  them  very  hard,  they  lay  hold  of  that  advan- 
tage, and  ordered  the  Foot  to  march  over  the  Bog 
which  fronted  the  Enemies  main  Battel.    The  Re- 
giments of  Early  Herbert^  Creightm^  and  Brewer^  go* 
ing  over  the  narroweft  Place,  where  the  Hedges 
on  the  Enemies  fide  ran  fartheft  into  the  Bog,  they 
had  Orders  to  March  to  the  loweft  of  the  Ditches 
adjoining  to  the  fide  of  the  Bog,  and  there  to  pod 
themfelves,  till  the  Horfe  could  come  about  by 
Jghrim  C&ftle  and    (uftain  theni^    and  till  the  o- 
tber  Foot  had  marched  over  the  other  Bog  below, 
where  it  was  broader,  and  were   fupported  by 
FoullCs^t\d  Brigadier  Stewarf^s  Regiments.    Accor* 
ding  tothe^  Orders,  EarFs  and  tne  other  Three 
Regiments  advanced  over  the  Bog,  moft  of  them 
paiung  u]^  to  the  middle  in  Mud  and  Water ;  and 
upon  their  near  approach  to  the  Ditches,  receiv^4 
the  Enemies  Fire  ;  but  that  did  not  hinder  them 
from  marching  to  the  loweft  Hedge,  and  to  beat 
the  Iri/h  trom  thence ;  and  (q  on  from  Hedge  to 
Hedge,  till  they  were  ^oc  very  near  their  main  Bo- 

Sf4  ^, 


a^4  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^f  ^^^ 

A.   C   dy-    ^^  ^^^  other  hand,  the  Irijh  bad  ib   well  or 
I  ^9 1,    der'dthe  Matter,  that  they  had  made  an  eafiePaf- 
■  ^y^fage  for  their  Horfe  among  all  thofe  Hedges  and 
Ditches,  by  which  means  they  pour*d  in  a-nrefli  la 
great  Numbers,  both  of  Horfe  and  Foot,   upon  the 
Englijh ;  which  Colonel  Earl  obferving,  he  anima- 
ted his  Men ;  by  telling  them,  That  noxp  their  f^fety 
Uy  whoBj  in  their  Courage:  But  neverihelefi,  being 
now  both  fiank'd  and  Fronted,  and  exposed  beGdes 
to  all  the  Enemies  fire  from  the  adjacent  Hedges, 
the  Englifk  were  torcM  to  quit  their  Ground,  and 
retreat  to  the  Bog  again,  with  confiderable  Jofi^ 
and  among  others,   the   brave  Colonels  Eari  and 
Herbert  being  taken  Prifoners,  the  former  after  twice 
taking  and  retaking  got  free  at  laft ;  but  the  iarrer, 
as  was  reported,  was   barbaroufly  murder'd  after 
Quarter  given  by  the  Irifh^  when  they  faw  he  was 
like  to  be  refcued.    While  thefe  things  paft  on  this 
fid*.  Colonel  St.  Johns^  Colonel  Tiffin^s^  the  Lord 
George  Hamilton\   the  French  Protejtants  in  Englijb 
Service,  and  feveral  other  Regiments  were  march- 
ing over  below  upon  the  Bog,  while  the  Irifbl2Lj 
fo  dole  in  their  Ditches,  that  feveral  were  doubt- 
ful whether  they  had  any  Men  at   that  Place  or 
no :  But  no  (boner  were  the  French  Refiigecs,  and 
the!  reft  got  within  Twenty  Yards  of  the  Ditches, 
but  the  Enemy  fir'd   moft  hirioufly    upon  them, 
which   the  other  (iiftain'd  with  Intrepidity,    dill 
preiling  forwards,  tho'  they  could  fcarce  fee  one 
another  for  the  fmoke, which  iheWind  blew  towards 
them.    The  Battle  feemM  doubtful  for  fome  time, 
but  now  there  wA  Reafon  to  believe  that  Vi&ory 
was  1  'aning  on  the  IriJh  fide ;  for  they  had  driven 
the  toot  in  the  Center  fo  far  back,  that  they  were 
almod  got  into  a  Line  with  the  great  Guns,  plant- 
ed near  theBog,  of  which  the  Bngli/h  had  no  be- 
nefit in  that  ConjunSure,  becaufe  die  Irifh  were  in- 
termix'd  with  their  own  Men. 

While  the  Infantry  was  thus  cngag'd.  Major- 
*  Wis  vas  General  ^vigni^s  Regiment  of  ♦  French  Horfe, 
h«hre  Duke  2XiA  Sir  John  Lanterns  being  both  pofted  on  the 
Schom*  Right,  the  latter  was  afterwards  drawn  to  the  Left, 
berg  /.      ^here  they  did  very  great  Service  j  and  the  Right 

Wing 
\ 


WILLIAM  the  third.  %6s 

Wing  of  the  Englijh  Horfe  were  in  the  mean  time  A.  C. 
making  the  bell  ot  their  way  to  fuccour  the  Foat,  1691. 
being  lenfiblc  of  their  extream  Danger,  and  that  ^ 
all  was  at  ftake.  This  Cavalry,  befides  the  fhowers 
of  Bullets  from  a  Body  of  the  Enemy's  Dragoons 
and  Foot,  that  were  conveniently  potted  under  a 
covert  Place,  was  likcwife  oblig'd  to  pre(s  and  turn* 
ble  over  a  very  dangerous  Pals,  but  having  bravely 
(iirmounted  all  thefe  Difficulties,  they  lodg'd  them- 
ftlvcs  at  laft  in  a  dry  Ditch,  in  the  hotteft  of  the 
Enemies  fire  from  Aghritn  Cattle,  and  fomc  old  Walls 
and  Hedges  adjoining. 

The  English  Foot  all  this  while  laboured  under 
very  great  di(advantage  in  the  Center,  which  Ma- 
jor-Gencral  Tulmajh  obferving,  he  hatted  to  their 
Relief  with  fome  frefli  Men,  and  gave  Orders  to 
the  broken  Regiments  to  halt  and  face  about,  which 
they  immediately  obey'd,  and  bravely  diarg'd  the 
Jri(h^  who  had  advanced  upon  them  to  the  Center 
of  the  Bog,  killed  above  Three  Hundred  of  them,bc- 
forc  they  could  retreat  out  of  it,  and  then  march- 
ed  boldy  up  to  their  old   Ground  again,    from 
whence  rhey  had  been  lately  beaten.    At  the  fame 
time  Major  General  Mickey  had   fallen  upon  the 
tnemy  with  a  good  Body  of  Horfe  on  their  Left: 
and  among  the  reft  the  French  Regiment  of  Horle 
had  forcM  a  Regiment  of  lri[h  Dragoons  from  an 
advantagious  Pott,    and^  put  to  flight  TjrconnePs 
,  Horfe;  Whereupon  Major  General  Huvigni^  at  the 
head  of  the  Oxford  Regiment  of  Horfe, fupported  by 
his  o  Wn,  went  along  the  fide  of  the  Boe,  and  bore  all 
down  before  him.   And  now  the  Horfe  and  Foot  of 
the  Englijh  Right,  and  the  Irijh  Left  being  mixed, 
there  was  nothing  but  a  continued  Fire,  and  a  very 
hot  Difpute  all  along  the  Line,  the  Iri/h  with  great 
Refolution  endeavouring  to  maintain  their  Ditches, 
and  the  Englijh  with  no  lefi  bravery  to  beat  them 
from  thence. 

The  Fight  was  not  much  longer  doubtful ;  for 
tho'  St.  ^i*thy  when  he  (aw  the  EngU/h  Foot  in  the 
Center  repuls'd,  in  a  Bravado  told  thofe  about  him, 
That  he  would  now  beat  the  EngH/h  Army  to  the 
Gates  of  Duhlin^  yet  feeing  with  great  (urprize  the 

Regiments 


^66  The  Reign  cf  King 

I  (J9 1 ^   getner  with  Levifon\  Dragoons,prelImg over  coiKrards 
^^^^Y^"^  the  CaftlCjhc  ordered  a  Brigade  of  his  own  Horfc  from 
the  Right  Wing  to  march  up  to  the  Left;   rfaca 
Riditig  to  one  of  his  Batteries,  and  giving  Orders 
to  the  Gunners  where  to  fire  ;  and  afterwards  lead- 
ing on  (bme  Horfe  towards  the  Place  where  he  fiw 
ST.  Ruth  the  Ef^lfjh  endeavour  to  go  over,  he  was  kilkd 
kiiid.       by  a  OnnonBall,  as   he  rode  down  the    Hill  of 
^Hammondony  the  place  where  the  main   flre/s  oi 
the  Battle  was  fought,  being  juft  under  the   Injh 
Camp.    His  fall  put  his  Troops  to  a  (land,  and 
his  Guards  drawing  off  with  his  Corps,  many  of 
the  reft  drew  off  ajfo ;  Sarsfield  who  mould  hare 
commanded  them,   fand  who  (ince  the  Affair  of 
Athtone^  was  upon  the  ReferVe  with  St.  Hutb)  not 
knowing  the  Order  of  Battle.    The   EngUjh  ob- 
(erving  their  Dilorder,  preft  boldly  on,   and  in  a 
(bort  time  drove  the  Enemy  tothe  top  of  Kjltcimamm- 
don  Hill,  where  their  Camp  had  lain;  whereupon 
they  began  to  commit  their  (afety  to  their  flight, 
the  Foot  running  fiill  fpeed  towards  a  great  Bog 
behind  them  on  their  Left,  and  the  Horfe  on  the 
High-way  towards  Lougbreagh. 

Wliile  thefe   things  were   doing  in  the  Right 
Wing  and  Center,  ihofe  that  firft  engaged  toward 
the  Left,  did  bravely  maintain  their  Ground  •,  and 
tho'  the  Irifh  did  once  or  twice  make    themfelves 
Mafters  or  the  Chevaux-de-Fnfe  that   covered   the 
French  Foot ;  yet  the  Firench  did  couragioufly  regain 
them.    However,  little  happened  on  that  fide  for 
near  two  Hours,  and  neither  did  the  Dani/h  Horle 
and  Foot,  that  were  on  the  Left  of  all,  difturb  the 
,         Enemy  as  yet,    but  kept  in  Awe  fcveral  Bodies 
of  Horfe  and  Foot  that  fac'd  them  on  the  other 
fide  of  the  Rivuler.    But  then  perceiving  Mackafs 
Battalions  in  the  Center  to  drive  the  Eneiny  be- 
fore them,  left  thofe  Bodies  that  fac*d  them  mould 
{all  back  to  the  relief  of  the  flying  Party,  they 
engaged  diem  very  briskly,  and  were  at  firfl-  rc- 
cciv'd  with  great  Refolution  ;  but  the  Irijh  being 
upon  the  Decline,  they  all  fled  out  of  the  Field, 
liicir  Foot  being  raiferably  Qaughter'd  by  the  £»/- 


t 

W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /i!^e  ThirJ.  167 

Itth  Horic  and  Dragoons,  and  their  Horfe  purfued   A.  C. 
nigh  Three  Miles.    The  Night  coming  on,  with    ifipi. 
a  Slick  mifly  Rain,   prevented  the  Englifh  from  \^/^r^ 
cecting  between  the  Runaways  and  a  very  advan- 7**  Irifli 
tageous  Pafs  near  Loufthrea^h,  which  gave  many  o(r$uted, 
them  an  opportunity  to  elcape.    However,  *  it  was  ^ 
computed  that  there  were  no  le(s  than  4000  of  the   ^'•-  thi- 
Irijh  aain  upon  the  fpot,  and  of  the  Engli/h,  Seven  ^^X  - 
Hundred  killed  and  as  many  wounded :  which  ftill ,,/,?  V* 
makes  this  Viftory  to  be  more  confiderable,  fmce  p^^^j^ 
the  BM[IiJh  Army  did  not  make  up  above  Eight-  iugi,t^, 
teenThoufand  efFeftive  Men,   whereas  the  In/h  and  a  Ptr^ 
was  composM  of  Twenty  Thoafend  Foot  and  Five/w  tf  grist 
Thoufind  Horfe  and  Dragoons.    As  for  the  Ho-  integritf, 
nourof  this  great  Day,  General  G/nc^ff  had  ever  thc^*/  ^nrV 
Modefty  to  confefs,  that  is  was  principally  owning  "'>'^*^ 
to  the  Condua  and  Bravery  of  Monfieur  ^^g-'^^^'^L 
njy   and  to  the  Oxford  and   BwcA  Regiments  of^^^^  ^ 
Horfe.  C9mitid 


di'es  ufw  the  Fitld  •/  Bsttle,  •fvhich  hi  fipp9fes  msr  4000  t$  bsvt 
keen  Iiifli  J  htftdfs  tbife  thuf  were  killed  in  the  fttrfuit  btjmtd  their 
Csmp, 

General  Gtnckfeg^yt  (omeDaysR^freflimenttohig 
Tiftorious  Army,  and  then  purfumg  bis  good  Fortune, 
bent  his  March  towards  GaSmay^the  moft  confidera- 
ble Place  now  left  in  the  Handsfrfthe  Irijh^  next  to 
Limerick,'^  and  having  pofted  his  Forces  before  it, 
he  fent '  a  Summons  to  the  Garrifon.    The  Lord 
DiioHy  the  Governor  made  Anfwer,  that  Monfieur 
D^ffon^  who  commanded  in  Chief,  as  well  as  him- 
fclf,  and  the  reft  of  the  Officers,  were  rcfolv'd  to 
defend  the  Place  to  the  laft :  But  for  all  this  Refo- 
tion  the  Englijh  had  no  (boner  march'd  part  of  the 
my  over  the  River,  and  taken  the  Fort  the  Irifh 
were  buikling,  but  the  Enemy  beat  a  Parley,  and 
Hoftages  were  immediately  exchang'd.    The  Irijb 
demurring  upon  the  manner  of  Surrcndry,  the  Ge- 
neral grew  impatient,  and  fent  once  or  twice  to 
them,  to  come  to  a  (peedy  Conclufion.    At  laf£ 
Juieptenant  General  Bmk^  one  of  the  Irifh  Hoftages, 


z68  The  Re/frn  of  King 

A.   C.  ^^  permitted  to  go  in,    whom  Major  C3«neni 
1691.   T^im^Jh,  being,  as  was  belle v'd,  inclin'd  to  lay  tbc 
^,^YXJ  Treaty  afidc,  anf wer'd,  fV/jcn  thej  were  ready  to  kt' 
Galloway  J^*»  ^g^^^t  to  give  the  Englilh  a  Sign,  bj  firing    a  Gum 
Surrendred  into  the  Air^  but  the  Other  reply'd.  That  they  weuid 
July  20.    not  fire  a  Gun  from  within^  till  they  wire  frorookpd  from 
without.    After  fome  time,  the  Articles  were  agreed 
on,  and  the  Town  delivered  into  the  Hands  of  rte 
Englifo.    The  Confequence  of  which  was  the  Sub- 
million  of  Baldarick^O  Dcnnei^  with  a  coniiderabk 
number  of  Men  under  his  Command ;    and    noi 
Tyrcon-    jQ^g  after,  the  marching  of  the  EngUfh  Army  to- 
Mldtes,     ^ards  Limerick^^  where  lyrconnel  died  about  *  this 
Aug.  i^  iixnty  the  ill  Condition  of  his  Matter's  Affairs  ha- 
ving broke  his  Heart. 
- .      .         On  the  zfth  of  Auguft^  the  En?li[h  Army  reached 

Bde^*d      ^*^^^'^^  ^"^  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^^y  ^^^^  ihcmfelves  Ma- 
Au^  '     fters  of  lreton\  and  CromwelCs  Forts,  which  were 
'  ^*   ^'  now  ordered  to  be  call'd  Macl^a/s  and  Najjau\  be- 
caufe  gain'd  under  thofe  Commanders.    Two  Days 
after,    Caftle  Connelly     and  CaflU'Carrucicd-Gtstmell^ 
(landing  upon  the  Shannon^  three  MUes  below  the 
Town,  were  attacked,  and  the  Garrifons  of  both 
made  Prilbners  of  War ;  And  at  the  fame  time  fomc 
Englifh  Ships  coming  up  the  River,'  fir'd  feme  fiiots 
among  the  Jri/h  Horfe  that,  were  incampM  near  its 
Banks  J  which  very   much  lurpriz'd  the  Enemy, 
who  till  then  were  made  to  believe,  that  either 
the  Englifh  had  no  Ships  there,  or  el(e  that  thole 
they  had  would  quickly  be  dcftroy'd  by  the  French 
Fleet,  which  they  hourly  ex pefted.    But  tho*the 
Siege  was  vigoronfly  carried   on,   and  that  in  the 
interim,   the  Iri/h  abandoned  (everal  foiall  places 
in  the  Country,  and  Brigadier  Levifon  routed  many 
of   their   Parties  in  the  County    of  Kfrry,   tbo' 
the    Bombs  did  very  great  Execuuon  upon  their 
Camp^  and  within  the  Town,  yet  on  the  17th  of 
September^  it  was  warmly  debated  in  a  Council  of 
War,  whether  they  (hould  profecute  the  Siege,  or 
march  over  the  River,  to  dcftroy  all  the  Enemies 
Forage  in  the  County  of  Clare^  and  then  turn  the 
Siege  into  a  Blockade  ?  And  it  was  fb  far  carried 
ibr  the  latter,  that  ^n  Engineer  was  ordered  to  go 

with 


WILLIAM  tk  Third.  %6^ 

with  a  Detachment  towards  Kjltnulock, ,  and  Forti-  A.  C. 
fie  that  Place.    But  before  he  got  out  of  the  Canrip,    1 69 1 . 
he  was  Countermanded,  and  a  great  many  Pallfla-  ^ 
does  were  brought  into  Macl(ay\  Fort,  as  if  the  Ar- 
my intended  to  Winter  there.    On  the  19th  it  was 
rciblved  to  pafi  the   River  with  a  great   Party, 
either  to  prefs  the  Siege  on  that  fide,  or  at  leaft  to 
burn  the  Enemies  Forrage.    The  (arae  Day  a  Bat- 
tery was  rats'd  between  Ireton^s  Fort,  and  the  Old 
Church,  to  flank  the  Irij%  in  Cafe  of  a  Sall^  from 
St.  John^%  Gate  5  Four  Mortars  were  brought  fr#m 
the  great  Battery  to  Macka/s  Fort ;  the  latter  place 
being  judgy  the  fitted  for  Bombarding,  fince  the 
.  whole  Town  lay  in  a  Line  from  thence;  and  Or- 
ders were  given,  in  cafe  of  an  Alarm  from  the  J- 
ri/h  Troops  without,  that  every  Regiment  fhould 
ftand  to  their  Pofts,  afligtf  d  them  for  that  Purpofc. 
On  the  aad  General  Ginckje^  who  was  indefatigable 
in  his  Bufineft,  paft  the  Shannon  over  a  Bridge  of 
Boats,  with  ftrong  Detachments  of  Horfe  and  Dra- 
goons, Ten  Battalions  of  Foot,  and  Fourteen  piece« 
of  Cannon,  leaving  Prince  iVirtemherg^  Mackjty  and 
Talma/h  to  Command  on  this  fide ;   and  all  that 
Morning  the  Enemy  continually  fired  upon  them 
from  fevera!  Batteries,  but  without  any  great  harm. 
In  the  Afternooii  a  Party  of  Colonel  Matthews'i 
Dragoons  was   vigoroufly  attacked  by  a  llronger 
Detachment  of  the  Enemy ,  till  the  EniUJh  Foot 
coming  up,  the Iri/fe  retreated  under  their  Cannon: 
Then  all  the  Englijh  Grenadeers,  fiiftain'd  by  Four 
Regiments  of  Foot  were  commanded  to  aflault  the 
Works    that     cover'd     Thomond    Bridge,     being 
one  Fort  to  the  Right,  above  a  Mufquet-lnot  from 
the  Bridge,  and   another   to  the  Left,  fomewhat 
nearer,  befides  feveral  other  Fortifications  wherein 
the  Elnemy  had  potted  above  Two  Hundred  Men. 
The  Difpuie  was  hot  and  obftinate  for  a  while,  and 
the  Attack  extream  hazardous,  the  Befieg'd  plying' 
ih^  Aflailatits  with  their  Cannon  from  the  King's 
Caftle,  and  two  or  three  more  Batteries,  as  alio 
with  "their  (mail  (hot  from    the  Wall";   however, 
the  Irijh  being  undauntedly  prett  upon  bv  the  Gre- 
nadiers^ they  abandon'd  their  Polls.    Thereupon 


xyo  The  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.  C  a  ftrong  Decachmcne  was  fenc  from  the  T'own  & 
I ((9 1.   Nippon  them,  but  the  Englijh  went  on    with  tbi 
Couraee  and  Fierccne(s,  tlut  they  beat  the  £nem^ 
notwimftanding  this  Reinforcement,  and    purSxi 
them  over  the  Bridge  to  the  Town,    A  Fremcb  Mk- 
jor  who  commanded  at  T/^^mini^  Gate,  fearing  die 
EftgUfh  would  enter  into  the  Town  pell  cnell  widi 
the    Runaways,    ordered    the  Draw-bridge  to  be 
drawn  up,  and  left  the  whole  Party  exposed  to  the 
fliry  of  their  Purfuers,  who  kiUed  Six  Hundred  of 
them,  and  made  above  160  Prisoners :  There  were 
al(b  many  of  the  Irijh  drowned. 

Hereupon  the  EngUfh  lod^'d  themfelves  within  ten 
Yards  of  the  Bridge,  notwithftanding  a  high  Tov- 
cr  that  ftood  near  the  end  of  the  Bridge  next  to 
them ;  and  the  Irifh^  finding  now  all  Communica- 
tion cut  oS  between  them  and  their  Hor(e,  and  de- 
(pairing  of  the  French  Succours,  beean  to  thing  of 

ipying  up  the  Town ;  for  fbon  after  the  A£lion  Col- 
onel fVachofy  looking  out  of  a  Tower,    calFd  to 
lieutenant  General  5cr4v^m^rf,  and  dejired  leave 
to  come  and  ipeak  with  htm,   which  was    readi- 
ly granted.    After  ibme  Difcourfc  he  defir'J  the 
fame  Liberty  for  Lieutenant  General  SwrsfitU^   to 
Ipeak  with   Major  General  ^$ivigny ,   which  was 
likewile  allowM  him,  and  accordingly  both  ditcour* 
fed  about  Terms  for  the  (iirrender  of  the  Place,  and 
towards  the  Evening  they  returned  into  the  Town. 
The  next  Day  Sarsfield  and  f^Vachop  came  out  again, 
and  defired  a  Ceffation  of  Arms  for  three  Days,  till 
they  could  fend  to  Lieut.  Gen.  Sheldon^  who  ky  with 
about  If  00  Horfe  at  Six-Miles  Bridge^  to  the  end 
they  might  be  imcluded  in  the  general  Capitulati- 
on, whicn  was  granted  them,   and  thereupon  the 
Priibners  in  the  Town  were  releas'd.    On  tnc  26th 
Sarsfield  and  fVachop  dined  with  the  General,  and 
it  being  then  agreed  that  HoIU^es  fhould  be  ex*- 
chang'd  in  order  to   a  farther  Treaty,  my  Lord 
Ck//,  Sir  David  Collier^  Colonel  Tiffin^  and  Colonel 
Pifer^  were  fent  into  the  Town,  in  the  room  of  the 
Lords  fVeJhneath,   Evagh,   Trimelfiowiu  and  Lomh^ 
who  remained  in  the  Englijh  Camp.    The  next  Day 
the  bijb  lent  out  their  Propofals,  but  in  fiich  extnt- 

vagant 


Vf  JLL\  AMthe  Thirl  zyt 

yagant  Terms,  that  General  Ginckle  was  lb  far  from  A.  C. 
granting  them,  that  he  returned  Anfwer  :    That  th^    kJj  i, 
he  was  a  Stranger  to  the  Laws  of  England,  yet  he  un- 
Jerftoody    that  wh^  they  infifted    upon   was  fo    far 
contradiBory  to  them,  that  he  could  not  grant  any  fucb 
^hing  \  and  thereupon  ordered  a  new  Battery  to  be 
rais'd  j  but  upon  the  Requeft  of  the  Irijh  he  fenc 
them  m  i  %  Articles,  whicn  proved  to  be  the  Sum 
of  the  Capitulation.    On  the  firft  of  OBober  eke 
Lords Juftices  of  Ireland  zrriv'd  in  the  EngUfh  Camp, 
and  after  (bme  far r  her  Conferences  with  the  Com- 
millioners  on  the  part  of  the  GarriloR,  and  their 
Troops  in  the  County  of  Clare^  the  Articles  for  the 
lurrender  of  the  City  oi  Limerick^  and  the  Caftles  of  Ltmeridr 
Hop  and  C/4rff,with  all  other  Places  and  Caftles  were  ^J^I^^*^ 
ftill  in  the  Hands  of  che  Irijh^  were  on  the  third  ^^^^  3^ 
of  that  Month  finally  concludcd.They  confifted  *  of  •  ^^  ^^ 
two  Parts,  W;?.  Civil  and  Military;    the  firft  being  ^^^^j^. 
Signed  by  the  Lords  Juftices  and  General,  but  the  ^^^ 
latter  on  the  Englijh  part  by  the  General  only.  The 
lame  Evening  one  or  the  Gates  was  delivered  up  to 
the  En^IiJh. 

Byrne  1  ft,  ad,  jd  and  4th  MiUitary  Articles  all 
the  Irjjh  that  were  willing  to  go  into  France  had  Lih 
berty  to  do  it :  But  General  Ginckle  receiving  a 
Letter,  on  the  /th  of  Oclober,  from  a  Lieutenant 
Colonel  in  the  Iri/h  Army,  wherein  he  complained, 
he  was  Confined  for  refufing  to  go  into  France^  he 
refented  that  Violence  to  that  degree,  that  he  im- 
mediately order'd  Four  Guns  to  be  planted  upon 
Bolts-Bridge^  faying  in  (bme  Heat,  He  would  teach 
the  Irifh  to  flay  tricks  with  him.  Thereupon  Sarsfield 
came  to  the  EniHJh  Camp,  and  (bme  fharp  Ex- 
prefllons  pafi'd  between  him  and  the  General  j 
Sarsfield  laying  at  laft.  That  Ijc  was  then  in  the  Gene^ 
raCs  Power.  Notfo,  replied  Ginckje^  but  you  (hall  go 
in  again  and  do  the  woril  you  can.  However  all  things 
were  quiet  at  laft,  and  the  Prilbner  enlarged  ;  and 
as  many  of  the  Iri/h  as  were  willing  to  go,  were 
fhipp'd  oft  for  France ;  where,  upon  their  arrival, 
they  were  welcomM  with  a  comforting  Letter  from 
King  Jamesy  diredledto  Lieutenant  General  Shcl- 
don^  then  the  Officer  in  chief  with  them,  the  fub- 

ft^nce 


%7^ 

1691. 


jr.Jtm€tV 

Lttter  t9 
thi  IrUh, 
DMtid  .  thi 

Novem. 


Ireland 

mtirely 
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Tlji  Reign  of  King 

ftancc  of  which  was  ;^  "That  having  been 
'*  form'd  of  the  Necellities  which  forc'd^  the  Lords 
"  Juftices  and  the  General  Officers  of  his  Forces  to 
"  fiirrcnder  Limericks  and  the  other  Places  that  re- 
**  main'd  to  him  in  his  Kingdom  of  IreUndyhe  would 
"not  defer  to  let  him  know,  and  the  reft  of  the 
Officers  that  came  along  with  him,  thathew^as 
extreamly  ^tisfied  with  his  and  their  Condu6i,aDd 
"  of  the  Valour  of  the  Soldiers,  but  moft  particii- 
**  larly  of  his  and  their  Declaration  andRefblution  to 
**  come  and  ferve  where  he  was :  afliiring  both  hixn, 
"  and  the  other  Officers  and  Soldiers,  that  he  fhouid 
never  forget  this  Act  of  Loyalty,  nor  fail,  when 
in  a  Capacity,  to  give  them,  above  others,  par- 
•*  ticular  Maries  of  his  Favour.    In  the  mean  time 
**  his  Majefty  charged  Sheldon  to  inform  them,  chat 
"they  were  to  ferve  under  his  Majefty  "*s  Com- 
mand, and  by  his  Commiifions ;   and  tivat  his 
**  Brother,  the  King  of  France^  had  already  given 
**  Orders  to  cloath  them,  and  furnifli  them  with  all 
"  Ncceflaries,   and  to  give  them  Quarters  of  Re- 
**  frefhment. 

Thus  by  the  Congueft  of  Linifr/ctwas  that  of 
tW  Ireland  compleatecl ;  the  Town  of  SUgo  having 
fbme  time  before  (iirrendred  to  the  Earl  of  Gran^d  \ 
and  thus  ended  this  famous  lYijh  War  to  the  Tm- 
mortal  Honour  of  General  Ghict^le^  and  with  (b 
much  the  more  Glory  to  the  Engiijhy  in  that  the 
Rebels  were  fb  powerfully  (upportcd  by  the  Kirig  of 
France ;  who  had  reafbn  to  think  it  liis  Intercft  to 
divert  their  Amis  that  way,-  whofe  Anceftors  had 
done  fiich  terrible  things  in  his  Kingdom.  And  it  is 
worth  oblerration,  that  a  Fleet  of  Men  of  War  and 
Store-Ships,  which  the  French  King  had  lent  to  the 
Relief  or  Limerick^^  arriv'd  in  Dingle-  Uay^  but  a 
Day  or  two  after  the  Articles  were  flgn  d. 

The  Highlanders  of  Sco*Und  were  pretty  quiet 
this  Year,  and  what  happened  in  the  Civil  Affairs 
of  that  Kingdom  was  fo  inconfiderable  that  'tis  not 
worth  mentioning.  Neither  was  there  any  thing 
extraordinary  done  at  Sea  ,  for  the  Fleets  being  now 
of  almoft  equal  ftrength  on  both  fides,  the  French 
as  cautioufly  avoided  a  general  Engagement,  as 

they 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  ^/;(?  tIjirJ.  273 

they  eagerly  (bu^hc  it  the  Year  before.    Their  main  A.  G 
I>efigQ  was  to  intercept  the  EngUJh  Turke^Flcet^   1691. 
^vhich  was  exceeding  rich ;  and  to  that  end  they  %,^^^y\J 
faover*d  a  lone  time  about  the  Lrifh  Coaft ;  but  thro' 
a  particular  rrovidence,  they  nad  left  but  (bme 
few  E>ays  the  OflSng  of  KjngfaU^  before  the  SmjfrtM 
Fleet  t  came  all  (afemto  that  Harbour^under  a  Con-T&^Eng- 
voy  of  i4Menoi  War,  Commanded  by  Captain llfliSaiyr* 
jiylnur^  having  been  held  back  (even  Weeks  byna  fiut 
contrary  Winds,  in  their  pafi^ge  from  C4^/;{.    The^i^ia/f/  in 
Bnglifh  Grand  Fleet  all  this   while  kept  another  KingUe 
Courie,  not  for  want  of  Zeal  or  Fidelity  in  thcJ'^^y  3» 
Commander  in  Chief,  but  o(  Intelligence  \  Yot  as 
fix>n  as  th^  brave  Admiral  t^ffci  was  informed,  that 
they  were  got  into  Kingfale^  he  ftcer'd  thither  from    . 
Cape  QUwr^  and  afterwards  took  all  imaginable  care 
for  their  being  (afely  convoyed  into  their  refpeftive 
Ports,  and  then  ftood  oyer  to  Vfhant  in  quell  of  the 
Enemy,  who,  he  was  informed,  were  return^  that 
way  to  their  own  Coafts.    Being  come  within  fbme 
Leagues  of  Breft^  he  underftood  they  lay  at  Belie- 
Iftey  (ecured  in  fuch  a  manner,  that  it  was  impolfi*  , 

ble  to  attack  them^  whereupon  he  returned  to- 
wards the  Entlijh  fliore,  but  met  with  (iich  a  vio- 
lent Storm,  tnat  the  Coromuiony  and  one  or  two 
more  Ships  of  le(s  Confideration  were  loft :  and 
the  Admiral  himfelf  had  much  ado  to  get  *  tne  reft  ^  ^ 
of  the  Flecc  life  into  Plimoutb.  ^•P^*  ^ 

Let's  now  attend  the  King  whom  we  left  at  the 
Hague.    His  Majefty  being  gone  to  Lm,  dilpatch'd  .  ^,^*'^ 
taway   to  Flanders  the  Earl  of  Matlborouzh  andj"^^'*^ 
Count  Solmes^  to  prepare  all  thinss  asainft  his  arri*  x  j^^y  ^^ 
val  there.  Some  tew  Days  after,  the  King  put  him-  ^^  $. 
ielf  ar  the  Head  of  the  Confederate  Army  ,  whi- 
ther he  was  followed  by  the  Duke  of  Oymond^  the 
MaT<]uis  of  Wtnchejtery  and  the  Earl  of  Effex^  who 
reviving  the  ancient  Cuftom  of  the  EngU/h  No- 
bles, chofe  rather  to  fhare  with  their  Sovereign  the 
honourable  Hazards  of  the  Field,  than  to  lead  a 
lecure  inglorious  Life  at  Home.    His  Majefty  ha* 
ving  Fruftrared  the  Attempt  which  the  Marquis  de 
Boilers  made  upon  Ltege^   endeavoured  to  bring 
Marclchal  dc  Luxemburg  to  an  Engagement,  as  well 

Tt  by 


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174  Tbe'^Rcign  of  King 

A.  C  by  federal  Marches  and  Countermaurcfaes  he  maiki 
1 69 1  •  as  Umbrages  he  gave  htm  of  Attacking  Aimiboft  m 
^^^AfMu;  but  the  cautious^  French  General  VCTy  indD- 
ftrioufly  ayoided  Fighting,  and  would  affml  no 
opportunity  for  it,  but  upon  very  great  Advanufc. 
The  King  having  blown  up  the  Fortificadoos  of 
BeMumont^  a  Place  he  had  made  himfelf  Maftcr  o^ 
march'd  the  Army  towards  ^er^,  from  w^henoehc 
Jii  Kwg  parted  on  the  17th  of  September  for  l^^o^  learag 
'••'»«'  '**  the  Forces  under  the  Command  of  Prince   ff^diiei, 
-^^^      The  lame  Day  the  Confederare  Army  march'd'fiDSi 
Sept  17.  ijj^fg^a  to  Leii^ff,  and  dccamp'd  aeain  on  the  15^ 
in  the  Morning,  advancing  towards  Cambr^n ;  amd 
about  Eleven  a  Clock,  the  whole  Right  Wing,  wnb 
the  Body  of  the  Foot,  and  the  greateft  part  of  the 
Horfe  ot  the  Left  Wing,  had  pafs'd  the  little  River 
and  Defile  near  Catoive.    The  Duke  of  Lupcewiwrth 
being  informed  of  this  Motion,  and  encouraged  by 
His  Britamick.  Majefty's  Abfence,  advancM  at  tbe 
lame  time  with  the  Troops  of  the  French  Kifig's 
Houfliold,  and  a  ftrong  Detachment  of  his  Caval- 
jjfgggg^^   ry^  making  together  Fifty  five  Squadrons  ;  h^  iwik 
burg  J/.  March  not  being  difcover^d  by  reafbn  of  a  great 
iscb  the  Fog,  and  charg'd  the  Rearguard  of  the  Allies  with 
Rtsr §f the mziYury.    Count  TiSy^  Wno commanded  in  the 
Cmfide*    Rear,  drew  up  his  Men  as  well  as  the  fuddennefi  of 
rsti  jrmyfll^Q  Attack  would  permit,  and  receiv'd  the  (hodc 
*V'  '9'  with  great  Bravery,  but  was  fbon  over-power^djaod 
put  into  Diforder.    By  this  time  feveral  of  thofe  that 
nad  already  pafs'd  the  River  were  brought  back  bj 
fthe  Lieut.  Generals  Ovefkjrk,  and  OpiUm^  and  form- 
ing a  Second  Line,  gave  an  opportunity  to  the  Firft 
to  rally.    Two  Battalions  were  Hkewife  pofted  be- 
hind the  Hedges  adjoining  to  the  Defile,  who  mudi 
gaird  the  Enemy.    Here  the  the  Confli6):  was  very 
fierce,  till  the  Second  Line  was  alfi)  forc*d  to  give 
Ground  before  the  Entmy;  but  the  Cavalry  being 
loon  rallied  by  Moniicur  Overkjrk^j  who  fignaliz'a 
his  Valour  and  Conduft  on  this  occafion,  the  Brcnch^ 
who  were  unwilling  to  puflithe  A^iontoofar,  for 
fear  of  the  Dutch  Inhntry,  which  was  alio  march- 
ing up,  retreated  in  (bme  hafte  and  confiifion,  cofl- 
tenting  themfelves  with  having  kill'd  about  a  Tbou- 

(and 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  xj^ 

/a  nd  of  the  Confederates,  and  amongft  them,  (bme   A.  C. 
NIe&  of  great  Diftinftion,  with  the  lofi  themlclves    1691. 
of  about  half  the  Number.    And  with  this  A<^on  \^xVV^ 
the  Campaign  ended  on  that  fide. 

The  Spnniards  had  already  loft  in  Flanders  the  Im-  Cifw^j/ipi 
portant  Place  of  Mons^  biit  yet  they  receiv'd    a '"  Catalo* 
more  fefifible  Mortification  near  Home.    For  the"**' 
Duke  de  Noaillesy  who  commanded  the  French  For- 
ces, advancing  with  oart  of  the  Army  to  Belver^ 
to  make  Head  againft  the  Sfnnijh  Troops,  fent  the 
reft  under  the  Command  of  Lieutenant  General 
Chasferon^  to  befiege  Vrgell  in  Cardagne.  Though  the 
Place  was  not  altogether  undefenfiole  ;   befides  that 
St  had  aGarriibn  of  if 00  Men,  and  mofl:  of  them 
pifciplin'd,  yet  they  bafely  fiirrendred  it  in  a  little 
time,  and  themlelves,  both  OiHcers  and  Soldiers^  to 
to  be  Prifoners  of  War:   Only  the  Militia 'were 
difmifs'd  home.    Thereupon  the  Court  of  Afo<^r/flf 
ient  ftveral  Reinforcements  to  the  Duke  of  Medina 
Sidmin^  Vice-Roy  of  Catalonia  j    but  nevertheless 
he  could  neither  hinder  the  French  from  Fortifying 
Belver^nor  make  any  other  Diverfion ;  for  advancing 
to  attack  Prato-Melo^  moft  of  his  dafcardly  Troops 
abandon'^d  him.    Nor  did  the  Spaniards  make  a  bet- 
ter Figure  at  Sea  than  on  Land,  fince  they  could  nor 
prevent    the    Marefchal  D*  Eftrees^s    Bombarding    • 
Barcelona  for  three  Days  together,  whicli  wrought  a 
terrible  Dcfolation  in  that  City. 

J^or    were   the  Arms    of  France   lefi  Prolpe-^^,v, -/ 
rods  in  Itah,  than  in  Catalonia^  at  leaft  in  the  be-  Italy. 
ginning  of  the  Campaign.    Monficur  Catinap  ha- 
ving taking  the  Field  early,  with  a  defign  to  make... 
himfelf  Mafter  of  Nice,  Invefted  that  Place   onJJ'^  •^. 
the  I  jth  of  March ;  but  before  he  prolccuted  that^/^^^*  '*" 
Siege  m  Form,  he  thought  lit  to  detach  Parties  toj^^,^,.^ 
liimmon  Villa  Franca^  and  the  Forts  of  St.  Aufpice^i^^  s. 
and  Montaihm^  which   forrender'd  without   any 
Refiftance*    He  met  with  almofl:  the  Qme  200a 
iuccefi  at  Nice  ;  for  on  the  a6th  tbe  Confuls  ot  the 
Cityfent  their  Deputies  tohiin,  who  agreed  at  a 
certain  Hour,  and  upon  a  certain  Sign^l^  to  receive 
the  French  Kind's  Troqw.  The  Governor  upon  no- 
tiec  of  their  deli^  attempted  to  make  hin^telf  Ma- 

T  t  a  iler 


%y6  The  Reign  §f  King 

A.  C.   ftct  of  one  oi  the  Gates,  in  order  to  prevent  itt 
i6q\.   being  put  iti  Execution ;  but  the  Citizens  beine re- 
^^^Y^  fblv'd  to  (ecure  their  Houles  from  the  Ravage  of  the 
Bombs,  immediately  got  to  their  Arms,  firM  upon 
the  Governor's  Detachment,  and  delivered  up  4c 
The  City  #/City  to  the  French.    The  Gk>vernor  of  the  Caffle, 
Nice  Sur*  cnrag'd  at  the  Perfidioufiiefi  of  the  Burghers,  en- 
fimdrti^     deavourM  to  fire  their  Magazine,  and  plajM  his 
March25  Cannon  upon  the  Convents  and  private  Houfes, 
N.S.        notwithftanding  the  Threats  of  the  French^  that  if 
he  (hot  againft  the  City  the  Ganrifbn  fliould  have  no 
Qyarter.    On  the  other   Hand,  the  Ftttich  made 
three  Attacks  upon  the  Cattle,  which  were  carried 
on  with  great  Vigour ;  and  on  the  90th  one  of  their 
Bombs  (et  the   Powder*Magazine  on  fife,  vlw^rfc 
ipread  itfelf  in  a  Moment  through  all  theCaftle, 
and  blew  up  not  only  a  good  part  of  it,  but  kill'o 
above  600  of  the  Gafriion,  and  about  /o  of  the 
Befiegers  in  their  Trenches,  by  the  pieces  of  Stone 
andTimbet  that  were  carried  thither.    ThfsDIf 
_    !/•  .r  aft^r,  together  with  the  French  being  Maftcrs  or 
cJ/£        *^  CoverM-way,  and  fecond  Indofure,  obUg'dthe 
April  2,   Governor  to  Capitulate,  which  he  did  on  the  od  ot 
Nl  S.      •4?*''^ }  a^d  after  all,  obtained  honourable  Ternii. 
Immediately  after  the  lofi  of  this  ImporanC 
Place,  Prince  Ea^ene  of  Savoy  went  to  yienn*  to  fol- 
Kcite  Succours ;  and  the  Duke  of  Savpy  repair  d 
Inccgnito  to  hiilan^  to  confer  with  the  Count  ii 
Fuenfaliddy  the  Governor,  and  haften  the  Departure 
of  the  Troops  of  that  Dutchy .     But  befidcs  the 
flownefs  of  the   Germans  and  Spaniards^   in  alSft- 
ing  his  Royal  Highnefi,  another  Caufe  very  much 
contributed  to  the  ill  conditbn  of  his  Afeir«»  HjJ 
Br;/4««/citMajefty  and  the  Stages  of  /ii»//4W  allowed 
the  Duke  of  Savoy^  Ae  Sum  of  a  Hundred  Thou- 
land  Pounds  per  Annum^  chiefly  for  the  Eotcrtaifl- 
ment of  feveral  Regiments  of  French  Rrfiigccsafld 
Vaudois ;   which  Money  was  moftly  diverrw  ^ 
other  ufes,  by  thofe  whohad  the  Nlanagemcnt  ot 
his  Royal  Highnefe's  AfFaira,  who  were  in  th^^   . 
Interelt,  and  mveterate  Enemies  to  the  Protcftants; 
(6  that  the  Officers  not  receiving  their  foil  P^Y^y^ 
Regiments  were  left  uncompleat,  and  the  SoW^f 

'        undifciplin'd' 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  xj-j 

undifi^iplinM.  To  remedy  theft  Dilbrders,  and  caufc   A.  O 
the  War  to  be  effedually  carried  on  againft  France^    \6^i. 
King  fVitUm  thought  fit  to  fend  the  Duke  of  Schom-^ 
berg^  the  Marquis  deMiremont^  Monfieur  D^  Ober^ 
can.  a  Smjfer,  and  f^jne  other  brave  and  experienc*d 
Officer8,into  Piedmont ;  but  before  they  could  reach 
Turin,  the  French  made  fuch  a  confiderable  Progref^, 
that  few  Places  were  left   in  the  Duke  of  Savoys 
Hands,  befides  his  Capital  City.    The  Summer  wa^ 
not  far  adyanc'd  when  Monfieur  C«^/;74r  made  him- 
felf  Matter  of  l^//4Wii  (or  LaVeilUne)  which  en- 
couraged him  to  undertake  the  Siege  of  Carmagno-  Garmag. 
iaj  a  Place  (eated  in  the  Marquilate  of  Saluffes,  and  no^^  Bf 
not  above  nine    Miles  diftant  from  Turin,    Thefi'^^^^J^^ 
Trenches  were  open'd  the  8th  of  June^  and  three  ^«^«"** 
Attacks  carried  on  with  (b  mucji  Vigor,  tnat  the  Be- 
Aeged,  findii^g  themfelves  clofely  heninM  in  on  all 
fides,  gHd  withou^  hopes  of  Relief,   tenanted  to    . 
mardh  out,  the  Difciplin'd  Men  with  their  Arms, 
the  Militia  without,  and  to  be  cqndu£):ed  to  Ti/r/;r. 
This  was  no  (boner  done  b^t  the  Marquis  de  Feu* 
quieres  was  commanded  with  a  ftrong  Detachment 
of  Hqcle  and   foot  to  inveft  Coni^  a  Place  defend-  ConI  /»• 
ed  by  nine  Baftlons,  and  fbme  Outworks,  byt  prin-  vtfitd. 
f:ipally  ftrong  by  its  Situation  on  a  fteepy,  draggy 
Hill,  and  GarriK>n'd  by  700  Vaudois  and  French  Re- 
fugees, about  f 00  of  the  Militia  of  Mondoviy  and 
fome    other   Troops  commanded  by    the  Count 
de  la  Hovere,    The  Dqke  of  Savr^  bcin^  informed  of 
the  Enemies  dcfign,  ordered  the  Regiment  of  Sa^ 
luffes^  with  Ibme  other  Troops  to  the  number  of 
near  Three  Thouland,  to  throw  themfelves  into 
the  Place;   but  Feuquieres  having  notice  of  their 
March,  attacked  them   with  great  Vijgor,  and  be- 
ing received  with  no  lefi  Courage,  abundance  of 
Men  fell  on  both  fides.    The  ifiue  of/his  Encoun- 
ter was,  that  part  of  the  Relief  entered  the  Town,  ^       , 
which  was  preiently  invefted  by  the  French  to  th^  ?i^**' 
pumbcr  of  i  %oq6  Men,  who  profecyted  the  Siege  teig*^- 

The  Duke  of  fci^^f^iirr;  arrived  atTurfntbe  18th  Turin/ 
of  7tmf ,  where  he  found  Affiurs  in  a  moft  deiperate Jone  xs^ 
Conditio(u  and  die  Minds  of  People  under  theN.  S.  ' 
,  n      ^     .   .,   'Til      '    '"      dccpcft     ' 


A.  C.  deepeft  Conftcmation :  Ci«7«ii;i«>/4  was  lately ^ 

i<J9i.   Cowi  actually  BcGcg'd,  and  given  for  loft;  Mon- 
\,^^-/*N^  ficur  Lrf  Hoguctte  had  forc'd  the  Paffagcs  of  the  Val- 
ley of  Aojlii.  which  gave  htm  Eatranco  into  the  ¥isr- 
ceillois  and  the  Frontiers  of  the  MiUne:(e  ^  aad  the 
Duke  of  Savoy  inftead  of  oppofing  the  Eneoues 
Career,   Encamp'd  with  his  (mall  Army  on  Ac 
fide  of  the  Hill  of  MontcalUcr^  from  whence  he  hai 
the  Mortification  to  fte  his  Towns  taken,  and  lus 
Palace  at  BjvoU  deftroy'd.    Turin  was  under  the 
Apprehcnfions  of  a  Bomhardment,and  the  Removal 
oftne  Princcfles  with  the  Court  and  all  their  moft 
precious  Goods  to  Verceil^  had  dill  encreas'd  die 
Dtfpirsti  Fright  of  the  Inhabitants.  The  Emiflaries  of  fr^mee^ 
c^ndtti^n  (aid  aloud :  That  his  Royal  Highnefi  would  be  dH^- 
ffr^#D»KpQ{j^g  J   of  all   his   Dominions  this  Campdgnj 
^  Savoy .  ^^^^  ^ijg  Confederates  entert»in'd  him  widi  Chime- 
'^^''^''    rical  Succours ;  and  that  the  King  erf"  EngUhd   who 
was  his  laft  Refburce.  fent  him  only  the  Duke  of 
Schomberg  v^ith  a  Magniticeent  Retinue,  inAead  of 
real  Alliltance ;  and  therefore  that  the  beft  way  for 
his  Royal  Highncfs  was  to  betake  himfetf  betfcoes 
to  his  moft  Chriftian  Majefty's  Mercv-    Things  be- 
ing at  this  pafi  the  Duke  of  Schomberg  had  a  very 
difficult  Part  to  play,  efcecially  at  a  Courr,  smd  in 
a  Country  which  he  had  never  fren,  but  in  printed 
Relations]^nd  Maps ;  His  Grace  therefore  employ'^d 
Ibme  time*  in  making  himfelf  acquainted  widi  bcm, 
and  till  then,  was  very  fliy  of  (peaking  his  Thoughts; 
The  firft  thing  hejudg'd  neccflary  to  be  done  was  to 
revive  the  droopmg  Spirits  of  People,   by  gtving 
Life  and  Motion  to  the  Army,  and  fhewing  (brae 
Vi^or  to  the  French.    He  advis'd  his  RoyatHigh- 
nefs  to  order  his  Infantry  to  de(cei|d  to-  tb?  Foot  of 
the  Hill  3  apd  to  extend  his  Horfe  to  the  R^sbt,  be- 
tween the  Hill  and  the  Po ;  And  made  the  OJonets 
of  theArmy  (enfible,that  the  beft  wajr  tx>  render  both 
OIHcers  and  Soldiers  brisk  and  active,  was  to  find 
them  often  upon  Parties.    And  becaofc  tAe  frenc^^ 
bcinA  us'd  to  delpi(e the  Duke oi Savoys  Men, cune 
and  forrag*d  even  in  fight  of  his  Grand  Guafd,  the 
Duke  of  Schombergvrzs  of  opioioo  to  go  and  toSjii 
them.    Accordingly,  oq  d)C  »d  of  ^y^  bis  Rofaf 

Hi^e(9 


W  I  LL  I  A  M  /i&tf  TlnrJ.  1.79 

Highnefi,  with  the  General  Officers,  and  about  A.  C 
3  000  Hor(e  advanc  d  towards  the  Enemies  Forrage,  Kfp  i . 
mit  upon  his  approach  the  French  retired,  and  Mon- 
{ie\xc  CMtinat  did  not  think  fit  to  fuftain  his  Forra- 
gcrs,  which  might  have  occafionM  a  general  £nga- 
xnenc.  It  happened  the  &me  Day,  that  the  Duke  of 
Schombtrg  havmg  ipoke  High-Dutch  to  a  German  Qf« 
ficer  in  nis  Royal  Highnefi's  Preftnce,  the  latter 
iaid.  He  had  once  trfi  to  learn  that  Lsnguagey  tut  was 
difcoura^d  by  the  difficulty  he  found  in  it ;  whereupon 
I>uke  Schomberg  oftering  to  teach  his  Royal  High- 
ne^ :  No^  my  Lordj  replied  he,  ViV  the  Trade  of  JVsr 
J  defign  to  learn  of  you. 

In  dbe  mean  while,  although  the  Garrilon  and  la- 
habitants  of  Coni  defended  themlelves  with  great 
Relblution,  yet  'twas  not  poAible  for  them  to  nold 
out  much  lons[er.    •Twas  therefore  high  time  to 
think  of  Relieving  a  Place,  the  lofi  of  which  muft 
be  attended  with  the  total  Ruin  of  his  Highnefi's 
Affairs ;  and  how  to  do  itiwith  mod:  Safety,  and  ^- 
pearance  of  Succefs  was  varioufly   debated  in  a 
Council  of  War,  wherein  the  Duke  of  Schomberg 
did  not  content  himielf  to  (peak  his   Advice,  but 
gave  it  afterwards  in  Writing  to  hisHighne/s.    His 
Opinion  was.  That  Monfieur  La  Hoguette  appearM 
in  the  Valley  of  Aoftay  with  no  other  defign  than  to 
keep  the  Confederates  in  liifpence,  and  thereby  fa- 
vour the  Siege  of  Coni  t  That  ^  ibon  as  our  forces 
Ifaould  be^  to  move,  he  would  return  into  the  Ta- 
rentaife  ;  That  his  Highnefi  ought  to  run  where 
the  Ehinger  was  moft  preJilng ;  left  by  Endeavour- 
ing to  remedy  all,  he  ihould  remedy  nothing.  That 
after  all.  His  Hishnefi  could  not  do  better,  than 
to  fight  Catinat,  wnofe  Army  was  inferior,  at  leaft, 
in  mmber,  to  that  of  the  Allies ;  Feu^juieres  having 
carried  away  Ten  or  Twelve  Thouland  Men  witu 
him  before  Cmi.    That  at  the  worft,  the  Confede* 
rates  could  but  be  beaten,  which  was  ftill  to  be  pre«, 
Arr'd  bdbce  die  \q&  of  Coni^  and  the  Reinforce* 
ment  of  CW^ «/ ;  and  that  the  Frendi^  if  they  had  the 
beft  (rf*  it,would  yet  pay  dear  for  their  Vi£tory ;  and 
their  Anby  being  confiderabjy  weaketi'd  by  Sick* 
ocfii  DdmioD^  and  his  lo&s  before  VHUime^  Car^, 

T  t  4    '  tnagnoh 


a8o  The  Reigi  €f  King 

A.  C.   f^^p^^U and  C§ni^thcy  wooU  hoidiiiik of  any  odicr 

I  <So  I .   Encerprize  this  Summer.    His  Royal  Highmcls,  and 

^^^^y^^  Prince  Bt^ene  gave  ear  to  the  Duke  of  Scbmmterg\  (X 

pinion.buc  the  Marquifi  ir  Legaiu:(j[hielY  macK  Go- 
vernor of  Milan  )^  and  ^>ni  G4(//4r  Htnrt^:^^  de  Xfra^ 
opposed  it  with  frivolous  Reafonmiot.daring' to  Ipcak 
chetrue  one;  which  was,  dnt  die  War  was  mak- 
tainM  at  the  Dukeof  Stvcy\  Coft ;  and  that  as  loog 
as  the  French  were  kept  out  of  the  MiUneifc^    "twx 
Policy  in  the  SpdnUrds  not  to  hazard  a  decifive 
Action.    However,  the  relieving  of  Coniy  being  ef 
£>  ereat  Importance,  it  was  refolv^d,  that  a  Hub- 
dred  Mules  loaden  with  Proviiion  and  Aaummhiao 
fliould  be  (ent  thither,  under  the  Convoy  of  xxoo 
Horfe,  commanded  by  Prince  Eugene.   Accxxdiog- 
•7nnei(^.h[  his  Highnefi  let  out  -*  in  the  Night  from  tte 
H.  S.       Otmp,  and  leaving  the  French  Army  on  the  Riglbe, 
march'd  to  the  Lett  along  the  Hills  that  terminate 
the  Plain,  that  he  might  reach  Coni  widi  leis  Danger. 
The  next  Day,  being  the  27th  of  Julj^^  the  Fmcb 
made  an  Aflault  upon  the  Place,  wherein  they  wefe 
RepulsM  with  great  lols ;  and  towards  the  Eveniqg 


<?*%  *^*  dovL    This  Monfieur  de  CMpinat  had  no  (ooacr  no*. 
*      ticeof,  but  he  lent  an  Expreft  to  Monfieur^  Bu/- 
londe^  who  commanded  at  the  Siege,  not  to  Itir  out 
of  his  Lines ;   and  to  acquaint  him  farther,  that 
af  00  Men  were  on  their  march  to  reinforce  him, 
under  the  Command  of  Monfieur  Sylvefire^  Ma^^ 
efchal  de  Camp.    However  the   miftake  happened, 
Bullonde  thought  it  convenient  to  raile  the  Siege, 
and  that  with  Co  much  Hafte  and  Confufion,  that 
he  left  behind  him  two  or  three  Pieces  of  Cannoo, 
three  Mortars,  good  ftorc  of  Bombs,  Powder, War- 
like Utenfils,  Tents<  and  Provifions,  befides  many 
of  his  Sick  and  Wounded  Men,  aroongft  whom 
were  five  Ingeniers^  but  for  his  Reward  ne  was  no 
(boner  arrived  at  the  Cam^^but  Catimu  had  Qrderf 
to  put  him  under  Arreft.  The  French  loft  ayoo  Men 
before  the  Place,  the  Prefervation  df  whidi  was 
principally  owing  to  the  Bravery  of  t^c  Btemch  P»- 


VflLLl  AM  the  thirJ.  x8i 

teftants  in  Garrilbn  there,  alid  more  particularly  to  A,  C 
the  Courage,  Vigilance  and  Condud  of  Colonel    Kf^r. 
^ulden^  whofe  Services  the  Duke  of  Savo^  acknow-  \^/y\j 
ledg*d,  with  the  Prelent  of  a  Diamond  Ring  of  con- 
Cdcrable  Value. 

Immediately  after  the  raifing  of  the  Siege  of  Coiif, 
the  French  Troops,  under  Monfieur  Je  ia  Hoguene^ 
according  to  Duke  Schombcr^s  PrediAion,  quitted 
the  Valley  of  Aofta ;  and  Monfieur  Catinat^  who 
ixras  incamped  near  Csrigtmn,  retired  with  his  Army 
towards  VtHa  nova^jijiiy  after  having  (ent  the  Mar- 
quifi  de  Ftuauieres  With  Two  Thou&nd  Foot  and 
a  Thoufand  Horfe  to  change  the  Garriibn  of  C4- 
s[al.  Had  the  Germans  been  come  up,  or  the  Spani^ 
ards  been  willing  to  fight,  the  Duke  ot  Scbom- 
terg  would  have  prevented  the  Reinforcement  of 
that  Garriion,  which  wa3  already  reducM  to  ijoo 
Men. 

Some  days  after  t  the  Duke  of  Scbomierg  apply *d  t  J^T  9* 
himfeir  to  the  Affairs  relating  to  the  Forces  in  Eng^^*  ^« 
It/h   and  Dutch  Pay.    Monfieur  ff^andermnr,    ap- 
pointed by  His  Britannick  Majefty  to  be  their  Com- 
miflary  and  Paymafter,   and  the  feveral  Colonels, 
prelented  their  Accompts  to  his  Grace,  which  he 
examin'd  with  great  nicety;  and  afterwards  made 
a  particular  Enquiry  into  the- Behaviour  of  the  in- 
terior OfScers.    Upon  the  whole  matter,  he  found 
in  thcfe  Regiments  not  only  a  great  Remifiiefi  in 
the  Martial  Difeipline,  but  lilcewife  other  Irregu* 
larities;  which  being  partly  occafion*d  by  illPa^, 
bis  Grace  gave  effed  ual  Orders  to  have  that  pomt 
remedied  ;  and   becaufe   a  Captain   of    Loches^s 
Raiment  had  killed  a  Suttler  in  a  Riot,  and  that 
another  Captain  led  an  infamous  Life,he  cauled  them 
to  be  cafhier'd.  At  the  fame  time  he  orderM  all . 
the  Officers  in  Turin  to  repair  forthwith  to  their 
refpedive  Commands,  and  declared  to  them,  that 
he  expend,  that  his  Majefty^s  Service  (hould  be 
perbmi'd  with  the  utmoft  (tri£bie(s  oi  Difciplitie. 
Twas  no  Wonder  thefe  Troops  were  (b  difonler- 
ly,  there  being  no  Body  to  infped  them,  befidet 
Wimdmneir^  a  Man  generally  bated  and  Atfpl£:A ; 
ind  they  wo^ld  certa^y  have  disbanded  tbrauelves 


a8x  The  Retgw  rf  JTImg^ 

j^  Q    this  CamMign,  had  it  noc  beea  for   the  Ouke ' 
1^0 1,    ^^^^fi^  Arrival. 
t^^Y\J     '^^  loglorioua  Retreat  of  the  French  from  bcfcr 
Ow,  gained  no  (oiall  Reputation  to   the  Duke  c 
Savofs^  Arms  tboughouc  dl  Italy ^  and  had  a  pim 
cukr  influence  on  the  Re(blurioos  of  the  Conchve 
at  that  time  (stting  at  ^^me  for  the  Elei^'oQ  at  i 
«  m.     A    n«^  Pope*  in  the  room  of  Alexsmier  VI U.  who 
v^^'  died  Five  Months  and  a  Half  before.    The  Afc? 
VmTiis.^  PUdmanth^A  kept  that  Alfcmbly  in  fii/peaccai. 
fdjti.      *a'  rimer  The   Jm/j^im  fearing  to  difobligp  w 
Conn  oi  Prance, hj  filling  the  Papal  Chair  wiA  arff- 
fon  in  the  Intcrcft  ot  Spain ;  Bu^  the  Duke  of  Sw» 
late  Succels,  and  the  Approach  of  the  Gerttm  ^ 
coim^  raisM  the  Courage  of  the  Dalian  Cardial  i 
who  notwichftandiog  the  Oppofition  of  the  Ctf' 
dinal  ^BAr4e$^  a  Frenchman^  and  his  ^^^^^.^ 
certed  Mcalures  with  the  Spaniards  and  Imfcrt^ 
in  order  to  get  Cardinal  Pignategij  a  A«r^^/ 
Ic6led  Pope.    The  Cardinals  C^n^ e/nsi  and  G«^ 
managed  the  Dcfign  with  that  Addrefi,   tbar  rto 
the  FrmcA  fpokc  of  it  to  Giudici^  he  fcemd  vcj 
cool  in  the  Matter,  as  if  he  thought  it  com  rw 
fiicceoi,  for  that  Pignatelii  would  be  very  unj' 
c^puble  to  the  Spaniards^  on  account  of  the  U^' 
xences  chat  formerly  happened  between  ^^^  ^ 
the  Viceroy  ot  N^/fci.    This  Stratagem  had  »«: 
defir'd  Effea,  and  made  the  French  more  ZeaW 
for  him.    The  Spaniards mA  Imperialifts  feeing.^ 
French  engaged,  concurred  with  all  rbeir  V^^ 
lb  that  at  the  Scrutiny  on  the  i^hofyuly^  wW 
,.   J    one  Voices   rtiat  composed  the  Conclave,  W 
^^    fux  Three  were  givcn,for  Cardinal  Pignafeli,  vrho^ 
fifJ^iVcordingly  diofen  Pope,  being  then  Seventy^; 
ft  ,7  YearsanVFourMonthVbld.    He  poSdkd^ 
•^^Jw^Dicnitles  in  the  Kingdom  of  N-//^/,  and  was cr^^ 
Innocent  ted  Cardinal  in  the  Year  i68t.  by  Imtcee^  ^'^ 
XII.        whofe  Memory  he  took  the  Nirae  ot  l^^^^^^V^^ 
and  of  whoie  Inclination  and  lotereft  he  has  p^ 

long  obferver,  y^ 

By  this  time  the  G#rw4»SuccouiSj  to  tbcl^^ 

of  X  8coo  Horfe  and  Foot,  havingjom'd  tbe  i>^r^^ 


W  I  L LI  A  M  fi&tf  thirJ.  i8j 

Savf&y  and  thcElcdor  of  B^vjri/i  being  arrived  to  A.  C. 
command  cheoK  the  French  who  not  long  before    1 6^  i. 
"thrcatned  no  Icls  than  to  befiege  Turin  it  lelf,  were  V.XVV-/ 
^oblie'd  to  repafs  the  Poy  and  to  fend  (everal  Ex-7}&#DN£f 
\  prefles  to  Court  to  foUicite  a  Reinforcement.    The  rf  Bavaria 
\  Confederates  on  the  other  hand,  having  vainly  en-  ^'▼'w/  ^ 
i  deavour'd  to  engage  C at inat  to  a  Battle,  bent  their  y"™» 
i  Tho'ights  UDon  re-taking  Ibmc  of  the  other  Places  ^"|'  '5>» 
i  they  had  lolt  in  the  beginning  of  the  Campaign.       * 
i  Accordingly  Prince  Eugene  of  S^vo;  invefted  C^r.  Ctrmag* 
I  tnagnole  on  the  ayth  ot  Spftember^  and  carried  on  nol*  ^'^^ 
\  the  Siege  with  lb  much  vigour,  that  in  Eleven  Day  s**"*  ^^ 
I  the  Garrifon  was  forced  to  capitulate.    And  bc-^*^*^ 
I  caufe  after  the  firft  taking  of  this  Place  the  Frtf»fib 
I  did  not  punfhully  obferve  the  Articles,  in  Rela-> 
i  tion  totheKii/^aii,  the  latter  took  this  Opportuni* 
I  ty  tobe  revcng'di  and  having  way- laid  them,  rook 
I   away  their  Arms,  and  part  ol  their  Baggage.  This 
being  oWervM  by  the  Germans^  they  came  in  for  a 
fhare  of  the  Booty,  fo  that  the  poor  French  were 
ftript  of  all.    Monfieur  Catinat  made  great  Com* 
plaints  of  this  Violation  of  Martial  Laws,  but  the 
Confederates  anlwer'd.  That  they  wereforryfuch  things 
fhould  happen^   but  that  he  himfclf  had  jet  them  the 
fitft  Example ;  hcfwever^  that  for  the  future  they  would 
frevent  any  fucb  D'forJers,  provided  he  vpould  do  the 
'   /kme. 

In  the  mean  time  the  Marquifi  it Hocquincourt^ 
with  a  Body  of  French  Troops,  having  laid  Siege 
to  Montmelian^  made  himfelf  Mailer  of^the  Town 
without  much  refiftance  ;  hut  the  Caftle  llill  hold- 
^  ing  out.  It  was  relblved  by  the  Confederates  ta 
fend  into  Savoy  i  looo  Spaniards^  aooo  of  the  Refu- 
gees, and  2000  of  the  Duke  of  Savoy^s  Troops,  to 
3ie  Releif  of  that  Fortrcfi.  THefc  Detachments  were 
already  marching,  by  the  Valley  of  jlofta^  when 
they  rocetyed  Counter- Orders  forthwith  to  join 
the  main  Army,  the  Confederates  having  form* 
ed  a  DeAgn  to  attack  Catinat  in  his  Retrenchments; 
but  that  Enterprize  not  fucceeding,  the  Allies  bent 
their  Arms  againft  Carmagnole ,  which  Monfieur 
Catinat  W4S  fo  far  from  attempting  to  relieve,  that 
baring  quieted  P^an0^  SaviUana  and  Salujfes^  he 

retreated 


a84  The  Reign  rf  J^^^g 

A«  C  retreated  towards  P/pi^^/ ;  where  he  had  QUIA 
\6oi.  Mortification  CO  hear,  that  the  Vaudois^  afliftdb 
the  Frtnch  Refugees,  bad  routed  ^ooo  Men,  whk 
he  had  detach^dto  lay  wafte  their  V«Ucys.  Hov 
ever,  this  did  not  hinder  the  Council  of  Fr^Mtbo 
refolving  upon  the  Reduction  of  the  Caftle  of  Mv^ 
tnelian^  whether  Monfieur  Catinat  was  ordemi  a 
repair  with  part  of  his  Army^  This  General  ar« 
riv'd  before  the  Place  on  the  i^ch  ot  Notegk 
f  ^    ^*  ^"^  ^^  *  ^^^  vigorous  Sirge,  whcrea 

Montnic*     -  ^  ^^^  ^^  conflid  as  well  with  the  -RigounofAf 
^nhf    SeJs^M*  ^  ^"1^  ^  dcfpcrate  Defence  oi  tbc  0^- 
mJni^     rilbn,  that  Fortrefi  was  at  laft  (urrendred  to  the 
Decern,    ^tnch  upon  honourable  Conditions  ;     b/  ^\xA  I 
%%.  V.  s.   mcattt  diey  becanEie  entire  Mailers  of  all  the  Ouidi 
of  Saxwj  :  The  King  of  France  all   this  while  carrf 
fing  the  Princes  and  States  of  Tfa/j^  by  Monfeuf  i 
Kebenac  his  Ambaflador^  left  growing  jealous  wto  ^ 
Succefles,  they  (hould  clofc  m  with  the  Confefc- 
ratcsj  and  thereby  cncreafe  the  Number  of  hist 
nemies,  who,  in  thefe  Parts,  began  to  be  too  nmf 
for  him.  ^      ^ 

The  Campaign  upon  the  ^Aiife  was  very  io<^*J' 
IheCMm^  derablc  this  Year,  tho*  on  that  fide  too  the  ^renA 
ff^Ti  were  rather  Winners  than  Lofers.  Their  firft  1>"^^ 
tkc  Rlwne.^jjg  ^^  furprizc  the  City  of  Menti,  by  a  treacherous 

Correfpondence  they  held  in  the  Place  ^'^^^^ 
of  the  Emperor's  CommiiTioners,  Comburi^  *  ^jf; 
fhalUn ;  which  being  prevented  by  a  timely  W' 
covery  of  the  Treaion,  they  turn'd  their  Anns^' 
gainft  Algejheim,  a  Town  Five  or  Six  Leagues  from 
that  City,  which  they  carry'd  after  (bmc  Rci«r- 
ance,  and  then  retir  a  towards  Crrn^z/ii^A.    OnOic 
other  hand,  the  Imperial  Army  commanded  byftj 
Eleftor  of  S«o»^,   with    Generals   CdfrxrA.^ 
Schning  under  hiiti,  croft  the  Ulnne  not  ferff^® 
Afanbeim,  where  the  Fr«icA  had  entrench'd  th^ 
ielves^  in  order  to  prevent  it;  But  tho'  grest  fl^ 
ters  were  expe<9:ea  from  the  Germans^  f^  ^!^ 
rather  loft  than  gained  by  pafling  that  Ri^y^^ 
the  French  to  divert  them,  croft  the  Rhini  aln)  ^ 
Philipshurfr^  which,  after  a  hot  ConfiiltarioQ  ^  * 
Council  ot  War,  obi  ig'd  the  Gcrnums  to  follow  ©55^ 


W  I  L  L 1  A  M  fief  TbirJ.  28? 

tho'  not  wirh  chat  Diligeoce  and  Succefi,  but  that  A.  C. 
tlie  others  took  the  Town  oi  Fortj^beim^  Situate  in    id^f. 
the  Marqiiifitc  of  Baden^  Dourlacb^  on  a  neck  of  ^^-y->^ 
|ILiand  that  gives  entrance  into  the  Country  of  Wir- 
^tevnhcrg^  which  t\iQ  French  had  all  along  aDefij^ 
|to  pur  under  Comribation,  and  had  never  (b  fair 
a  Proff^eft  of  effe&ing  it   as  at  this  time.  With 
the  c^ing  of  this  Place,  and  another  of  lefi  Con* 
fideration,  befides  the  ravaging  ot  that  part  of  7«. 
,  Hers  .  that  belongs  to  the  Eleilor  FaUtine^  the  French 
I  ended  their  Campaign  that^  way.    As  for  the  Qtr^ 
\  fnnns^  the  Execution  of  their  I^efigns  was  partly 
prevented  by  the  Death  of  the  Eleftof  of  Sax^nyJ^*^'^ 
which  happened  on  the  %xd  of  September,  in  the  44th '-(r*^^^' 
I  Year  of  his  Age.   ^  ^'''• 

We  have  according  to  our  Method,  taken  a  Pro- 
'  fpcGt  of  iuch   Foreign  A&irs  as  immediatelv  re- 
late to  the  Confederacy  \  let  us  now  attend  the 
Support  of  it,  King  ft^illiam.  Notwithftanding  the 
many  Difappointments  the  Jacobites  had  already 
met  m  their  Sinifter  Defigns,  they  began  the  Year 
16^1*  with  frefn  Attempts  tofubvert  the  prefenc 
Govemtnent :  To  accomplifh  this,  they  maintain- 
ed  a  conftant  Correfpondence  with  the.  Court  of 
Prance  y  who  to  return  the  large  Oflers  they  made, 
fed  them  with  as  liberal  Promjies  ot  AiEibnce  with 
Men,  Arms,  and  Money  ;  which  raised  their  Hopes 
and  Expe£tations,   That  England  fhould  be  fpeedily 
invaded  and  conquer  d'^  if  a  FrojeB  thu  was  then  on  Foot 
did  not  accompii/b  the  work^  by  a  greater  difpatch,  and 
reftore  Kj^Z  James  mtbout  the  iofs  of  much  Blood. ,,  -      ^  . 
Withthcfe  dark  fay ings,  fomeof  the  Jacobites  ctiy/^'''{f 
tcrtain'd  the  reft,  and  did  not  icrupletoboaft,  ^^^^^'erthi 
a  Great  Thing  was  then  on  Foot,  that  would  con^j^i^^^ 
found  the  WiSiamites.    What  (hould  be  meant  by       *   . 
this  peat  Things    appear'd  afterwards    to  be  the 
Kinp  Murcher.    His  Majefty's  Enemies  being  un- 
willing to  wait  any  longer  the  uncertain  Fate  of 
War,  thought  this  Projeft  the  beft  expedient  for 
their  Purpofi,  and  this  time  moft  a^n*eable ;  for  the 
King  being  now  in  Flanders^  to  d  if  patch  him  there 
would  admit  of  more  Excufes  thi^n  in  another  Place. 
This  Helliih  Enterprize,  with  the  promife  of  great 

t  Re^ 


%%6.  The  Reign  rf  King 

A*  C  t  Rewards,  being  communicated  to  B^Hmbmm 
169 1  *  ^niifi^  Sicur  de  Granvale^  a  Captain  of  Dragoons  m 
^^y^the  Fremcb  ScTvicCy  he,  and  Du  Mont ^  who  had  bees 
^  Gran-  formerly  retained  for  the  lame  Punpoie,  undenook 
vak  9MJ  t$u>  put  it  it\  Execution,  while  the  King  was  at  Lmj 
b€  msdi  but  m tiling  their  Opportunity,  they  followed  Hk 
1>M^  ^  Majefty  to  his  Gimp  in  Flanders.  From  bencc 
^•**w  ^Grim^ak  returned  totheFr^nciEr  Army, and  Dmhkn, 
^^Jm  ^^*^^^*dS  ^o  ^^  Orders  given  him,  cntcrM  hxa- 
'^'tJJr  'fclf  into  the  G>nfedt:rate  Army,  that  he  mi  ehc  take 


jyV"    '^  opportunity,  when  His  Majefty  went  to  Tifisc 
h  sKja,  ^^^  C^and-Guard  or  the  Lines,  to  (hoot  him  be- 
^  St.  La-  ^in^  ^^  Back,  and  then  make  the  beft  of  his  wty 
2am,  sndto  a  Body  of  Hor fe  that  CrojtvaU^   and    Colonel 
aoooo  Li-  Parker  Cthe  chief  conrriver  of  this  bloody  Defigo)  ' 
Vfaipr/^fliould  hatre  in  readinefi,  upoti  a  previous  inttma-  i 
tion,  CO  relE^je  and  carry  him  oflF.    But  Providence  j 
took  care  of  the  Prefervation  ot  Buropej^  that  lb  vi- 
iibly  depended  upon    His  Majefty*s  lingle  Life: 
And  whether  Du  Mantes  Heart  htird  him,  or  who- 
ever e}(e  was  the  Cau(e,  after  feme  Weeks  Atrcn* 
dance,  he  went  to  the  Court  of  Hamevery  and  ior 
this  Year  gave  over  the  accurft  Projeft  of  AlLdfi- 
natlng  His  Majefty ;  who  fafely  returned  to  Lao. 

His  Majefty  having  (pent  near  two  Months  in 
Hunting,  came  to  the  Hague  to  Settle  the  State  of 
the  War  for  the  en(uing  Year,  and  then  to  re- 
turn   to    England.^     The    contrary  Winds    that 
detain'd    His   Majefty  there,   made    him    large 
ainends  by  the  wafting  over  Mr.  Henry  Fumacty 
with  the  agreeable  News  of  the  Surrender  of  Lime- 
rick «  f<3r  which  His  Majefty  beftow'd  the  Honour 
of  Knighthood  upon  that  welcome  MeflTenger.   On 
Kini  WU»  ^^*  ^^^^  ^^  6Elober  CN.  S J  the  Kinjt  embarked  in 
liam  arm    tbe  Maefcy  and  the  next  Day  (afelv  landed  at  Aisr- 
rinnt  at    g^^^9  from  whence  he  immediately  went  to  I^jm-^ 
Kenfing-  fii^n, 

ton,  uSt.  The  Parliament,  which  was  firft  Adjoum'd  to 
>9-  .  the  91ft  o(  March^  and  from  thence  Cominu'd  bjr 
TUParli"  feveral  Adjournments  a«d  Prorogations  to  the  axd 
^^^rttx  ot  OBober,  being  then  met,  His  Majefty  made 
fwe^/.oa.^  Speech  to  both  Houfes  wherein  he  toW 
'  them^    *That  he   had  appointed   this  Meer/ng. 

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WILLIAM  thetfjirJ.  aS? 

*^  afibon  as  ever  the  Affairs  abroad  would  admit  of  A.  G 

*' his  Return  into  England^  that  they  might  have    169%. 

**  the  more  time  to  confidcr  of  the  bcft  aad  rooft  O'V^^ 

•*  efie^ual  Ways  and  Means  for  the  carrying  onjhe  Kifig^t 

'  ••  the  War  againil  F/ance.    That  he  was  wnlitigSfetch  /» 

'   **  to  hope,  that  the  good  Succefi,  with  which  itf^otbihrfeu 

'  **  had  pleas'd  God  to  bleis  his  Arms  In  Lrtland  that 

I  ^^  Summer,  would  not  only  be  a  great  Encourage- 

'    *^  ment  to  them  to  proceed  the  more  chearfuUy  in 

^    *^  this  Work,  but  would  be  looked  upon  by  them 

!    **  as  an  Earned  of  future  Succefs,  which  their  time* 

^   ^  ly  Afliftance  to  him,  might,  by  God's  blefEng, 

'    ^  procure  to  them  all.    And  as  be  did  not  doubt, 

'    **  but  they  would  take  care  to  pay  the  Arrears  of 

'    ^^  that  Army,  which  had  been  (b  deienring  and  lb 

*^  pTofpcraus  in  the  Reducement  of  IrelMd  to  a 

^  peaceable  Condition  j  (b  he  did  aflure  them,  there 

ibould  no  Care  be  wanting  on  his  Part,  to  keep 

that  Kingdom,  as  far  as  it  was  pofCble,  from 

being  buraenlbm  to  England  kr  the  Future.  He 

moreover  acquainted  them  with  the   Neceflk/ 

**  both  of  having  a  ftrong  Fleet  early  at  Sea  next 

'*  Year ;  and  ot  maintaining  a  coniiderable  Army 

**  ready  upon  all  Occafions,   not  only  to  defend 

*'  themfelves  from  any  Infiilt,  but  alio  to  annoy  the 

•*  common  Enemy,  where  it  might  be  moft  fenO- 

**  ble  to  them  ;  which  he  did  not  fee  could  be  done 

**  with  lefs  than  Sixty  Five  Thoufind  Men.   Ad* 

**  ding,  That  by  the  vigour  and  difpatch  of  their 

'*  Counsels  and  Afliftance  to  him  in  tnis  Seflion  o( 

**  Parliament,  they  had   now  an  opportunity  in 

•*  their  Hands,  which,  if  rhey  negleded,  they  could 

**  never  realbnably  hope  to  fte  again,  not  only  to 

•*  eftablifh  the  future  Quiet  and  Profperity  in  thefe 

^  Kingdoms,  but  the  Peace  and  Security  of  all . 

"  Europe. 

Both  Houies  Congratuled  His  Majefty  upon  his 
fafe  and  happy  Return,  *^  After  ic^  many  Hazards 
**  to  which  his  Majcfty  had  exposed  his  Pcrfon ; 
**and  uponrhe  Succcfs  of  His  Majefty's  Arms  in 
**  Reducing  of  Ireland ;  and  at  the  fJime  time 
♦•aflured  His  Majcfty,  that  they  would  aHifthim 
*'  to  the  utmoft  ol*  their  Power,  iiLX»rrying  on  a 


1*  vigorous 


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aft?     ^  The  Reign  of  KiH^ 

A.  C.  **  vigorous  War  againft  FnmcBy  in  order  to  pro^ 
\6^i.  ^cure  an  hoaourable  and  lafting  Peace  to  hk 
'^  own  Dominions,  and  to  lecure  his  Neighboun 
*^  from  the  Iniuries  and  ^  Invafions  of  the  commca 
Opprcfler ;  hoping,  with  his  Majefty^  chat  the 
Vi^ries  of  this  hft  Summer,  were  happy  Pre* 
**  fages  of  the  Proibericy  of  his  future  Enterprizes. 
Addrefles  were  alio  prefented  to  the  Queen,  to  ac* 
knowledge  her  Prudent  Care  in  the  Adminiffav 
tion  of  me  Govemmenti  during  his  Majcllies  ab- 
fence. 

Thefe  Compliments  being  over,  the  Coaunoos 
*  receivM  and  read  a  Bill  fw  Abrogating  the  fwmer 
*  Oft.  ^tO^tiS  of  Supremo^  amd  AlUgiance^  in  Ireland,  4ai 
"BiM  t$  0pm  inftead  thereof  to  eftablijh  the  Oathj  of  Fidelity  nd 
foint  the    AUegiance^  tal^n  here^  to  their  Majefiies.    At  the  fe- 
Ooths  in   cond  Reading  of  this  Bill,  the  Stature  of  the  Second 
^x^i^oA.    of  EHi^heth  made  in  helnnd^  appointing  the  for- 
mer  (Subs  to  be  taken,  was  alio  read,  after  wfakii 
the  Bill  was  committed,^  and  upon  the  third  Read- 
ing paft.    The  fame  being  lent  up  to  the  Lords 
for  tneir  Concurrence,  their  Lordfhips  made  /omc 
Amendments  to  it,  which  occafion^d  two  Confe* 
rences  between  both  Houfes,  the  Refiilt  of  the 
laft  of  which  was,   that   the  Lords  ga^e  rheir 
t  Concurrence  without  inGfting  on  their  Altera* 
\  Deoen.  tions. 

to.  The  Motion  for  a  Supply,  which  was  made  on 

hufintfs  9f  the  30th  of  oapher^  was  not  coniidbr'd  till  the  6ih 

the  Snfply.Qf  ii^vember^  when   it  was   unanimoufly  refolv'd. 

That  a   Supply  be  Granted  to  their  Majcftiet  for  the 

carrying  on  a  vigorous  iVar  againfl  France,  and  at 

the  lame  time  ic  was  ordered,  That  his  Majefty  be 

defirM,  to  caufe  the  State  of  the  War,  for  tbe  next 

Years  Service,  in  Relation  to  both  the  Fleet  and 

Land  Forces,  to  be  laid  before  the  Houle.    The 

Eftimate  -of  the  Charge  of  their  Majefties  Navy 

«  ^         for  tbe  Year  169X9  *  deliver'd  by  the  Commi^onrs 

'^^y*?' of  the  Admiralty,  having  been  examined,  the  Com* 

^jj^^^^'mons  Voted  the  Sum  of  Fifteen  Hundred  Seventy 

%e  tJayj.  ^^^^  Tbou&nd  Eight  Hundred  and  Ninety  eight 

'  Pounds,  upon  that  Bcore,  including  the  Ordinance 

and 


WILLIAM/*^  ThirJ.  189 

I  and  the  Charge  of  building  one  dry  Dock,  and  two   A.  C* 
I  yffct  Docks  2X  PortfmoutL  ^  KJpi. 

I       The  Lord  Unnelagh^    purfuant  to  his  Majefty'sv,^/-yv^ 
.   Direflions,  having  laid  before  the  Commons  a  Lift 
*   of  the  Land  Forces,  it  was  refblv'd.  That  an  Ar- 
.  my  of  64924  Men,  without  including  Officers,  was'^*'^-^  •/ 
J  neceflary  for  the  Service  of  the  Year  1 692..  in  or-  ^^^]^  ^^^ 
J  der  to  the  fecuringtbe  Peace  of  the  Kingdom,  ^^djj^'  ' 
J  the  carrying  on  a  vigorous  War  aj^ainft  Frances       "  ^* 
J  And  much  time  having  been  (pent  m  ftating  ana 
exaihining  the  eftimate  of  the  Charge  of  the  A^my. 
^  Cyeneral  Officers,  Ho(pitals,  Train  of  Artillery,  and 
.    their  Tranfport  Ships ;  as  alfo  in  confidering  how 
J  far  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland  could  Contribute    to- 
-  wards  the  Charge  of  the  Forces  there;  it  was  at 
^,  laft  rcfolv'd.  That  a.  Sum    not  exceeding    ^9i!7^7^PS]J} 
^  Pounds^  together  with  the  Sum  cf  i65'00O  Pounds  to^^t  Arnn* 
.   be  anfwer'd  9Ut  of  the  Revenue  (/Ireland,  be  the  sumlg^  ^   * 

for  the  Land  Forces  for  the  Service  of  the  Tear  1 692.  lb 

;  that  the  Sums  granted  in  England^  this  Year,  for  the 

'   Fleet  and  Army  amounted  to  Three  Millions  Four 

Hundred  Eleven  Thoufand  Six  Hundred  Seventy 

(even  Pounds. 

To  mife  thefe   great  Supplies   it  was  x^oWA^aJVitfsmd 
1 .  (a)  That  the  Duties  of  Exctfe  for  Beer,  Ale,  and  M^am  ta 
other  Liquors,   which  were  payable  for   a  Year,  raife  theje 
from  the    1 7th  of  November  laft,  be  continued  for  ^^fP^i'f* 
another  Year.    2.  (/;)  That  the  Sum  of  One  Million  *  Novcn. 
Six  Hundred  Fiftj  One  Thoufind  Seven  Hundred  '** 
and  Two  Pounds  be  granted  upon  Land  ;  And, 
5.  (c)   That  the  Salaries,  Fees  and  Perquifites  off  Decern* 
all  Offices  under  the  Crown,  (hould  be  to  the  life  n. 
of  the  War,  except  Five  Hundred  Pounds  to  be  ^^  Ditto, 
allow'd  to  fiich  refpe6live  Officers ;  except  the  Sa- 
laries of  the  Speaker  ofthcHoufe  of  Comraors,  \ 
the  Lords  Commiflioners  of  the  Great  Seal,  the* 
Judges,  Foreign  Minifters,  and  to  the  CommilHon 
Ofnccrs  ferving  in  the  Fleet  and  Army. 

But  other  incident  Affairs  obftruaed  the  bufinefs  '^^''!:^i: 
of  the  Supply  :  On  the  aSth  of  O^ober  fcveral  Mer-  r  j  JS"^ 
chants,  their  Majefties  Subje£^s,  prefenred  a  Petiti-  "  * 
\    on  to  the  Commons  againft  the  EaJi^Indla  Compa- 
ny i  and,  at  the  lame  time,  the  Eaft^India  Com- 

U  u  pan/ 


apo  The  Reign  of  King 

#  A.   C.  pany  put  up  another  Petition  in  behalf  of  tliee 

1 59 1,    fclvcs  j  the  Gjnfideration  ot  both  which,  was  refe 
red  to  a  Committte  of  the  whole  Houfe.    Abouii 
Fortnight   after  the  Heads  of  the  Complaints  \ 
gainft    the    Eajl-lndia  Qimpiiny,    were  dclivrr 
10  their   Governor  ;    to  which   they  having  p 
in  their    Anlwer,    the  fame   was    comrauniaKi 
to  the  Petitioners,    and  the   Exft-JndU  Compafl; 
order'd    to  make    their  Dc-fence  on  the  2:tM 
'November.    Not  only  the  appointed  Day,  but  ^ 
ral  others  were  fpent  in    examining  the  tooni? 
which  Sir  Jofepb  Hcmc^  the  Governor  of  the  £^^ 
JfW#4  Company,  delivered  in,    as  a  State  of  tt« 
Stock  and  Debts  at  Home  and  Abroad  j  ands 
*  RWj^/.confideringJeveral  other  *  Petitions  relating  tow 
•nsfcr  the  Eaft-IndioTrddc^  till  at  laft  the  Commons  aptei 
Eaft-India  to  the  following  Refolutious  :    i.  "  That  a  Su« 
Company,    "not  left  than  lyooooo  and  not  exceeding iJJ 
Dec.  17.    «  Millions,  was  a  Fund  neceflary  to  carry  on  iff 
"  Edjilndii  Trade   in  a  Joint  Stock.    2. That » 


*•  one  Perfon  fliould  have  any  (hare  in  a  Jointit'* 
for  the  Eaft  India  Trade  exceeding  /ooo  /.  fit^ 


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*'  in  his  own  Name,  or  any  other  in  Truft  '" 
'  him.  3.  That  no  one  Perfori  fliould  imw  abon 
one  Vote  in  the  fiid  Company,  and  tli^f  ^ 
Perfon  who  had  jooo  /.  Stock  therein,  fto"'; 
*•  have  one  Vote.  4.  That  the  Company  to  tn» 
**  to  the  Eajl  Indies,  fljould  be  oblig'd  to  Exp* 
"  every  Year  in  their  Trade,  Goois  being  » 
*'  growth  and  Manufa<9:ure  of  this  Naflon,  totx 
*'  Value  of  200000  /.  at  leaft.  y.  That  no  pn"f, 
**  Contraas  fliould  be  made,  but  all  Goods  ^^ 
•*  at  publick  Sales  by  Inch  of  Candle,  except  i'^- 
**  Petre,  for  the  Ufc  of  the  Crown.  6.  That  the  £^^ 
*'  India  Company  be  oblig  d  to  Sell  to  the  m 
"Yearly,  Salt-Petre  xcM  {th.i  Refraaionn«» 
•*  ceeding  Four  or  Five  per  Cent,  out  of  i'*y  , 
*•  Hundred  Tuns  at  the  Rate  of  30  l.t"}^^l 
"  That  no  Lot  fliould  be  put  at  any  i^  '"JL 
"  Btfl-India  Company,  at  one  time;  'jf''^.,-. 
joo  /.  8.  That  no  Perfon  fliould  be  Gov  J 
or  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Company  ^e^ 
to  the  £-»/2  !«</.•«,  who  had  lefifliareiii»«i:Lj, 


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*'  than  aooo  /.  or  Committee- Man  that  had  lefi  A.  C. 

than  1 000  /.    9.  That  the  Eleftion  of  Governor,    i6^t.  ; 

Deputy- Governor,  and  Committee  for  the  Com- 
pany,   to    trade  to    the    Eaft-Indics^   be    made 
**  every    Year.      10.    Tliat    all     Dividends     be 
"  made  in  Money.     11.  That  no  dividends    be 
**  made,   without  leaving    a    iufficient    Fund    to 
''  pay  all  Oebrs,    and  carry  on  the  Trade.    la. 
*'  That  ft  Valuation  ol  the  Stock  be  made  every 
**  Five  Years  by  the  Accomptantof  the  Company 
•'  upon  Oath,  to  be  fcen  by  all  (iich  as  are  con- 
•'  cern'd  therein,     i  j.  That  no  Ships,  cither  with 
''  Permillion  or  without,  for  the  future,  be  allow- 
*'  ed  to  go  to  the  Eaft  Indies^  except  only  foch  as 
*'  ftiould  be  of  a  Company,  or  be  Ellablifli'd  by  A<9: 
"  of  Parliament.     14.  That  no  By-Laws  fliould  be 
binding  to  the  Company,  but  fiich  as  were  ap- 
proved by  a  General  Court  of  Adventurers,  and 
were  not  repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  the  Land. 
I  f.  And,  Lafily^  That  the  Joint  Stoclc  of  a  Compa- 
ny to  trade  to  the  Enfi-Indics,    be  for  Twenty 
**  One  Years,  and  no  longer.    The  next  Day  the 
*rhrec  following  Refolutions  were  added  to  the 
reft,  vi:{,    *^That  all  Perfons  now  having  above 
•'  the  Sum  of  jooo  /.  In  the  Stock  of  the  prefent 
Eaft^India  Company,  in  their  own  or  other  Per- 
fons Names,  be  oblig'd  to  fell  fb  much  thereof; 
"  as  (hould  exceed  the  laid  Sura  of  jooo  /.  at  the? 
**  Rate  of  1 00  /.  for  every  Hundred  ;  That  the 
*'  Members  of  the  Committee  of  the   Enfl-India 
Company,  be  oblig'd  to  give  Security  to  be  ap- 

Sfov'a  of  by  the  Houfe,  that  the  Stock  and  E- 
ate  they  now  had,  (hould  be  made  good 
**  749C00  /.  all  Debts  paid ;  And,  L^/J/r^That  fSecu- 
rity  beinc  firft  given)  an  humble  Addrefi  be  pre- 
iented  to  His  Majcfty,  to  Incorpohite  the  prcfenr 
Baft  India  Company  by  Charter,  according  to- 
I  *^  the  Regulations  agreed  upon  by  the  Houfe,  that* 
I  "the  fiune  might  pafi  into  an  A^^.  On  the  ajj' 
I  ef  December^  Sir  Tl^jcmas  Cookc^  Sir  —  Lmnbome^ 
SitTh^as ^4X9lifon,  mdoxhets,  the  Committee'  o? 
the  B4ft*indf/i  Compat^y,  delivered  in  Pr6pofals  cort- 
^  cJeming  Security  to  be  given,  which  boirtg  di(ap- 
'  Uu  a  prov'd 


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xpx  Th^  Reign  of  King 

A.   C  prov'd,  the  fiid  Committee  was  orderM  to  product 
1691.   ^^^  Pcrfons  they  propos'd  to  be  Security,  andac 
I^^VNJ  Account  of  the  Sums  for  which  each  Perfon  would 

♦  D€c.  29.  be  Security ;  which  being  done  t  accordingly,  iIk 

Commons,  after  a  long  Examination  of  the  whole 
Matter,  approved  of  the  Security  proposed,  andap- 

•  Jin.  8.    Ppiflted  *  a  Committee  to  prepare  and  bring  in  1 

Bill  to  eftablilh  an  Eaft-India  Company,  accordiflf 

ly  to  the  Regulations  and  Refolutions  agreed  upon 

by  the  Houfir. 

Stdte  of         Pp  ^^^  J  d  of  November  the  Commons  havin| 

the  SaObn  confider'd  tne  State  of  the  Nation,  relblv'd,  Tki 

pmfideM.   the    paying  the  Army  any   other  ways,  tbanb 

Nov.  3.     Mufters  of  effect' ve  Men,  was  a  great  wafting  « 

their  Majefties  Treafiire  ;  and  a  Bill  was  orderd 

to  be  brought  in  for   Paying  of  the  Army  accof* 

dingly,  and  for  better  Paving  of  Quarters ;  and  \^ 

wi(e  for  preventing  of  faile  Mufters,  and  puniikjS 

Mutineers  and  Defcrters.    At  the  (ame  time,  4c 

Commons  re(blv'd,thai  the  Miftarriages  oftheFto 

fihould  be  cnquir'd  into  by  a  Committee  oftW 

Proeeedifigs  ^Yiol^Houk,  A  Week  after. Admiral  I(upL\^f^^' 

$f  the  Fleet  ^d  to  the  Houfe  the  Inftruftions  given  by  the  Com- 

enquired    miffioners  for  executing  the  Office  of  Lord  High- 

Wni  .«    Admiral of5/i5/ii«^;aLiftof  the  Ships;Wflfl£x- 

'^°'^-  ""•  traa  of  feveral  Letters  and  Orders,  toucbmg  the 

Proceedings  of  the  (aid  Fleet,  during  the  laftSi""' 

mers  Expedition  ;  all  which  were  compared  and  ^• 

amined  with,  the  Copies  of  the  feveral  Orders  tbAtm^ 

been  ijjued  by  the  Commijftoners  of  the  Admirtdt)  tottx 

f aid  Admiral.,  and  a  Lift  of  the  Ships  that  hdf^ 

LoH  or  Darned,  fince  the  Tear  1688,   ^^^^^^^f^^ 

the  Houfe  of  Commons  by  the  Lord  Falkeland^  ^ 

the  Commiilioners  of  the  Admiralty, 

On  the  1 2th  of  November  the   Commons^^ 

acquainted  that  Mr.  Bridges y  a  Membgr  of  ffl^tf 

Houfe,  could  give  an  Account  of  an  i^^^^,?!!? 

given  him  by  a  Captain  la  their  Majefti«  FJc^J 

t  Dec  15.  that  Sir  Halph  Deiaval  had  lately  taken  a  Frencb^^ 

ijoiug  for  Ireland,  with  Papers  of  dangerous  ^' 
pquence  to  the  Government.     Whereupon  j^^g 
Bridges  was  Ordered  to  name  the  Perfon  i  and  n 
liaving  nam'd  the  Lord  Danbj^  a  Coakrcncep^ 


Wihh  J  AM  the  rhhJ.  *93 

defir'd  with  the  Lords  upon  Matters  relating  to  A.   C. 
the  fafety  of  the  Kingdom ;  but  upon  a  full  and    i6^i. 
tedious  Examination  of  the  whole  Affair,  it  wasL^V"^ 
found  thatt  there  was  not  a  Copy  oi  any  Letter* Dec.  a. 
from  the  Earl  of  Nottingham,  to  Sir  ^alph  Deiavai^ 
in  the  Packet  taken  on  Board  the  (aid  French  Vcf- 
fcl  ;  but  only  a  Letter  written  by  his  Lordfhip  to  Sir 
I{nlfh,   for  fending  up  the  Papers  by  him  inter- 
cepted.   Upon  this  Occafion  the  Commons  took 
into  their  Confideration  the  Confcllions  and  Exa- 
miations  of  the  Lord  Prefton  and  Mr.  Qrone^  which 
according  to   their  Defire^   the  King   had  order- 
ed to  be  laid  before  the  Houfe.  7%  jt  hm 
About  this  time,  Mx.PVelwood^  ^'^^^^^^^^y"«/'McrCTl 
fick,  to  fignalfze  his  Affection  to  the  Government,  ^juj  r^^ 
employ'd  his  eloquent  Pen  in  deleting  and  expo-formatus 
fing  the  fmifter  Uefigns  of  their  Majefties  Encmies^.Ti/«rV. 
in  a  Weekly  Paper,  intituled,  Msrcunus  ^eforma-^ 
tus^    or  the  Nexp-Obfervator  ;  but  his  Zeal  haviha 
carried  him  fo  far  as  to  refle£b  on  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Commons,  that  Houfe,  ever  jealous  of  their 
Priviledges,    order'd  both  the  Author  and  Printer 
of  the  (aid  Paper  to  be  fent  for  in  Cuftody  of  their 
Serjeant  at  Arms,  from  whence  they  were  at  laft 
dKchargM,  after  having  been  reprimanded  for  their 
Offence.    However,  Dr.  PVelwood  was  fully  recom- 
penc'd  for  the  Trouble  and  Charge  of  his  Confine- 
ment,  being  (bon  after  made  one  of  the  Phyficians 
in  Ordinary  to  His  Majefty'. 

Several  other  Afikirs  amus'd  the  Houfe  of  Com- ^'^  ^^ 
mons  to  little  purpofe,  as  a  Bill  for  H^gulating  A-^^^' 
bufcs  in^  EUHions  and  J^turns  to  Parliament^  ^^'^^fA)Decia* 
was  rejefted  (b)  after  a  third  Reading;  A  Bill/or 
the  better  improvement  of  the  PVoollen  hUnufaBure  of(c)  Dec.  5. 
this  Kingdom^  which  was  alfo  thrown  out  before  a  fe* 
cond  Heading ;    A  Bill  for    the    better  repair  of  the 
Harbour  of  Dover,  which    was   lik^wife  rejeEUd ;   A 
Bill  to  regulate  the  Hackpey-Coaches ;  another  to  dif" 
courage  the  Exportation  of  Btdlion^  and  encourage  the 
Importation  of  it^  and  converting  the  fame  into  the 
Coin  of  this  B^alm\  And  a  Third,  to  incourage  Pri: 
vAteejus^  wherein  no.  Progrefi  was  made. 

Uu  i  Oo 


A*  C.  On  ihe  a4th  oF  December  the  King  went  to  tbe 
1 60 1 .  Houle  of  Lords  and  gave  his  Royal  Aflcnt  to  An  Ad 
O^V'V-/  fo^  granting  to  their  M/tjefties  certain  Impojitions  upon 
Bids  fMft  Beer^  Ale  an^  other  Liquor s^  for  one  Tear  \  to  another 
Pt^cem.  for  ^brogaiinft  the  Oath  of  Supre>nacy  in  Ireland<»  and 
24.  appointive  other  Oaths^  and  t  J  fevcral  private  Bills, 

A  Week  after,  b  ing  the  laft  Day  of  this  Year,  Hi| 
And  De-  Majtfty  rcrurn  d  to  the   Parliament,  and  havii^ 
ccm.  3 1 .  pafs  d  the  Bill  for  a  Land  Tax,  He  made  a  Speech 
to  both  Houfo,  wherein,  after  he  had  thank  d  them 
for  what  thi.y  had  already  done  ;  and  repeated  his 
Affuranccs  of  i:n  cfFe6lual  Application  of  the  Afli- 
ftancc's  ,they  had  given  him  ;  He  took,  notice  at  tht 
fame  time^  with  forne  trouble^  that  tljc  new  Tesw  -was     ■ 
alread)  come^  vphile  our  Preparations  for  it  were  not  m-     \ 
ly  more  backvtardy  but  thofe  of  our  Enemies  (  as  there  V4 
^afov  to  think.)  in  greater  forwardncfs  than  they  were 
the  lafi  Tcir  ;  That  the  Seafon  being  fo  far  advancd^ 
this  prcfcnt  SeJ/ion  could  not  admit  cf  a  much^  longer  con* 
tinunncc^a7td  therefore  He  recommended  to  them  to  haften 
fuch  farther  Supplies  as  they  defigrid  to  enable  Him  with 
fcr  the  Profccuticn  of  the  I4^ar  ;  and  to  dif patch  all  fuch 
other  Biilf,  as  they jfljould  Judge  neceffary  for  the  publick, 
Gocd, 

This  Speech  had  no  great  Influence  on  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Parliamenr,  for  both  Houlcs  were 
Bill  to  rf  now  engaged  in  a  warm  difpute,  raisM  by  the  Bill 

gu!a:e  Ti'i^fofr  P{?guinrinv  Trials  in  Crjes  of  High  Treafon.     Thi? 

als  jTiCaJts  Bill  having  been  laid  afide  by  the  TLords  in  the  pre- 

ft  Fii^h^     ceding  Sciiion.  was  now  again  (et  on  Foot,  and 

T^fj^Tj,      pa(s'd  by  the  Commons,  and  ftnt  *  up  to  their  Lord- 

j  g ,  ^^•"^'  fhips  for  their  Concurrence ;  but  the  Lords,   befides 

A  hlapfe    ^^her  Amendments,  added  a  Claufc  to  it, whereby  it 

afld£a  to  it  Was  Ena6led,T/j4r  upon  the  Trial  of  any  Peer  or  Peerefs^ 

hi  the       f0r  any  Treafon^  or  Mifprifion  of  Treajon^  all  th&  Peers 

L^rds,\        who  have  a  I{ight  to  fit  and  Vote  in  Parliament  Jhotdd 

be  duly  Summoned  Twenty  Days^  at  ieaftj  before  every  Jitch 

Trials  to  apfear  at  every  fuch  Trial^  and  that  every  Peer 

fo  Sutntnondy  And  appearing  on  fuch  Trials^  Jhould  Vot^ 

in  the  Trial  of  fuch  Peer  and  Peerefsyfo  to  be  triedy  fee 

and  the/firjl  taking  the  Oaths  mentioned  in  an  AH  of 

Parli/itncut^  made  in  the  firji  Tear  of  Kjng    William 

ii)id  Sitccn  Mary,  Entituledy  An  A6^  for  Abrogating 


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the  Oaths  of  Supremacy  and  Allegiance,  and  ap-  A.  C 
pointing   other  Oaths  ^   nnd  Jubfciibing  and  audibly    \6^z, 
repeating  the  Declaration  mention  d  in  an  Atl  of  Par-  v.x*Y%y 
liament  made   in   the   gor/j   Tear  of  Kjnz  Charles  II. 
Entituled,  An  Aft  for  the  more  cffc&ual  preler- 
ving  the  King'^s  Pcrfon  and  Government,  by  difa- 
bling  Pafijls  from  fitting  in  either  Houft  of  Parlia- 
ment. 

This  Ckufe  being  dICgrccd  to  by  the  Commons^A/tfrntfrir^/^ 
and,  at  two  Conferences,  infilled  on  by  the  Lords^  ^.Conference 
free  Conference  was  managed  between  both  Houfes,  ^^ ^'"'"'^ 
wherein  Mr.  Charles  Montague,  the  chief  of  thofe  ^^j^Houfts^ 
that  (poke  for  the  Commons,  learnedly  and  elo-f!  ."'/,/ 
qcntly  alledg'd  ;  'That  this  Bill  was  begun  by  ther^J  '^'J'' 
f  Commons,  for  the  equal  Advantage  of  luch  Lords*' 

*  and  Commons ,    who  had  the  misfortune  to  be 
^  accus'd  of  Treafbn,  or    Mifprifion  of  Trealbn, 

*  That  when  it  was  firft  returned  from  their  Lord- 

*  fhips,  >yith'  v^ry  many  Amendments,  the  Cora- 
'  mons  were  fo  willing  to  comply  with  the  defire  of 

*  their  Lordships,  and  to  give  the  Bill  a  fpeedy  Pat 

*  (age,  that  they  agreed  to  all  thofe  Amendments  ex- 

*  cept  two;  That  fbmc  of  them  were  of  a  very  nice 

*  nature,  and  related  to  things  of  which  the  Com- 

*  mons  have  ever  been  moft  tender.    That  at  the 

*  firft  Conference  the  Comm;)ns  gave  their  Lord- 
'  (hips  the  Rea(ons,  that  indiic'd  them  to  make  (iich 

*  Amendments,  which  did  \o  far  fttisfie  their  Lord- 
f  fhips,  that  they  did. agree  to  the  firft  Amendment 

*  proposM  by  the  Lower  Houfe ;  though  they  did 

*  infift  upon  this  other,  for  which  they   delivered 

*  their  Rea(bns  at  the  (econd  Conference,    That 

*  tho(e  Realbns  had  been  lolemnly  and  deliberately 

*  confidefd  by  the  Commons,  and  that  they  had 

*  not  found  them  (ufficient  to  convince  them,  lo  that 
'  they  did  ftill  di(agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  fore- 

*  mentioned  Claufe.    That  'twas  very  unfortunate 

*  that  no  Bill  for  the  Relief  of  the  Subje<3:  in  the(e 

*  Ca(es  had  been  tendred  for  many  Years  laft  paft, 

*  but  either  this  Clau(e,  or  (bmething  of  the  like 

*  Nature  had  unhappily  clogg'dit,  and  been  the  oc- 

*  cafidn  of  loofing  it ;  and  as  this  was  never  thought 
•rcalbaahlc  to  be  admitted  formerly,  (a  neither 

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Th^  Reign  of  King 

could  the  Commons  confent  to  (b  great  an  Alcerar 
tion  of  our  Conftltutlon  as  this  would  introduce. 
That  fiich  an  Alteration  was  far  beyond  the  lo- 
tereft  and  Defisn  which  the  Commons  had  in  pre- 
paring this  Bill ;    That  they  were  defirous  thtf 
all  Men  fhould  have  a  fair  and  equal  way  of  ma- 
king their  Defence;  Theywifli'd,  that  the  Guilt- 
le(s  mould  by  all  neceflary  Provifions  be  protc^- 
ed,  and  allowed  all  juft  means  of  making  their  lo- 
nocence  manifeft ;  out  they  did  not  deiign  to  fub- 
vert  the  Effence  and  Conftitiruonof  the  Courts, nor 
intend  to  di&ble  the  Crown  in  one  of  its  moft  nc* 
ceffary  Prerogatives,  or  to  place  a  Judicature  in 
other  Hands,  tnan  thofc  to  whom  the  Laws  of  Eng- 
land^ and  the  Cuftom  of  the  Realm  had  comcniaol 
it.    That  the  Claufe  now  in  difpute  ftruck  ar  no 
lefi  than  this,  and  in  Confequcnce  at  the  Alterati- 
on of  the  Government  of  England.     That  the 
Government  of  EmUnd  is  Monarchical,  and  the 
Monarch  has  the  Power  of  Conftituting  Couns 
and  Offices  for  Adminiftration  of  Juftice,  though 
they  are  to  proceed  accordinero  the  known  Rules 
and  Limitations  of  Law.     That  the  Judges  arc 
Conftitutedby  his  Commillion,  the  Sherifisareof 
his  Nomination  and  Appointment,  and  the/c-  are  to 
return  the  Punnel  of  jurors,  who  are  to  pafi  on  the 
Lives  of  the  Commoners,  and  that  in  like  man- 
ner'tis  the  Prerogative  of  the  Crown^  to  conftitute 
a  Lord  High  Steward,  who  by  his  Serjeant  at  Arms 
docs  Summon  a  competent  number  of  Peers,  to 
be  Triers  ol  their  LordQiips.    But  that  this  Claufe 
took  away  theft  Powers  from  the  High  Steward, 
and  therefore  it  took  away  fb  much  from  the  Regal 
Authority;  audit  would  amount  to  no  lc(s,    than 
to  render  the  Subjefts  Independent  on  the  Crown 
in  the  Pleas  of  the  Crown  ;  wherein,  above  all 
other  things,  the  Life,   Peace  and  Safety  of  the 
Government  is  concerned.    That  the  Commons 
had  (till  the  fame  Opinion  of  the  Honour  and  /n- 
tegrity  of  the  Lords,  which  they  had  receiv'd  from 
the  Experience  of  paft  Times ;  but  that  their  dc« 
fign  in  paffing  that  Bill,  was  to  prevent  thofe  Abu- 
fcs  in  Trials  for  Treafbn  in  Inferior  Courts  for 

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*  the  future,  bv  means  of  which,  during  the  VIo-  A.  C 

*  lence  of  the  tte  Reign,  they  had  obfenr'd  many    i6^x 
^  had  loft  their  Dves.    That  the  things  to  which 

the  Bill  extended,  were  of  fiich  a  Nature,  that  ex- 
only  in  one  Infts 
Delivery  of  the  C 
igreed  even  in  my 

*  SubfeH  hath  a  I{ighi  to  have  a  Cofy  of  the  Pannel ) 
*.thc  Lords  had  an  equal  Benefit  with  the  Com- 

*  mons.    That  the  Commons  did  not  obferve,  that 

*  the  Claufe  lent  down  by  the  Lords  docs  relate  to 

*  the  like  Grounds  of  Complaint ;  for  no  Inftance 

*  could  be  given  of  any  Peer  who  fiiffer'd  during 

*  late  Reign,  from  whence  ajuft  caufe  of  Objefti* 

*  on  might  arlfe  to  tlie   prefent  method  of  trying 

*  Peers  i    That  the  only  two  Perfons  profecuted 

*  came  off,  though  purfiied  with  great  Violence  ? 
^  The  one,  bccaufe  the  Grand  Jury  could  not  be 

*  prevailed  upon  to  find  the  Bill ;  the  other  was  ac- 

*  quitted  upon  his  Trial,  by  the  Juftice  of  his  Peers, 

*  That  by  all  the  Circumftances  of  the  Trial  of  the 

*  Lord  Delamere  it  is  manifeft,   that  if  there  wai 

*  any  unfairnefi  in  the  method  of  Trial,  it  then 

*  would  have  appeared ,  That  the  Violence  of  thofe 

*  times  was  fiifh,  that  the  Commons  were  not  pro- 

*  teftcd  b;^  that  Innocency,  which  has  fince  been 

*  declar'd  in  Parliament ;  yet  then  the  Lord  DeU- 
^mere  was  acquited  hy^  thefuftice  and  Honour  of 

*  his  Peers ;   and  it  might  (eem  ftrange  to  ftiture 
^  Ages,  that  the  Commons  (hould  be  contented,  that 

*  the  method  of  Trials  (hould  be  continued,  which 

*  was  not  (ufficient  to  prote£k  their  Innocency ;  and 

*  their  Lord(hips  alter  that,  which  had  proved  a  Bui- 

*  wark  to  their  Lives.    That  the  Commons  aUb 

*  thought  the  Claufe  to  be  of  a  different  Nature  firom 

*  the  Bill,  becaule  the  Bill  did  not  make  any  aU 
^  teratioq  in  the  Court,  or  in  the  Nature  of  the  Tri- 

*  al,  which  the  Commons  apprehended  was  done 

*  by  the  Claqfe  ;  for  thereby  the  Court  is  no  longer 

*  cot^ituted  by  the  Precept  of  the  Lord  Hieh- 

*  Steward,  who  receives  his  Commiiiion  from  ^e 

*  Crown,  b\it  the  whole  Order  of  Peers  have  a 
I  Right  to  make  up  the  Court,  and  all  the  Friends, 

t  Relations 


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7^^  Reijcn  of  Kin^ 

Relations  and  Accomplices  of  the  Perfbn  are  to  be 
hb  Triers.    That  there  was  another  great  Altera- 
tion in  the  Conftitution  of  the  Court,  as  the  Claufe 
was  Penned ;  for  this  Method,  prefcrib'd  by  the 
Claufe,  was  for  the  Trial  of  every  Peer,  and  ac- 
cording to  that  Method  every  Peer  who   had  a 
Right  to  (it  and  vote  in  Parliament  was  to  be  iuni* 
nion'd,  and  might  appear  and  vote.    Now  it  wjs 
agreed  by  the  molt  Learned  Authors,    that  the 
Lords  Spiritual  are  Peers,  and  whofbever  would  go 
about  to  defend  the  contrary  Opinion,  would  find 
It  very  difficult  to  anlWer  the  fcvcral  Records  of 
Parliament, and  other  Authorities,  where  this  Point 
IS  aflerted ;  particularly  the  well  known  Claim  in 
Parliament  of  Archbimop  Stafford^  in  the   Reign 
of  EdvoardWl.  and  the  famous  Proteftacion  in  the 
Second  of  BAchurd  II.  (  when  the  Bifhops  thought 
fit  to  abfent  themfelves  from  Parliament,  becaufe 
matters  of  Blood  were  to  be  agitated  there}  where- 
in their  Right  of  Peerage  is  directly  aflerted  ;  And 
this  Proteftation  being  Enrolled  at  the  defire  of 
the  King,  and  with  the  confent  of  the  Lords  and 
Commons,  feem'd  to  be  of  the  Nature  of  an  A£l 
of  Parliament.  That  if  the  Law  Books  might  come 
in  for  Authorities  in  (iich  a  Point,  there  are  Ca/es, 
where  the  Pleas  of  the  Bi(hops,  as  Peers,  have 
been  judicially  allowed ;  (b  that  this  Claufe  did  di- 
reftly  let  in  tne  Lords  Spiritual  to  try  and  be  try- 
ed,  as  other  Peers,  who  are  Noble  by  Defcent ; 
not  that  the  Commons  were  diffatisfied  with  this,if 
this  were  the  only  matter  ;^  for  the  Lords  Spirimal, 
in  all  probability,  by  their  Learning  and  Integri- 
ty  would  greatly  aflift  at  the  Ttial  of  Peers,  and 
the  Commons  were  well  enough  di(pofed  to  let  in 
thefe  Noble  Prelates  to  any  Privileges  in  point  of 
Trial,  which  (hould  be  propofed  by  the  Houfe  of 
Peers ;  But  this  was  urged  to  makegood  the Pofiti- 
on  laid  down  before,  that  by  this  Claure  the  Con- 
ftitution of  the  Court  was  qyite  altered  \  it  having 
been  taken  for  Law,  that  the  Lords  Spiritual  are' 
to  be  tried  as  other  Peers,   or  to  be  prefent  and 
vote  at  the  Trial  of  any  other  Peer,  at  leaft  out 

'of 


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*  of  Parliament ;  tor  as  to  their  Right  in  Parlia-   A.   C, 

*  ment^  how  far  they  are  rcftrained  by  the  Canons    idya. 

*  AgitAre  Judicium^  now  fiir  thefe  Canons  have  been 

*  received  in  England^  and  what  the  ufagc  of  Parlia- 

*  mcnt  hath  been,   was  not  the  prefent   bufinefi. 

*  That  had  this  Bill  come  down  from  the  Lords 

*  firrt,  and  the  Commons  had  added  a  Claufe,  That 

*  no  Commoner    fbou/d  he  tried  for  Tredfon^  hut  hefore 

*  all  the  Twelve  Judges^  and  a  Jury  of  Twenty  four  Per- 
^fons^  and  to  have  taken  away  aHChalleniesfor  Confan-' 

*  guinity ,  which  if  it  was  confidered,  was  (bme- 
'  what  of  the  Nature  of  the  Lords  Claufe,  though 

*  It  did  not  go  lb  far.    If  the  Lords  had  thought  fit 

*  to  have  ukd  the  lame  Reafon  for  diflagreemg  to 

*  (iich  a  Claufe,  as  the  Commons  had  done  in  the 

*  prefent  Cafe,  that  it  was  different  from  the  dejign  of 

*  the  Billy  It  would  have  fatisfied  the  Commons. 

*  And  that  the  feme  Realbns,  which  the  Commons 

*  received  from  the  Lords  at  the  laft  Conference,  if 

*  they  had  been  delivered  by  the  Commons,  would 

*  not  have  been  convincing  to  their  Lordfhips . 

*  The  Commons    likewife  obftrved,  that  the 

*  Lords  in  the  Claufe,  or  in  their  Reafbns,  had  not 

*  ftated  any  Caule   of  Objeftion  to  the  prefent 
^  Method  of  their  Trials,  and  therefore  the  Com- 

*  mons  wonder'd,  that  the  Lords  (  as  they  expreft 
'  themfelves  in  their  Reafbns  )  Jhould  conceive  that 

*  they  were  diltinguijhed^  fo  as  to  he  more   exposed  in 
^  tfyeir  Trials^  than  the  mcancft  Suhj&El\  fince  the  Com- 

^  mens  did  not  find,  but  that  they  enjoy'd  this  great 

*  and  high  Privilege  (  upon  which  fo  great  a  value 

*  has  been  )ufHv  put )  as  fiiUy,  as  ever  any  of  their 
'  Noble  AnceUorsdid.    That 'tis  by  this  Privilege 

*  the  Body  of  the  Peers  has  been  prcferved  fb  long : 

*  That  ifany  Lord,  at  any  time,  fhould  be  difpofed 

*  to  cxpofe  nimfelf  in  defence  of  the  common  Li- 
^  berties  of  the  People,  the  Commons  are  Security 

*  to  him  from  being  oppreft  by  falfe  Accufations  j 

*  Twelve  of  them  muft  agree  to  find  a  Bill  before 

*  he  can  be  Indi£^ed,  and  mat  Bill  cannot  be  found, 

*  but  upon  the  Oaths  of  two  Credible  Witncflfes. 
^  That  the  Commons  look'd  upon  the  Method  of 
SXnals,  which  the  X^rds  would  alter,  to  have 

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The  Reign  of  King 

been  as  Ancient  as  the  Conftiturion  of  the  Gr 
vernment.    That  it  appears  in  the  Year  Books  » 
have  been  praftifed  in  the  Firft  Year  of  Hcun  IV. 
2S^  to  have  been  well  known  at  that  time.   Thii, 
indeed  it  could  not  be  (iippoled  ro  have  been  an  la- 
novation  then;  the  Lords,  who  had  jud  before de- 
pofed  King  Richard  II.  being  too  great  to    GjSa 
uich  an  Innovation,    and  Henry  XV  s  Title  oac 
(iifficiently  Eftablifti'd  to  attempt  it.  TTiat  the  rca- 
(bn,  why  no  older  Inftancesof  Proceedings  before 
the  Lord  High  Steward  are  to  hz  found,   is  this, 
that  this  very  Htfrt^r  IV.  whenDakeof  L^uKafter^ 
was  the  laft  High  vSteward  who  ever  had  any  fixed 
Intered  in  the  Office ;  foth.it  the  OSc^  b*ingfe 
long  fince  cealed,  all  the  Records  arc  loll,  aiMJ 
the  very  Nature  and  Power  or  the  OSce,  except 
in  this  Inftance  of  Trying  Peers,  and  determining 
Qaimsat  Coronations  is  likewife  loft:  Eutfiace 
that  time  the  High  Steward  b:ing  only  Pro  Ijmc  Vi- 
«r,  the  Proceedings  are  commonly  iranfinittecf  in- 
to other  Courts,  and  fo  come  to  be  found. 
*  The  Commons  urg'd,  That  If  there  be  any  Ob- 
jeftion  to  that  Method   of  trying  of  Peers,  it 
muft  be  founded  on  a  Suppofition  of  Partiality 
and  unfaimefe  of  conilituting  a  High  Stenrard,  or 
in  the  High-Steward  himfelf,  and  the  Peers  fiim- 
moned  by  him,  and  that  the  Commons  were  un- 
willing to  enter  into  (uch  kind  of  Suppo&ls.    As 
to  the  partial  conftituting  of  the  High  Steward, 
if  that  might  be  (iippos^d,  it  was  an  Objedion  to 
the  Conftitution  v^hich  entrufts  the  Crown  widi 
the  Adminiftration  of  Juftice.    That  thatSuppo- 
/al   might    as    well    extend   to   the  Conftitu- 
tion or  the  Judges  and  Sheriffs  and  every  other 
part  of  the  Adminiftration.    And  if  upon  (uch  a 
Suppofal  or  Diftruft  the  Remedy  muft  be  to  take 
away  that  part  of  the^  Adminiftration  out  of  the 
Crown,  (as  was  done  in  this  Clau(e)  the  Reafba 
muft  carry  the  thine  fo  far,  that  the  Nature  of  the 
Government  would  oe  alter'd.  As  to  the  Partiality 
of  the  Lord  High  Steward  and  the  Peers.   The 
Commons  were  unwilling  to  fuppofe,  that  it  it 
poliible  that  Twelve  Peers  {hould  be  ever  fouad 


WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  301 

*  (for  that  Number  muft  agree,  of  the  Peffon  ac-  A.  C 

*  cu^d  is  fife)  who  can  (o  far    forget  their  Ho-    kJjz, 

*  nour,  and  the   noble  Order^  they   are  of,  as  for 

*  Revenge  or  Intereft  to  facrifice  an  Innocent  Per* 
*<bn.     Buc  if  the  Lords  would  fiippofe  that  ftcha 

J  '  Number  of  Peers  might  be  capable  of  being  en- 
,  *  gagMin  ft)  ill  and  (b  diOionourablc  things,  then 
;.  *  the  Commons  thought  themfelves  cxcufed,  if  they 
'  '  ftippos'd,  that  other  Pailions  and  Motives  might 
*  alfo  prevail  upon  the  Peers,  fiich  as  Pity  ia 
'  '  friends^  Partiality  in  {{elatitms^  and  the  Conjidera^ 
'  •  tiou  of  their  Safety^  in  the  Cafe  of  ylccompHces. 
"*  •  The  Commons  further  alledgM,  That  moft  Men, 
I  '  and  efpecially  Engljjhmen^  enter  unwillingly  into 
y  ^  Matters  of  Blood  :  That  the  moft  indifferent  Peers 
1^  '  would  be  moft  likely  to  abfent  themftlves,  ei- 
'  '  ther  from  a  Confideration  of  diflatisfying  the 
[  *  Crown,  on  the  one  hand,  ordrawing  on  themfelves 
'  '  themifchicfsofa  Breach  with  the  Family  of  the 
I  *  Perft>n  accufed  on  the  other-  (for  it  is  to  be  ob- 
^      •  fcrved,  that  a  Rcftitution  of  the  Family  follows 

•  generally  in  a  (hort  time)  or  at  leaft  the  love  of 

•  Security,  and  Cure  of  not  engaging  too  far  (for 

•  thofc  Tryals  for  the   moft  part   happen   in  un- 

•  quiet  and  troublelbm  Times)  would  keep  indif- 

•  terent  Men  away.    But  the   care  for    a  Friend 

•  muft  not  fail  to  bring  Friends  to  the  Trial  ;  the 

•  Concern  to  preferve  the  Family  from  that  Stain, 
'  *  would  bring  Relations ;  and  if  there  be  any  Ac- 
[  •  complices,  they  muft  be  ready  for  their  own  fakes 
'  •  to  acquit  the  Accufed ;  And  probably  their  Num- 
I  *  bcr  muft  be  confidcrable  in  thefe  Cafes,  for  it 
^  '  is  not  to  be  imagined,  that  a  Lord  can  enter  into 
'  *  thofe  bafe  and  deteftable  Aftions,  which  may  be 
!  *  perform'd  by  fingle  Pcrfons,  fudi  as  Poifbning  or 
'  '  Aflallinating  the  Prince.  That  the  Treafons  which 
\  ^  it  can  be  ima£tned,  that  Lords  might  be  engagM 
'  *  in,  muft  be  mch  as  arife  from  Fa6lion  in  the 
I  ^  State,  which  many  muft  be  engag'd  in ;  and  if 

*fi>roe  accident  diicovers  (iifficient  Matter  for  a 

•Charge  againft  one  of  the  Parties,  the  reft,  who 

'       *  are  concealed  ftill,  would  have  as  good  Right  to 

'       J  try  their  Confederate,  as  any  indifferent  Lord  ; 

\,  t  and 


^0% 

A.  C. 

1691. 


TT^e  Reign  of  kinz^ 

and  no  doubt,  but  it  is  their  Inc^eft   to  acqzr 
him  ;  and  how  far  at  (bme  times  this  alone  mij^ 

!^o  towards  turning  the  Scale  of  Juftice  might  ^c 
erve  to  be  confider'd  j  efpecialhr  in  tunes  whic£ 
might  happen  hereafter,  becaufe  they    happen ''d 
heretofore,  when  there  might  be  Jeverai  TiiJesjTsr 
up  to  the  Crown   and  great  Parties  formd.     TiiXL 
tnis  was  a  Law  that  was    to  have  a  perpctuaJ 
continuance,  and  that  the  fame  Loyalty,  Wiflom 
and  Zeal,  which  appeared  now  in  their  Lordflupi. 
(hould  be  deriv'd  down  to  all  their  Pofterity,  wa* 
a  thing  rather  tobe  wifiiM,  than  depended  upon;  ' 
if  therefore  the   Claufe   had    a  Tendency    to- 
wards letting  in  an  Impunity  for  TreaioDy  die 
Commons  looked  upon  themielves  as  jufiifittl  in 
disagreeing  to  it:  For  they  thought  it  obvious  to 
every  one,  o|  what  Coniequence  it  would  be  to 
the  Condi tution^  if  (uch  a  Body  as  the  Peers,  who 
have  already  fuch  Privileges  of  all  Ibrts,  (faould 
have  Impunity  o(  Treaiba  added,  and  what  that 
mud  naturally  end  in. 

*  The  Commons  agreed  with  the  Lords,  that  a 
good  Correlpondence  between  the  two  Hou(es 
was  neceflary  for  the  Safety,  Honour  and  Great- 
ne^  of  the  Nation,  and  could  never  think,   tiiac 
it  was  to  be  interrupted  by  their  refufing  any 
thing,  which  might  endanger  the  ConfBtution; 
afluring  them,  the  Commons  would  never  fail  in 
improving  all  true  Intereft  of  the  Lords,  butthq^ 
perfwaded  themfelves,  that  the  Lords  would  be  of 
Opinion,that  to  introduce  any  thing  which  tended 
to  an  impunity  for  Treafon,  was  neither  the  tree 
Intereft  of  the  Crown,  the  Lords,  nor  the  Cora- 
.  mons. 

The  Managers  for  the  Lords  who  fpoke  at  the 
Conference,  were  the  Duke  of  Bokony  the  Marquis 
of  Halifax^  the  Earls  oiVcmbrokfyE^hefter^  Mufgrave^ 
iNottifigbam^  Monmouth  and  Stamford  ;  and  the  /ab« 
ftance  of  what  they  alledg'd,  was,  ^  That  theLonf^ 

*  were  (brry  to  be  of  any  Opinion  diffmnt  from 

*  the  Commons,  efpecially  in  a  Claufe  of  ic>  great 

*  Importance,  which  did  concern  not  only  their 
[  Well-being,  but  their  Being.    Thattbey  had  not 

\*difFcr'd 


Vf  iLtl  AUthe  Thirl  301 

*  difFer'd  from  the  Commons  in    any  thing  pro-  A-  G* 

*  pounded  for  their  Security,  and  hop'd  the  Com-    i^m^ 

*  nnons  would  have  the  fame  conGderation  for  theirs. 

*  That  nothing  was  (b  proper  for  a  Parliament,  as 

*  to  provide  Defences  for  Innocency ;    that   in  ii 

*  times  Neceffujf^  in  good^  Prudence  puts  chem  upoa 

*  It,  and  tho'  thefe  were  good  times  in  refpeit  of 

*  the   prefent  Government,  yet  they  might   (ay, 
!  *  they  wete  unquiet  and  unfafe;    and  fince  none 

*  but  a  good  Prince  would  ever  pafs  luch  Laws  as 
li  •  thefe  are,  this  was  the  moft  proper  time  to  pro* 
t  *Vide  for  the  Subjefts ;  for  a  good  King  would  not 
i  *  only  be  willing  to  proteA  them  while  he  lively 
i  *  but  to  provide  for  their  Security  after  his  Death* 
!  *  That  this  concerned  not  only  themfelves,  and 
i  ^  therefore  they  would  fpeak  the  more  freely  ;  that 
r  *  'tis  too  narrow  a  confideration  for  a  Parliatnem 
I  *  to  feek  only  their  prefent  Ends  j  that  their  Ancc- 
\  *  ftcrs  had  farther  thoughts  -,  and  the  Lords  did  not 
;  *  doubt  but  the  Commons  would  have  fo  too. 
(  *  That  there   can  be   no  good  done   in   times  <£ 

*  Trouble   and  Invafion  o7  Right,  but  by  Agree* 

*  ment  of  both  Houfcs  ;   that  there  might  come  a 
'  Prince,  that  might  endeavour  to  Invade  the  Li- 

*  bertics  of  the   People,  and   then  the  Commons 
'  would  be  glad  to  h^ve  the  Concurrence  of  the 

*  Lords  j    and    they  defired  the  Commons  would 

*  confider  in  fiich  a  Ca(c,  whether  it  would  not  be 
1  '  a  great  difcouragement  for  the  Lords  to  A61:,  un- 
1  '  le(s  th-'y  might  be  as  Secure,  at  leaft,  as  the  Com- 
j  *  mons.  That  if  there  might  be  (iich  Princes,  was 
I  *  it  fitting  that  Part  of  the  Government,  which  is 
I  '  fo  neceliarv  to  their  Concurrence,  (hould  be  un- 
i  *  der  fuch  Terms  for  their  Lives,  that  they  dare 

'  not  Oppofe  them  with  Vigour,  nor  Aft    becaufc 

*  they  lye   under    Shackles  ?     That  the    Lords 

*  would  do  what  is  juft ,  tho'  this  Claufe 
,  •  fhould  not  pafs,  but  they  would  be  loath  that 
I        *  thcle  Lords  that  are  eminent  for  their  Pubtick 

'  Service,    (hould  be   eminent  for  their  Suftering 
?for  it. 
I  t  That  in  the  Cafe  of  Impeachmeni*,  which  are 


304 

A.  C 
1691. 


The  ReigH  of  King 

the  Groans  of  the  People,  and  for  the  highcft 
Crimes,  and  carry  with  them  a  greater  (uppQ&- 
tion  of  Guilt,  than  any  other  Acculation,  tbere 
all  Lords  muft  Judge,  but  when  there  comes  a 

firiirate  Profecution,  which  may  proceed  fircMxi  the 
nfiuence  of  particular  Men,  then  the  Lord  lyes 
under  the  hard(hip  of  being  try'd  by  a  few  Pccn 
chofen  to  try  him,  when  all  the  People  vmj 
Sigh  and  Wifli  for  him,  but  luch  a  Claufe  wouU 
do  him  more  good.  That  (uppoie  an  ill  Mini- 
fter  (hould  apprehend  an  Impeachment  in  Parlia- 
ment, what  manner  of  way  could  that  Man  hope 
better  to  come  off  by,  than  by  being  try'd  be- 
fore  a  Parliament  Sits,  where  his  Judges  may  be 
cholen  fo  panially  as  he  (hall  come  off,  and  k 
(hall  be  (aid  no  Man  can  legally  undergo  two 
Trials  for  the  (ame  Offence? 

*  That  this  way  of  Trial  was  not  ancienter  tbaa 
Henry  VIII.  and  that  it  was  introduce  then  to 
take  off  tho(c  that  he  did  not  h'ke ;  that  in  his 

time  the  Duke  o{  Bucl^s  was  taken  off  in  this  man- 
ner by  Cardinal  iVoolfcly^  and  Anne  of  Buifcn^ 
was  condemned  by  her  own  Father,  and  afterwards 
a  Party  was  chofen  to  condemn  the  Duke  of  Sf- 
merfef,  and  the  Duke  of  Nonbumheriand^  that  the 
Cafe  of  the  E.  of  H— •«  no  good  Cafe,  nor  truly 
reported,  for  the  Parliament  Rolls,  2  Richard  ^ 
mention  his  being  beheaded  by  the  Rabble  in 
EJfex. 

*  That  this  Clau(c  did  not  alter  the  Conftitution 
any  more,  than  as  in  (bme  Senfe,  every  new  Law 
may  be  (aid  to  alter^the  Conftitution ;  and  if  the 
Commons  (ay  it  is  alter'd,  becaufe  formerly  it  was 
by  a  Seled  Number,  and  now  all  muft  appear, 
that  did  not  (eem  to  alter  the  Conftitution,  for 
the  High-Steward  might  Summon  them  all ;  that 
the  Lord  High  Steward  formerly  Summoned  the 
Court,  and  he  Summons  it  flill :  that  the  Na- 
ture of  the  Court  was  not  alter'a  by  the  Mag/j 
or  Minus ^  any  more  than  the  King^s  Bench  ceales 
to  be  the  (ame  Court,  when  there  are  three  or 

*6>ur]udges  init^ 

!Th« 


^       VI  ILL  \  AM  the  ThirJ.  joy 

*  That  tho' this  Claufc  did  not  (as  was  fiid)  pur-   A.  G 

•  file    the    ends  of  the  Bill,   yet    cither  Houle    itfni. 
^  has  a  Power  of  adding  what   they  think  may  i^^^y^ 

*  make  it  better  ;  and  tho'  this  was  of  a  different 


Nature,  there  had  been  inftances  of  additions  of 


effary  as  any  part 
were  not  well  (aiisfied,  when  the  Commiflions 
of  the  Judges  ran  durante  bene  flacito^  and  could 
it  be  thought  feaibnablc^  that  the  Lords,  who  are 
the  Supream  Judicature,  fliould  not  (lay  in  their 
Lives  Q^^m  diu  fe  bene  gejferint  ?  That  tho'  the 
King  did  now  appoint  the  Sherijis,  it  was  not 
always  fo  ;  and  fince  the  Crown  has  made  them, 
the  Commons  have  this  Security,  that  they  may 
Challenge  Thirty  Five  of  the  Fannel  perempto* 
rilv,  and  all  the  reft  for  Caufe.  But  that  the 
Judges  and  Sheriffs  are  made  before  the  Crime 
committed,  ib  that  it  is.  impoflible  for  the  Judges 
or  Sheriffs  to  have  Prejudice  againft  any  Man, 
but  the  Lord  High  Steward  is  appointed  after 
they  know  the  Prifoner,  andhefhall  be  ti-yy  ac- 
cording to  the  humour  of  the  times  they  are  in ; 
there  may  be  Lords  inclin'd  one  way  or '  pther^ 
but  in  this  place  there  is^  a  ftrong  thing  joined 
with  this  PaiTion,  which  is,  making  their  owti 
Fortunes  by.lerving  the  prefent times.  Th^t  Gncc 
the  Trial  of  the  Peers  in  time  of  Parliament 
muft  be  by  the  whole  Houfe,  where  was  the  in- 
conveniency  that  at  all  times  they  (hduld  be  try- 
ed  as  in  Parliament  ?  That  'twas  a  little  favour 
^he  Lords  ask'd  in  this  Clau(e, '  confidering  the 
Priyiledge  of  Parliament  for  Three  Years  laltpaft 
had  always  been  fiibfifting,  and  was  likely  to- 
continue  K>  during  this  War;  (b  that  the  pb]e6^i- 
on  was  taken  away  as  to  the  prefent  Govern- 
ment ;  for  they  would  have  the  advantage  of  a 
Parliamentary  Trial,  and  pjoffibly  in  time  to 
cone,  there  might  be  an  Inquifirion  for  what  wai 
done  now,  and  it  would  be  well  to  have  the  fair- 
eft  Way  of  Proceeding  in  that  Marter.  That 
in  the  Cafe  of  the  Lord  De.'amere^  there  were  te- 

X  X  '  ver-il 


30* 

A.   C. 


t%e  Reign  t^King 

vtral  Lords  theti  in  Town,  and  tkeirc  w^re  a  great 
many  oi  thefe  Lords  not  chofen,  and  'tis  a  greaief 
QucRion,  whether  that  noble  Lord  had  come  off 
as  he  did,  it  he  had  not  receiv'd  luch  Notice 
from  the  Grand  Jury,  and  every  thing  had  not 
been  made  out  fo  plain.  That  the  Argument  u- 
ftd  by  ^)^t  Managers,  that  they  would  not  allow 
any  thing  that  tends  to  an  Impunity  was  a  large 
Affertion,  and  ought  to  be  an  Argument  againft 
the  Bill,  becaufe  it  might  happen,  that  by  giving 
a  Copy  of  the  Indiftment  and  Witneffcs  being 
upon  their  Oaths,  a  Guilty  Man  might  efcape, 
and  then  he  had  an  Impunity,  tho'  this  was  not 
intended ,  that  all  that  could  be  done  in  thefe  Cafes, 
wa«  to  put  in  filch  realonable  Caution,  and 
as  far  as  the  Bill  could  provide  for.  That  this 
Claufe  could  not  extend  to  the  Bifhops,  for  it  re- 
lated only  to  Trials  out  of  Parliament ;  and  they 
are  only  Peers  in  Parliament,  where  they  may 
take  their  Priviledge  to  hear,  and  then  go  out  a- 
gain,  and  do  not  Vote  in  Blood ;  and  by  the  word 
jfPeers^  it  muft  be  underftood  of  (iich  Peers  only 
as  are  Peers  in  rcfpeft  of  their  Biood.  That  thi 
Lords  Were  of  Opinion  Seven  Peers  were  fuflBci- 
ent  to  condemn  a  Peer,  but  this  made  no  altera- 
tion in  the  Argument,  for  there  is  not  much 
more  difficulty  in  getting  Twelve  than  Seven ; 
indeed,  there  might  be  a  greater  diftcrcnce,  where 
a  Crown  or  Government  was  not  concerned. 
That  the  excellency  of  a  Jury  is  that  they  are  taken 
ExVtcinitate,  what  is  the  Reafbn  of  this  ^  Why, 
in  Cafe  of  falfe  Witneffes,  it  is  his  Neighbour  that 
is  to  fave  the  Man.  But  what  Security  have  the 
Lords,  when  the  Lords  are  pickt  out  to  try 
them,  who  are  not  of  their  Acquaintance,  and 
the  Lords,  that  know  the  whole  Coorfe  of  their 
Lives  to  be  contrary  to  what  is  fwom  againft 
them,  (hall  not  be  chofl^n  ?  That  it  is  implied  in 
the  Commiflion  of  the  Lord  High  Steward,  that 
all  the  Peers  fhould  be  fummon'd,  for  by  the 
Coromiflion  all  the  Pecr#  of  the  Realm  are  ccnm- 
oianded  to  attend  him  an4  be  obedient  to  him,  fo 

rfaac 


William  the  thirj.  307 

^  that  the  King  does  hdt  ortiy  give  Liberty,  but  A.   C. 
*  feems  to  command  k.  1691- 

*  The  Managers  of  the  Commons  by  way  of 
•Reply,  fiid.  That  this    Cbufe  woiild  alter  the 

*  Conftinuion  of  this  Court,   and  thereby  a  very 

*  confiderable  part  of  the  Conftitution  of^the  Go- 

*  vernment  ana  thar  for  the  worfe.    That  'tis  not  to 

*  be  granted,  that  any  new  Law  does  alter  the  Con* 

*  ftitutibn.    That  a  new  Law    may    be  made  to 

*  ftrengrhen  or  reftore  the  Confticution  againft  A- 
'bufes,  it  may  be  declaratory,  it  may  afcertain 
'things,  that  were  left  to   reafonable    Difcretion, 

*  which  are  the  Circumftances  and  Accidents,  and 

*  notwithftandjpg  (iich  new  Laws,  the  fiibftance  of 

*  the  Cotlftltwflbn  remains  the  fimc.   That  fb  by  this 

*  Bill  the  Perfon  indiiled  was  td  have  a  Copy  ot 

*  his  Indiftment  Ten  Daj^s  before  he  fliould  Plead ; 

*  whereas  now  by  the  Common  Law  he  was  to 

*  have  the  Indiftment  read  to  him  as  often  as  he 

*  rie^ds,  and  to  have  Copies  of  (b  much  of  it,  as  he 

*  harh  occafion  to  ufe,  and  reafonable  time  to  PleadL 

*  That  by  this  Bill  he  was  to  have  his  Witneffes 

*  Sworn,  which  in  feme  Learned  Men's  Opinion  Was 

*  the  Law  before,  however  it  was  but  a  Circuth- 

*  ftancc  added  to  the  Teftimony.    That  likewife  by 

*  this  Bill  he  was  to  have  a  Copy  of  the  Pannel 

*  before  the  Tryal,  whereas  by  the   0)Urre  ufed 
^  now  he  hath  a  Copy  a  reafonable  time  before. 

*  And  that  by  the  Law  now  he  is  to  have  a  reafoti- 
*ablc  time  to  prepare  for  his  Trial,  which  time 

*  this  Bill  afcertain'd  to  a  Number  of  days.    But 

*  the  Commons  urg'd,  that  the  alteration  by  thd 

*  Claufe  in  Queflion,  was  in  a  moft  fubftantial  part, 

*  and   which  highly  affefted  the  Conftitution  of 

*  the  Government. 

*That  if  a  likeOaufe  were  brought  in,  thate* 

*  vci*y  Commoner  fhould  be  try'd  by  all  the  Free- 

*  liolders  of  the    County   that  would  appear,  (ot 

*  fiich  of  them  as  they  fliould  depute)  it  could  not 

*  be  well  deny'd,  that  this  were  a  cnange  to  the 

*  Cortftifution  of  the  Government.    That  ic  might 

*  as  well  be  faid,  that  it  is  not  any  altering  of  rhe 

*  Cottliituition  ta  dif  eft  the  Crown  of  the  Power 

X  X  X  of 


-sioS  Th^  Rcigtt  of  King 

A.   C.  *  of  making  Judges  in  Courts  of  Law  and  Equity^ 
1691.   *  and  other  Courts,  of  making  Juftices  of  the  reace 

*  or  other  Officers.    That  it  was  granted  in  Par- 

*  lianjent  z8.  Edx9, 1,  that  the  Feoplc  of  any  Coun- 

*  ty  fhould  chu(e  the  Sheriffs,  but  therewjjon  enfued 

*  (uch  Fadlioris,  Confufions  and  Mifchiefs  in  the 

*  Country,  that  by  the  dclire  of  the  People  in  Par- 

*  Hatrient,  i .  Edw.  II.  the  Power  of  making  Sherifl& 

*  was  fettled  in  the  Crown.    That  tho'  the  High 

*  Steward  be  faid  to  be  the  Court,  yet  the  Peers  Tri- 

*  ers  are  lb  ncceffary  a  part  of  tbe  Court,  that  the 

*  convi&ion  or  acquital  depends  entirely  on  them, 

*  and  therefore  not  only  the  Number  of  Triers,  but 

*  the  Nature  of  the  Court  might  be  properly  af- 

*  firm'd  to  be  altered  by  this  Clr|^^.    That  the 

*  Commons  were  furpriz'd  when  they  heard  it  al- 

*  ledg'd,  that  this  Court  and  courfe  of  Trial  was 

*  firlt  introduced  in  Henry  VIII's  time,  by  Cardi- 

*  nal  TVoolfey^  in  the  Cafe  of  the  Duke  of  Buckf^ 

*  and  that  ail  Trials  of  Peers  before  were  in  Par- 

*  liamenr.    That  the  Statute  made  i  y.  Edmrdlll. 
•manifeftly  proves  the   contrary,  it  ordain'd  that 

*  Peers  fliould  be  tried  by  the  Peers  in  Parliament, 

*  but  provides,  that  if  any  Peer  fliouId  choofe  to 

*  be  try'd  elfewhere  than  in  Parliament,  he  might- 

*  That  indeed,  the  Statute  was  repealed,  17.  Edw, 

*  III.  (becaufe  it  was  Co  injurious  to  the  Preroga- 

*  tive)  but  yet  it  fhews  there  was  then  fuch  a  Court 

*  and  courfe  of  Trial  as  this,  out^  of  Parliament, 

*  for  they  could  not  in  Edw.  Ill's  time  divine  that 
'  there  fliould  be  (iich  a  new  Court,  and  manner 

*  of  Trial  erecSted  in  Henry  VIlFs  time.    That  the 

*  Trial  of  the  Earl  of  H— .    Henry  IV.   reported 

*  in  the  Year  Books,  is  no  more  to  be  queftion'd, 

*  than  any  other  Cafe  there,  and  it  is  cited  as  Au- 

*  thentick  by  Stampford  in  his  learn 'd  Treatife  of 

*  the  Pleas  of  the  Crown  ;  and  his  Opinion  alio 
«  18,  that  this  way  of  Trial  was  meant  in  thej«- 
'  dUium  Pariufh^  mentioned  in  Magna  Charta^  and 
^  Stampford  is  of  greater  Authority  in  this  behalf, 
'  for  thnt  he  Was  Cotemporary  to  the  Reign   of 

*  fTfwrr  VlII.  and  could  not  have  been  unacquaint- 

*  led  with  this  laaoyation,  if  iuch  there  had  been 

macU 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  309 

made  in  that  time.    That  the  very  Claufe  now    A.  C 
in  Queftion,  did  affirm  the  Legality  of  this  way    1692. 
of  Trial,  for  it  diftinguiflies  Treafons>  which  cor- 
rupt the  Blood  from  others,  and  left  all  other 
Treafons  and  all  Felony  to  be  try'd  by  Peers, 
(iimmon'd  by  the  High  Steward,  as  was  now  us'd ; 
which  fliew'dtoo,  that  there  was  no  great  danger 
apprehended  to  the  Peers  from  this  kind  of  Trial. 
That  the  Commons  did  not  admit  that  a  Peer 
can  be  convifted  by  Seven  Peers  ;^  that  there  muft 
be  Twelve  at  leaft  to  concur  in  the  Verdift; 
that  it  is  not  only  faid  by  my  Lord  Coolji^  but 
the  Law  is,  That  no  Man  Jh.ill  fuffer  cafitnlly  at 
fhe  Kjn^s  Suity  unlejs  bis  Offence  be  found  by  Tmnty 
Four  at  leaft ^  that  is  Twelve  to  find  the  IndiSbnent^ 
and    Twelve   to  f^ive  the    Verditi,     That  Twelve 
Peers  muft  agree    in  the  Verdi6t  was    refolv'd 
in  the, Lord  Dacreis  Cafe,  26.  Hewy  VIW.  which 
is  remembred  in  Moor*$  Reports,    And  that  the 
Cafe  of  ever^  Peer  that  has  been  convided,  is 
a  Proof  of  this,  for  it  cannot  be  (hewn  that  eVcr 
any  Peer  was  convi<5led  by  fewer  than  Twelve. 
That  this  Duodccim  Virile  Judicium  ("fometime  ia 
ufe  in  Foreign  Countries)  was  always  approved 
and  eftabli(h  d  by  the  Law  of  England^  and  un- 
derftood  to  be  that  Authority,  to  wbxh  the  de- 
termination of  contefted  Fa6ks  is  entrufted. 
'  And   therefore  in  all  other  Commillions  and. 
Precepts,  as  well  as  thofe  of  the  High  Steward*, 
wherein   the  Commiilion  is  in  general  Words, 
(yit.)  To  Return  or  Summon,  tot  &  tales ^  fucn 
ana  ib  many  Perfons,  b^  whom  the  Truth  of  the 
Matter  may  be  tried,  it  is  to  be  an(wer'd  and[ 
performed    by  the^  bringing  of  Twelve  Perfons'^' 
who  are  to  agree  in  the  determining  of  the  Mat- 
tcr  requird  of.    And  as  to  that  Claiife,  which 
requires  all  Peers  to  be  attending,  it   is  but  a 
Claufe  of  the  feme  Form  and  Nature,  as  in  the 
Commiifions  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  anjj^other  Com- 
roifCons,  and  imports  no  more  thin  that  all  Per- 
fons (hould-  attend,  thae  are  rccjuir  d  to  do  fo  bj^. 
Law,  and  it  can  no  more  be  inferred  from  thelc 
Words,  that  the  High  Steward  is  to  (iimmonall 
^'  "-'^  Xx  3  the. 


A.   C. 

1691. 


the  Beign  of  Kittg 

the  Pecn,  than  from  the  like  words  in  other  Coiq- 
mifConSi  that  all  Freeholders  are  to  be  ^zq- 
moned. 
*  That  It  is  the  common  Notion  of  our  Law, 
that  no  Man  fliall  be  convi£led  of  a  Crime,  buf 
by  the  unanimous  Judgment  of  Twelve  unexcep- 
tionable Perfons  (ummon'd  by  the  King's  Officer  j 
that  the  Commons  have  Liberty  of  challengine, 
becaule  that  fear  or  corruption,  or  other  Caute 
of  Partiality,  may  be  fupposd  among  them  That 
the  Lords  nave  no  Challenge,  but  all  Peers  are 
efteem'd  unexceptionable,  because  nothing  fo 
mean  and  difhonourable  is  to  be  preiumVl  a- 
mong  them.  That  their  Lordfhips  Anccfton 
chofe  to  diftinguifh  themfelves  from  their  Infe- 
riors, and  always  claimed  and  enioy'd  a  Privi- 
ledge  to  be  entrufted  otherwife  than  the  Com- 
mons are  (vi^.)  They  are  upon  Honour,  not  upon 
Oath.  Arc  not  changeable ;  ^e  their  Verdift 
Sendtim ;  may  have  more  than  Twelve  on  a  Tri- 
aK  and  have  claim  d  a  Liberty  to  Eut  and  Drink 
before  their  Verd  id,  and  they  uft'd  to  value  thera- 
felves  upon  thefe  things,  as  Dignities  and  Privi- 
ledgcs.  That  now  the  Commons  that  are  forbid 
to  (peak  otherwife  of  the  prefent  Peers  than  of 
their  Anceftors,  are  to  be  excuftd,  if  they  think 
no  otherwife  of  them. 

'  Moreover,  the  Commons  obferv'd,  that  what 
their  Lordfhips  had  alledged  concerning  the  in- 
conveniencies  or  abufes,  that  had  bc^en  or  might 
be  in  this  way  of  Trial,  was  grounded  upon  un- 
due Suppofitions  concerning  the  Peers,  or  upon 
Miftakes,  and  not  warranted  by  Experience. 
They  (aid,  they  thought  it  a  fl  range  and  foreign 
Suppofition,  that  a  great  and  guilty  Minlfler, 
finding  himfelf  liable  to  an  Impeacnmetu  next 
Selfion  of  Parliament,  fhould  by  his  Power  pro- 
cure himfeif  to  be  tried  and  acquitted  by  an  In* 
quefl  of  Peers,  on  purpofe  by  zrltz  o(  Autre-fairs 
to  prevent  a  Second,  and  ?ruc  Examination  of 
his  Crimes  ;  for  he  muft  firft  be  Indi<Sted  of  the 
Treafon,  and  then  run  a  hazard,  whether  his 
Power  will  be  and  continue  fufficient  to  oblij 


» 
k 


f . 


WILLIAM  thethinf.  jn 

fo  many  Peers  to  acquit  him  by  an  untrue  Ver-  A.  C. 
diA.  That  there  is  no  Example  in  this  kind,  i6^%, 
fand  if  fuch  an  unheard  of  Proceeding  (hould  ever 
happen,  it  islefcto  confideration,  whether  a  Par- 
liament could  not  vindicate  a  Kingdom  againft 
fb  grofs  and  fraudulent  a  G>ntrivance,  Befides, 
chat  the  Court  as  it  was  order'd  by  this  Claufe 
would  Ix  no  lefs  liable  to  fuch  abu(e.  That  their 
Lordfhips  did  not  aliign  any  fufficient  Inftances. 
of  any  injuftice  in  this  Court,  and  perhaps  this 
Court  has  continued  the  moft  unblemimd  in  point 
of  Juftice  pf  any  Court  whatfoever ;  That  in  the 
few  Trials,  which  have  been  there  for  Treafon. 
there  have  been  two  acguitals,  {vi:{.)  Qf  the  Lora 
bacres^  and  the  Duke  ot  Somcrfet^  befidcs  that  of 
the  Lord  Delarnere,  That  the  Duke  of  Northumber'* 
iamfs  Crime  was  notorious,  he  having  been  in 
open  Rebellion  againft  Qiiecn  Mary.  That  if  the 
Earl  of  PViltJhiro  had  been  forced  ta  fit  on  the 
Trial  of  his  Daughter  Anns  Bullen^  it  (eems  to 
fhcwa  greater  fairnefs,  and  if  the  Court  had  been 
conflitutcd  according  to  this  Claiife,  he  muft 
have  been  (ummon  q,  and  if  the  Trial  had  been 
in  Parliament,  he  (as  well  as  all  other  Peers)  had 


been  oblig'd  to  come.  But  that  the  Tradition  a- 
bout  that  Matter  was  re6liHed  by  the  Difcovery 
made  by  a  Reverend  Prelate  in  his  Hiftory  of 
the  Remrmacion  (a  Book  approved  of  by  their 
Lorfhips}  where  it  is  made  appear  that  that  Earl 
did  not  fit  upon  the  Trial  ot  the  Queen,  That 
if  all  Power  muft  be  abolifh'd,  whidi  ispolCble 
to  be  abus'd,  there  muft  be  no  Power  left  to  the 
King,  or  Lords,  or  Commons,  and  perhaps  there 
were  none  harder  Cafes  to  be  found,  tHan,  thofe, 
wherein  all  three  have  concurred,  of  whichv  the 
Attainting  Cromwell  Earl  of  E(fcx^  without  fufferr 
ing  him  to  come  from  the  Tower  to  be  heard, 
is  an  Inftance.  That  if  any  Inquifition  might  be 
made  into  what  is  now  doing,  'twere  better  to  lay 
afide  the  Claule,  that  no  Body  might  have  any 
Dependancc,  but  upon  the  fafety  or  the  preicnt 
Oovenuncnt. 

X  X  4  I  That 


Jit 

1691. 


/ 


The  Reig9t  of  King 

*  T^hat  the  High  Steward  is  madc^r^  hoc  Vke^^  or 
after  the  Crime  is  no  flngular  thing ;  for  the  Juftice^ 
of  Oyer  and  Terminer^  and  of  Goal  Delivery  are 
made  fb  twice  a  Year  oi^ofcner,  and  all  hold  all 
their  places  during  the  King's  Pleafure.  That  nor- 
witbftanding  this  Claufe  the  High  Steward  is  ftiU 
to  be  appointed  by  the  King  In  the  lame  manner 
as  before,  and  in  all  Treasons,  (but  thole  men- 
tioned^ and  in  all  Felonies,  he  continues  to  have 
tfie  iame  Power  of  trying  a  Peer,  by  an  Inqueft 
of  Peers,  fammotfd  by  his  Precept,  as  is  now 
uled,  by  which  alone  the  Lives  and  Fortunes  of 
the  Peers  will  remain  exposed  to  as  much  dan- 
ger, as  they  were  (if  any  there  were)  before  this 
Bill.  The  Commons  acknowledj^ed  they  had 
known,  that  when  a  Peer  hath  ftood  Inai<fted, 
fitting  a  Parliament,  the  Indifbment  hath  been 
by  the  King's  Writ  of  Certiorari  removed  into  the 
Houfc  of  Peers,  there  to  be  try'd  by  all  Peers, 
but  they  did  not  know  that  of  neceflity  that  muft 
be  done,  or  that  fixCh  Peer  might  not  then  be 
try'd  in  the  Ordinary  Court,  and  it  would  be  high- 
ly inconvenient  in  Ca(c  of  loqg  Parliaments,  if 
it  might  not  be  fo.  But  that  is  no.  concluding  Ar- 
gument,  that  becaufe  there  is  this  extraordinary 
way  of  Tryal,  therefore  the  ordinary  (hould  ble 
taken  away. 

*  That  there  Is  alfe  another  way  of  Trial,  which 
in  other  capital  Offences  concerns  the  Peers  too, 
that  is,'  bjr  a  Jury  of  Freeholders,  which  their 
Lordfhips  in  this  debate  did  commend,  becaufe 
thofe  Freeholders  were  of  the  Viclnage^and  the  Pri- 
foner  might  Challenge  Thirty  Five  without  caufe, 
and  by  this  the  Peers  as  well  as  Commons  arc 
to  be  try'd  in  an  Appeal  of  Rape,  Murther,  or 
other  Felony ;  "but  it  was  fiippofed  their  Lord* 
(hips  woulcl  not  allow  ic  to  be  a  good  Argu- 
ment, that  therefore  they  (hould  be  order'd  to 
be  try'd  (b  in  Trealbn  and  Indiftments  ofTrca- 
Ibn,  but  they  held  it  a  Priviledge  to  be  try'd  in 
(uch  Cafes  by  their  Peers  in  the  manner  now^ 
^(ed. 


•  That 


WILLI  AM  the  tkirl  315 

*  That  the  Method  o£  Tri?il  appointed  by  this  A.  C 
^Claufe  was  worfe  than  this  now  in  being,  and  it  169^, 
*had  nothing  of  the  Nature  or  Virtue  of  a  Trial  v^^^-v^ 
^  in  Parliament ;  for  the  Lords  Hpule  hath  Pow- 
er to  fend  for  and  caufc  all  the  Peers  to  come,  (  as 
they  did  upon  the  Trial  of  the  late  Lord  Stafford) 
but  to  this  intended  Court  none  are  to  come,  but 
(iich  as  voluntarily  will,  nor  is  it  reouired,  that 
there  fhould  be  Twelve,  or  any  certain  Number,  if 
but  Two  or  Three  appear  it  is  enough,and  proba- 
bly none  would  come  but  the  Complices  and  Abet- 
tors, and  Favourers,  and  Friends,  and  Relations 
of  the  Party;  nor  is  it  poflible  to  bring  together 
all  the  Peers  there,  a?  in  Parliament  j  for  in  Parlia- 
ment the  Houfe  of  Peers  may  appoint  or  adjourn 
the  Proceeding  at,  or  to  any  time  or  times,  and  as 
often  as  they  think  fit  till  theHoulebe  fulK  bi^c 
the  Proceeding  in  this  Court  before  the  High  Ste- 
ward is  the  Work  but  of  one  Day. 

•  In  the  laft  place  the  Commons  replied  ;  That 
they,  did  not  find  reafbn  topafs  this  Clau^  from 
what  was  fo  much  prefled  by  their  Lordfliips,  W;f. 
Thdf  flje  Claufe  did  provide  fuqh  defence  for  the 
feers^  as  would  encourage  them  to  adventure  to  join 
boldly  with  the  Commons  in  ajferting  the publicl^Liber" 
ties.  For  the  Commons  did  not  find,  that  by  the 
prelent  Conftitution  the  Lives  and  Fortunes  of  In- 
nocent Peers  were  (  as  their  Lordfliips  intimated,) 
exposed  to  the  WUl  of  a  great  and  malicious  Mi- 
nifter ;  and  if  they  were,  thev  did  not  fee,  th^t 
they  would  be  Protected  by  thb  Provifion,  fince 
it  extended  but  to  Ibme  Treafbn,  anc)  to  no  Felo- 
nies, and  might  (ay,  It  did  not  defervd  the  name  of 
Adventure  for  tUir  Lordjhips  to  aB  only  iipon  Terms  of 
perfect  Safety,  And  on  the  other  Hand,  the  Com- 
mons apprehended  it  would  afford  too  creat  a  pro(^ 
ped  of  Safety  to  guilty  Peers,  and  might  embolden 
theni  to  attempt  againft  the  Crown  or  publick  Li- 
berties. 

'The  Commons  acknowledged,  that thefe were 
good  times,and  if  they  were  unquiet  or  unfafe^  'twas 

in  relauon  to  the  Crown,  and  not  to  the  Peers,  the 
'eeragewas  in  no  danger;  the  Peers  had  Power 

^*  enough. 


\ 


314  ^'-'^  Rergn  of  King 

A.  C.   'enough,  and  the  Crown  had  not  too  much,  nor 
%6^x.    '  ought  to  be  rendered  lefs  (afe ;  therefore  the  Com- 
\pXVV-^  *nions  would  infift  upon  the  old  ways,  keep  the 

*  Ballance  of  the  Government  as  they  found  it,  and 

*  not  change  the  Laws   of    £wW4W,    which    had 

*  hitherto  been  and  ufid  approved. 

This  Conference  occafion'd  great  Debates  in  both 
Houfes,  and  was  foUow'd  by  three  other  free  Coa- 
ferences,  the  Refult  of  all  which  was,  that  the 
Lords  inGfted  upon  their  Claufe,  and  that  the  Conv 
mons  adhered  to  their  Dif  grecment  of  it. 

Befides  this  Difpute  between  the  two  Houfes  of 
Parliament ,  feveral  other  Affairs  contributed  to 
draw  this  Sellion  into  length,  and  to  divert  the  At- 
tention of  the  Commons  from  their  main  Bufinefs, 
the  Supplies.  The  confideration  of  the  Monies 
due  to  the  Orphans  of  the  City  of  London^  and  the 
Bill  brought  in  for  their  Relief,  took  up  a  great  deal 
of  time  \  as  did  aUo  the  Additional  BiHfor  cppoiming 
and  enabling  the  Ccrtmiijfiohsrs  to  examine^  take  and 
^  ftnte  the  fublick.  Accounts  of  the  KJngdomy  which  ha- 

•  y "*  '?'  ^'"8  pafi'd  the  Lower  Houfe,  was  fent  up  to  the 
^bipluk^?^^  for  their  Concurrence ;  but  the  Lords  ha- 
^jSicowu^  vmg  made  Ibme  Amendments  to  it,  which  the 
ua  Commons  did  not  relifh,  the  Bill  was  thereupoa 

*  lofb.  . 

The  Rewards  which  the  Court  diftributed  to  the 
VVitnefles  of  real  Plots,  encouraged  one  iVillianL 
Fuller^  an  illiterate  mean  Fellow,  at  this  time  a  Pri- 
fbncr  in  the  ^iWj-Brwc/>-Goal,  to  fet  up  for  an  Evi- 
dence \  though  he  had  nothing  to  (iipport  his  pre- 
tended Difcoveries  but  a  great  deal  or  Impudence. 
The  Con^iracy  of  the  PapifVs  in  Lnncajhirexo  raife 
a  Rebellion  in  the  Kingdom,  in  orderto  reinthmne 
the  late  King  James ^  was  atteftcd  by  (everai  Win 
nefles.  which  the  Jacobites  were  (b  dextrous  as  to 
take  off  either  by  feir  or  violent  means ;  but  never- 
,thelefs  their  finifter  Defigns  being  confirm'd  by  the 
Papers  taken  with  the  Lord  Prefton^  and  ftveral  o- 
ther  Circumftances,  which  amounted  to  a  moral 
Demonftration,  Ibme  Perlbns  of  Note  were  ftiz'd^ 
and  fcarch  made  after  others;  which  brought  the 
Bufmcfsto  beexamin'd  before  the  Commons.    A- 

moog 


W  \  LLl  AM  the  nir^.  31^ 

mong  the  reft  Fuller  was  brought  to  their  Bar,  where   A.   C, 
he  produced  feveral  Papers,  which  were  perus'd  by    16^2^ 
theHoufe,  and,  according  to  his  Prayer   it  was  Re-  Onrsj 
Iblv'd,  *  That  an  Application  be  made  to  His  Ma- William 
jefty.  that  he  would  pleafe  to  give  to  Mr  Fuller  z^ulkt^t 
Blank  Pafi  for  two  Perlbns,  for  their  (afe  coming  ^''f '^«^^^ 
from  beyond  Sea,  or  any  other  Place,  hither,   tof^j.^^^'">' 
give  their  Evidence ;  for  their  Prote£lion  while  they  ^J***'  ^ 
were  here,  and  for  their  fife  return,  if  defired.     A- 
bout  fix  \^'eeks  after  Fuller  was  ordered  to  attend  ' 

the  Houle  of  Commons,  with  the  Perfons  men- 
tion'd  by  him ;  but  he  Counterfeiting  being  fick  and 
not  able  to  come  abroad,  leveral  Members  were  i±r  u 
inmiediately  ordered  to  repair  to  him,to  fecure  hisPa-  ** 

BTs  and  to  take  his  Information  uponOath.Thc  next 
ay  Fullers  Examination  was  prefented  to  theHoufe 
and  read,  and  he  mentioning  Mr.  y^wiwH^yw,  and 
Colonel  Thomns  Delaval  to  be  the  two  Witnefles  he 
informed  the  Houfe  of,  feveral  Members,  attead^ 
by  Meffengers,  were  or^er'd  to  go  to  the  Places  di- 
Tc£tcd  by  Fuller,  and  bring  the  (aid  Perfons  with 
them.  Thefe  Members  executed  their  Meffagc, 
but  found  no  (iich  Perfons  as  had  been  defcribed  to 
them :  whereupon  Fuller  was  order'd  to  produce 
them  himielf,  and  alfo  one  Mr.  Jones,  which  he  not 
being  able  to  do,  the  Commons  unanimoufly  de- 
clared, ri^r  William  YxAltr  wns  n  notorious  Impoftor^f^* 'f  «k* 
A  Cheat,  and  afalfe  Accufer,  /javing  Scandali:(d  their^^^^^^  an 
AUjcJiies  and  their  Government^  abused  that  Hou/e,  and^^^9 
falfiy  accused  feveral  Perfons  of  Hononr  and  Quality,     ^  *^" 

And  Refolv'd,  That  ^n-Addrefi  be  presented  to 

his  Majefty  to  command  his  Attorney  General  to 

profecutc  the  faid  Impoftor.    Fuller  was  acitording- 

\y  profecuted,  and  fentenccd  toftand  in  the  Pillory: ^.     ., 

which  Ignominy  he  underwent  with  a  brazen  Un-^/^^ 

concernment. 

On  the  6th  Off  January  the  Houfe  of  Commons, 
bayjnff  confidcr'd  of  the  Suppliea  to  be  granted  to 
their  Majcfties,  prder'd  that  a  panicular  Sate  of  the^  filttl 


tftiMS 


Majefty' 

Kijonth  a  Committer  vas  appointed  to  receive  Pro^ 

poj&ls 


5x6  The  Refgn  of  King 

A.  C.  po(ils  for  raifing  a  Sum  of  Money  towards  carrying 
\6qx.  *  ^^  ^  ^^^"^  agamft  France Axpon  a  Fund  of  pcrpetu  J 
Intereft  j  and  three  Days afterit  was  relblv'd,  TTiat 
towards  tiye  makjrig  good  the  Sums  of  Monty  intrnded 
to  be  given  by  an  Ad  made  in  the  Second  Tear  of  their 
Majcfties  !{eign^  for  granting  ftveral  Additional  Dm. 
ties  of  Excile  upon  Beer,  Ale  and  other  Liquors, 
for  four  Years,  (  from  the  time  that  an  Adt  for  dou- 
bling the  Excift  for  one  Year  did  expire  )  the  Ad- 
ditional Duties  granted  by  the  ftid  Aft  be  continued 
till  the  17th  Day  of  May  1697.  for  theu^es  in  the 
iaid  Aft  mentioned. 

TTic  Commons  having  examin'd  the  Papers  rela- 
tinfi  to  the  Revenue  and  Civil  Lift,  rejpeated  the 
FfSTax  Retolution  they  had  taken  on  the  i  xth  or  December, 
grsntedf  concerning  the  Salaries,  Fees  and  Perguifites  of  aU 
t Jan.  If  Offices  under  the  Crown ;  and  t  refolv'd  likewife. 
That  all  Penfions  granted  by  the  Crown,  except 
Penfions  payable  to  the  Queen  Dowager  and  the 
Princefs  Anne  of  Denmark,  and  fuch  other  Penfions 
as  flbould  be  excepted  by  the  Houle,  be  applied  to- 
wards the  carrying  on  the  War  \  and  that  towards 
raifing  the  Supplies  for  the  fame  purpofes,  a  Tax 
by  a  Quarterly  Poll  be  granted  to  their  Majefties.  By 
the  Bill  which  was  brought  In  according  tothislaft 
Refolution,  all  Perfons  (except  fiich  as  receiV'd 
Alms  of  the  Parifh,  poor  Houfe  keepers  and  their 
Children  )  were  to  pay  Twelve  Pence  Quarterly 
for  one  Year ;  All  Trades-men  and  Artifieers,having 
and  Eftate  of  the  clear  value  of  300  /.  and  upwards. 
Ten  Shillings  ;  all  Gentlemen  or  repuoed  Gjentle- 
men,  having  an  Eftate  of  jao/.  or  rabr^,  ai  idfo 
all  Clergymen  and  Teachers,  who  had  anyEcclefi- 
aftical  Benefice  or  Contribution,  to  the  value  of 
80/.  fer  Annum^  or  upwards,  Twenty  Shillings  ; 
every  Lord  of  Parliament,  either  Spiritual  or  Tem- 
poral, the  Sum  of  Ten  Pounds ;  and  all  Perfons^ 
who  fliould  refufc  to  take  the  Oaths  to  their  Ma- 
jefties, double  the  Sun»  charged  by  the  re/peftive 

Heads,  '   :      '     ^        ' 

]frfft  tela*  Befides  theTaxes  already  mentioned  the  Commons 
ting  r»  thi  refblv- d  to  veft  the  ForcitedEftttes  inEngland  and  Ire- 
Mt^titwres  hxki^intheirMdjefiies^te  be  affUcdte  thet^^thcMtr; 

-     but 


W  tLLl  AM  the  third.  317 

ttit  the  two  Bills  which  they  had  ^  pafi'd  for  that  A.  C. 
purpofe,  lay  negleftcd  in  the  Houlqof  Lords,  not-    1692. 
witnftartding  the  repeated  Meflages  (ent  to  their ^i.^'VVJ 
Lordfh'ps  to  put  them  in  mind  of  the  (ame.  *  Feb,  i3« 

Some  time  t  before,  ihe  Commons  ^rder'd  the  -  ^^^^ 
Lord  Caftlefon^  Sir  Henry  Goodrick^^  and  five  nior^Gincldc 
of  their  Members,  to  attend  upon  General  GiwciS;^,^^^^^*^  ^- 
with  the  Thanks  of  the  Houfe,  both  to  him  and  che^^^  cm»» 
OfHcers,  who,  under  him,  had  contributed  to  thewMtr^ 
Reduftion  of  Irelandy  for  the  great  Services  theyjAn,  4. 
had  performed  to  their  Majefties  and  the  Kingdom, 
treneral  Ginckle  acknowledged   this  diilinguifliing 
Honour  done  him  by  the  Houfe  of  Copunons;H//  grM9^ 
which ^  he  (aid,/v  valued  above  a  Triftmph'y  adding  with  ful  Anfmtr^ 
a  great  deal  of  Modeftyand  Jufticc,TW  thefuccefs  of 
their  Majefties  Anns  in  Ireland,  was  owing  chiefly  to 
the  Valour  of  the  Englifll  ^  and  that  Ije  would  tal^e  care  * 
to  comnumicate  the  Vote  of  that  Houfe  to  the  Officers 
that  fervid  in  Ireland  ,  and  always  endeavour  the  Pref^ 
ferity  of  their  Majejtics  and  the  Government. 

A  Bill  for  the  Eftablllhment  of  ail  ^^ft'^'^^i^tifio^ 
Company,  having  been  *  receiv'd  by  the  Com-^      ""^ 
mons,  feveral  Petitions  wereprefented  to  the  Houfe*  |2JJ/^Jj 
againft  It,  to  which  an  unfatisfaftory  Answer  being 
delivered  bv  the  Committee  of  the  Eaft^India  Com-«  p_t  >^ 
pany,  the  Houfe  *  refblv'd  thereupon.  That  an  hum* 
tie  Addrefs  be  made  to  His  Majefiy  to  dijfolve  the  pre* 
font  Eaft-India  Company^  according  to  his  Power  re^ 
fervd  in  their  Chatter  ;  and  to  conftitute  another  Eaft- 
India  Company^  for  the  better  preferving  of  the  Eaft- 
India  Trade  to  this  Kjngdom^  in  fuch  manner  as  His 
tAaUfiy,  in  his  Hoyal  Wifdom,  fhould  think  fit.     This 
Addrefs  being  t  prefented  to  the  King,  HisMajeftytFcb.  10. 
exprefi'd  himftlt  to  this  efiefl ;  That  it  was  a  Mat- 
ter of  very  great  Importance  to  the  Trade  of  this  I^ing" 
dom  \  That  he  would  conjider  of  it^  and  in  ajhort  time 
give  the  Commons  a  pofitive  Anjwer. 

About  this  time  many  of  the  French  Proteftants  French 
prefented  a  Petition  to  the  Commons,  praying  the  Pnteflants 
Confideration  of  that  Houfe  in  order  to  their  Relief;  ^'•^y  'J  *< 
This  Petition  haying  had  but  little  cfte£t,  by  realbAJ'^'''^*'^' 
of  the  Multiplicity  of  Affairs  that  were  depending^*"'  '^' 
in  that  Houfe,  thofe  diftrefled  Exiles  applied  them- 

felvej 


3l8  The  Reign  of  king 

A.  C.  felves  to  the  King,  with  their  Cafe  in  Print,  and  their 
1692.    Majefties  Declaration  of  the  aj'th  of  Afril  1689^ 
C^'^V^v^  »n  tneir  Favour;  both  which  His  Majefty  commana- 
t  Feb.  17.  ed  to  be  laid  t  before  the  Commons.    A  Week  after 
the  Lower   i  oufe  confider'd  His  Majefty ^s  Mefligc  ^ 
and  the  Motion  already  made  for  a  uipply  to  be 
given  towards  the  Relief  of  the  Petitioners ,   but 
before  they  came  to  aRefo.lution,  they  werefum-. 
mon'd  to  attend  His  Majefty  in    the    Houle  of 
Lords. 
^s  fsBf      Th^  King  having  given  his  Royal  A/Ienr  to  the 
f  f  4  ^   Poll  Bill,  [*]  Nine  other  Publick,  and  Thirty  four 
wit    i.An  Private  A«s,  [  t]  His  Majefty  returned  his  Thanks  to 
M^forrMi^^^^^^^f'^^  ^^  g^^^^y  for  ^l^e  great  fdtisfdBion  they 
jgf«  tiff     had  given  him  of  their  Affe&ions  in  this  SeJJions,  end  for 
Militis  §f their  ^alforthefupportof'the  Government:  And  in 
this  Kingm  particular  to  the  Hottfe  of  Commtmsjvr  tJje  great  Supplied 
d»nst  jor     fijcy  h^  granted  him  for  the  profecution  of  the  War  ; 
<  ^^"^     ^ff^^^i  ^^^^  ^^^  "^^^^^  ^^kff  care  fo  to  difpofe  rf  the  Mo- 
^^lt&  f   "^  ^^^  had  given  for  the  publick  OccafioHs^  as  that  the 
ihi  bottir  "^    ^  Nation  might  be  entirely  fatisfied  with  the  Appli- 
ordering     cation  of  it.    His  M  ijefty  closM  his  Speech  by  ac^ 
mad  coMc£l>  i'f^^'^^i^S  both  Houfes  with  his  Intentions  of  going  be- 
ing  rbiDu-yond  Sea  very  fpeedily  ;  whichj  he  was  ifraid^  had  been 
ties  upon    already  retarded  more  than  was  convenient  for  theprefent 
Low-        Fofiure  of  Affairs^  and  upon  that  acoount  he  thought  it 
Wines  &  neceffiry  to  put  an  end  to  this  prefent  Meeting.  Where- 
Stiong.    upon,   purfuant  to  His  Majefty's  Pleafure,  both 
J^*^"*;^^  Houfes  immediately  [*]  adjourned  themfelves  un- 

Corrtfpnul*  ..      .__^ ,  .  . 

tng  wish 

their  Majefties  Enemits.  4.  An  AEf  for  the  mtre  tffei^ual  difitvery  and 
punijhmntt  of  Deer-Steshrs,  y.  An  A^  for  the  better  repairing  tf  Higbd 
vmyj.  6.  An  aB  ftr  the  emottfagement  of  the  breeding  and  feeding  of 
Cattle,  7.  AnASlfor  the  Relief  of  Creditors  againft  fraudulent  Devi* 
ees.  8.  An  AB  fer  the  better  Explanation,  and  f applying  the  Vkfedsof 
the  former  Laws,  for  she  Settlement  of  the  Poor.  9.  An  Act  to  take  sstaj 
Clsrgyfrom  fome  Offenders,  and  to  bring  others  to  Pitnijbmtnt* 

ft]  ^e  King\  Speech  to  both  Houfes. 

V]  The  Parliament  Adjoitrn'd. 


WILLIAM  the  third.  319 

This  (udden  Adjournment  prevented  the  paflirtg   A,   C. 
of  feveral  Bills  that  were  depending,  particularly    i^j^* 
one  for    lejjenin^  of  Intercjl  cf  Money,    which  the  v^^vO 
Commom  had  pafi'd  and  fentup  to  the  Lords  forjj/^^/^y^ 
their  Concurrence  \  Another  for  dtJabUng  Minors  to  defcnMngs 
mitrry  mtiyout  the  cortfent  of  their  Fathers  or  GuardUns^ 
nnd  far  preventing  Clandeftine  Marriages,  which  «he 
Lords  had  fent  down  to  the  Commons ;  A  third, 
for  the  faying  of  tl-te  Army  nccordmg  to  tie  Mujiers  tf 
effeElive  Men,  funi/btng  Mutineers  and  Defer ters,  and 
preventing  falfe  Muflcrs^   to  which  the  Lord*  had 
made  fome  Amendments  that  occafionM  great  Di- 
Iputes  ;  A  fourth /<?r  Afcertaining  the  Cowmifpons  and 
Salhries  of  the  3udges^  which  though  it  had  pafi'd 
both  Houfes,  was  not  confirmed  by  thie  Royal  At 
fent ;  A  fifth  againSt  the  buying  and  felling  of  Offices  ; 
A  fixth  to  apprehend  High-way-mcn  ;  A  feventh  to  pre- 
vent Frauds  by  Clandeftine  Mortgages  ^  And  an  eight 
Mgainft  Duelliftg.    A  S  for  the  Bill  to  empower  the  Courts 
cf  Chancery  and  Exchequer  to  accept  of  the  folenm 
Anfwer  in  Evidence  of  any  of  the  People  called  Quakers, 
And  another  for  confirming  the  Charters  of  the  Vni^ 
verfity  of  Cambrige,  the  Queftion  being  put  in  the 
Lowrr  Houft,  That  theyjhould  pafs^  it  was  carried 
in  the  Negative. 

Thoucn,   to  oblerve  a  Method,  little  has  been 
faid  of  the  King,  while  we  have  been  bufie  about 
the  Tranlaftions  in  Parliament,    yet  let  not  the 
Reader  imagine  that  His  Majefty  was  idle  all  this 
time.    After  the  entire  Red utSion  of  Ireland  it  vrzs 
nedcflary  that  many  of  the  Forces  employed  in  that  ^  ^^^^^ 
Service  (hould  be  trwifported  into  this  Kingdom,  in  4!^!'^* 
order  to  be  otherwift  difpos'd  of;  and  left  thole i^',^^^^  ^^ 
Troops  fliould  abandon  themfelvcs  to  LicentiouPy?,./V^  Oiyl 
nefi,  the  natural  effeft  of  Vi6tory,  His  Majefty  if  ^//w/, 
filed  out  a  Proclamation,  B^^uiring  all  Officers  andutctm,  j^ 
Soldiers  to   obfirve  fhriEi  DifciplinCj  and  punEiually  to^^^i, 
fay  their  Q^rters.    Not  long  after  anotner  Procla- -^  ^';*'^*» 
'mation  was- publifh'd,  whcrem  His  Majefty  de-^^'*"^ 
ckr'd,  '  That  as  He  could  not  but  be  deeply  jfenfi-^.'"^     ,, 
'  ble  of  the  great  Goodnefi  and  Mercy  of  Almightjp^'^^/^ 
•  'God,  in  giring  lb  happy  Succefi  to  His  Endea-ncf$ 
*  vours  for  the  relcoing  tnele  Kingdoms  from  Popi/hj^'  1^. 

'  Tyranny 


A  C 
1692. 


htr,  Hatw 
bord  g^is 
Ambajfa* 
dtr  to  the 

Ottoman 
Nov.  10. 

A  Fire  St 
KtnCing- 
tori,  Dit* 
to. 


Tyranny  and  Superftition,  and  in  prdcrVing^Hii 
Royal  rcr&n,  (iipportxng  His  Govcmment7  and 
uniting  the  Arms  of  moft  of  the  Princes  and 
States  in  Cbriltendom  againft  the  Common  Enemy  ; 
fo  He  was  no  leis  touoiM  with  a  Resentment,  that 
notwidiftanding  thefe  great  Deliverances  Lnpicty 
and  yice  did  ftiU  abound  in  this  Kingdom ;  and  that 
the  Execution  of  many  good  Laws,  which  had 
been  made  for  fupprelline  and  punifhing  thereof, 
had  been  grofly  negle£led>  to  the  crcat  difhonour 
of  God  and  his  Holy  Religion.    Wherefore,  and 
that  He  could  not  expe&  increale^  or  continu- 
ance of  the  Bleliings  He  and  His  Subje&s  enjoy'd, 
without  providing  Remedies  to  prevent  the  like 
Evils  for  the  future.  He  iudgd  hntifelf  bound  by 
the  Duty  He  ow*d  to  God,  and  the  care  He  had  of 
the  People  commited  to  His  Charge,  to  proceed  in 
taking  ibme  efiedual  Courfe  therein :  And  being 
thereunto   moved    by  the  Pious  Addreisof  the 
Archbiffaops  and^  Bifhops,  He  thought  fit  to  de- 
clare His  Intention  and  Rcfblution  to  difcounte- 
nance  all  manner  of  P^ce  and  Immorality  in  all  Peif^* 
fbnsfrom  the  higheft  to  the  lowefl  I>egree  in  this 
Realm  ;  and  for  that  purpole  He  ftraitly  Charged 
and  Commanded  all  His  Magiftrates  and  Officers, 
both  Ecclefiaftical  and  Civil,  to  execute  rbe  Laws 
againU  Biaffhemy^  ProfhaiK  Swearing  and  Cttrfingj 
Drunks^ncfs^  Prophanation  of  the  Lords- Dayy  or  any 
other  diflolute,  immoral  or  difbrderly  Pra6iiccs.  . 
IVilliam  HarhordEfq,  one  of  their  Majefties  Pri- 
vy Council,  being  appointed  Ambaflador  Extraor- 
diparv  at  the  O/z-onyw  Port,  in  the  room  of  Sir  fP7U 
Ham  Hujfey^  lately  deceased,  ftt  out  on  his  Journey 
to w^iirds  Hurkcy  on  the  i  oth  of  November  1 6^1 .  The 
Nighc  of  the  ^me  Day  was  remarkable  for  an  Acci- 
dent that  happened  at  Ksrifington  ^  tor  through  the 
negleft  of  one  of  the  Houfe  keeper's  Maids,  that 
Royal  Palace  was  like  to  be  all  burnt  down  ;  but 
(uch  Diliccnce  was  us]d  by  the  Guards,  that  the 
Fire  was  ftopt  before  it  reach'd  their  Majefties  A- 

Sjartmcnts,  fo  that  the  Stone-Gallery  only  was  cou- 
umed ;  which  damage  was  (bon  after  repaired  with 
advantage.    Not  many  Months  after  a  more  dan- 
gerous 


WlLLTAM  thi  third.  ^x\ 

ghroas  Fircy  I  mean  that  of  Rebellion,  was  Wholly    A.  C 
iexcinguilh'a  in  Scotland^  and  Sir  Eman  Cameron  of  i6dt, 
JLoehedl^  one  of  the  Leaders  of  the  Malecontents  in  k^^y^Ij 
I     that  Kingdom,  being  *  permitted  to  kifs  their  Ma*  Tht  Htsd 
'     jefties  Hands  at  Kfnfhtgtony  gaVe  them  all  pofTible  #/  the 
Aflurances  of  his  own,  and  the  reft  of  the  High-  Scodi  Re* 
landers  Sincerity  in  lubmitting  to  their  Majelfies  ^'^^-Z*** 
Government.  fi^^» 

The  Biflioprick  of  Lincoln  being  Vacant,  by  the  A^:J^ 
Death  of  Dr.  Thomas  Barlow,  Dr.  Thomas  Tennifon,  ^^^  •*" 
Re^r  of  St.  hUrtins  in  the  Fields,  was  nominated  „^^»^^, 
to  that  See,  being  recommended  to  their  Majefties  the  Bi/bopi. 
Favour  and  Efteem  by  his  Exemplary  Piety,  and  ruk  rf 
his  great  Moderation  towards  the  Diflenters ;  whom  Liocoln, 
their  Majefties  ftiU   fendeavour'd,   by   all  gentle  Nov.  25. 
(  which  indeed  are  the  moft  eflfcftual )  Methods,  to  ^^9'* 
bring  over  to  the  National  Church. 

Cm  the  2d  of  February  a  Chapter  of  the  moft  No-  Elictor  $f 
ble  Order  of  the  Garter  was  held  at  K^fingtbn^  Sttony^ 
wherein  the  Eledor  of  Saxonj  and  the  Earl  of  Dor-  ^"^  '^* 
fet  were  Ele6led  Knights  Companions.    On  the  ^   a*' 
aoth  of  the  (ame  Month  General  Ginckie  was  crea-  ^^! 
ted  Earl  of  Athhne^  and  Baron  Agbrim^  in  Ireland  ;  ^i!!hf,  ^c 
an  Honour  he  had  highly  deftrv^  by  the  memora-  theQmrur 
ble  Services  he  had  perfbrm'd  to  their  Majefties,  and  Feb.  2.   * 
the  Nation,  at  thoft  two  Places,  and  by  the  intire  idpi. 
Reda£bion  of  that  Kingdom.    A  Week  after,  that  Gtmrml 
General,  the  Duke  of  Wirtemherg^  the  Lieutenant  Ginck/c 
Generals  Scravenmore,  Lanier ^  and  Talmajkj  Major  *"*''  ^^' 
General  B^uvifny^  with  other  the  General  and  Field  j^  ^** 
Officers  in  Town,  who  had  fignaliz'd  themielves  p  j^' 
in  die  Irijh  Expedition ,  were  magnificently  enter-  J^dn^h 
tain'd  at  Merchant^Taj^lors-Hatl^  by  Sir  Thomas  Stamp^  nurtjid 
the  new  Lord  Mavot,  the  Aldermen,  SheriS,  and  y^  the  oty 
the  moft  Eminent  Merchants  and  Citizens  of  Loh-  Feb,  27, 
dor^   who  upon  this  occaiion  ^ave  all  imaginaUe 
Demonftrations  of  their  Afl^^lion  and  LoyaJty  to 
the  Government,  and  of  Honour  and  Relpedl  to 
thofe  who  lupported  it  by  their  Valour.  p/^^,,  ^^, 

On  the  ift  of  Al^rc^  His  Maiefty  beftowed  Marks  f^nod  on 
of  his  Royal  Favour  on  fbmc  Ferfons,  who  had  jtveral 
either  cxpreft  their  Zeal  for  his  Service  in  the  late  Ptrfint^ 
ScfEonot  Parliament,  or  .from  whom  he  cxpeded  March  i; 

yy  a 


31*  The  Reign  0f  King 

A.  C.  a  crateful  Return  at  the  next  Meeting  of  that  grotf 
i<9i.   Auembly.     The  Earls  of  f(pchefter  and  Hanti^hj 
the  Lord  Comwaltis^   and^  Sir  Edward  Se/mour  were 
admitted  to  their  Majefties  Privv  Council.    TTic 
Earl  ^f  Bedford  was  midc  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the 
County  of  MiddUfeXy  and  the  learned  and  wife  Earl 
of  Pembroke^  Lord  keeper  of  the  Privy-Seal ;    his 
PlaceofCommililonerof  the  Admiralty  being  be- 
ftow'd   on  the  Lord  Ccmwdlils.  And  Sit  John  L^v^ 
therj  Vice  Chamberlan  of  his  Majefties  Houlhould, 
and  Thoffuis  Feiham  Efo ,  having  rengn'd  their  Places, 
as  CommiiHoners  of  their  Majefties  Treafury ,  the 
lame  were  difposM  of,  the  one  te  Sir  Edvino-dSe^ 
j^    f    J  nwur^  and  the  other  to  Qbarles  Mofitague  Efq;  who 
adrteT     ^^  ^*^^^y  exerted  his  great  Pans,  and  fijjnalizW  his 
tnadt  Urd^'^  ^^^  ^^^  Government,  in  the  Houle  of  Com. 
Lieutenstit  mons.    Two  Davs  after,  the  Lord  Vifcount  Sidney^ 
•/TfcIandjOne  of  their  Majefties  Principal  Secretaries  of  St%te, 
March  3. exchanged  the  Seals  for  a  Patent,  whereby  he  was 
Godfrey  conftituted  Lord  Lieutenant  ot  Irf/4?i<^j   and    the 
Kncilci:    fame  Day  His  Maiefty   conferred  the  honour  o^ 
^V'         Knighthood  upon  Godfny  I^eller  Efij;  their  Mn. 
ni  K'n   j^fti^  P^ncipal  Painter  in  Ordinary  :  and  indeed  it 
hmdrfn  Jfwas  but  Juftice  the  King  {hould  aifting^iftlby  a 
HoIlaAdi  Title,  a  Perlbn,  who  by  his  exquifee  Pencil  was 
Mafch  ^.to  tranfinit  His  Majefty's  Image  and  Heroick  Atchi- 
•  March  evements  to  the  Admiiation  of  After-Ages.    \^ 
30  Maiefty  having  thus  fettled  Affairs  at  home,  Em- 

ihi  Qkem  bark'd  for  Hoiland  on  the  5'th  of  March^  arrived  the 
D§9j^ir    next  Morning  in  the  Mne/cy  Landed  at  Orange^B^l^ 

F  V  A  ^^^'*  ^^^^  '^^  ^™^  ^^Y  ^^  ^^^  Harue,  and  not  long 
Thorn  s  after  to  Loo.  Towards  the  end  or  the  fame  Month 
Conines.  ^^^  Queen  Dowager  *  parted  from  Sommsrfet^houfe^ 
by  £/2r. "  and  Embark'd  at  Dover  for  Gi/rf//,  from  whence 
mnd  Sir  fte  continued  her  Journey  to  Portugal. 
Henry  On  the  19th  of  March,  Thomas  Coningsby  E(q;  cme 

Capcli  of  the  Lord?  Juftices  of  Ireland^  was  created  Baron 
made  B^  of  that  Kingdom,  by  the  Stile  of  Lord  Coningsfy  ; 
?"p  and  about  a  Month  after  Sir  Henry  Capell  was  made 
Trcb  ^w  ^^'"^"  ^^f^^  ^^  Tewkeslmry  in  the  County  of  Glocefler. 
si-r  lo^n'  ^^  ^^^  ^  ^^  ^^  ^'^  Georg^  Treby  was  ad^anc'd  to 
Soiomers  ^^^  Place  of  Lord  Chief  Juftice  of  the  Commoo 
frtf,r''*i.    Pleas,  and  his  Office  of  Attorney  Generai  given  to 

Sir 


W  I  L  L  i  A  M  /&f  fhirJ,  31^ 

ter  7^  Sommers  ;  who  fincc  their  Majeftics  Accet  A.   C. 
fion  to  the  Crown  had  vaftly  improved  in  the  Houfe    i  (jpx# 
of  Commons,    the  Reputation  he  cain'd  at  ^ti^^^^^^s^ 
Bijhofs  Tridl ,    of  being  a  Perfon  or  great  Parts,  7i&f  Istttr^s 
utep  Learning,   manly  Eloquence,^  eafy  AddvcfSjCbsracur, 
and  a  bold  Stickler  for  che  Liberties  of  England. 
At  the   faid  time  Thomas  Trevor  Eiq  :   was  made 
Solicitor  General  r   Aixi   not   long  after  a  Com- 
plaint   having  been  made  by   the   Lord  ^  Sydney^ 
Lord    Lieutenant    of  Ireland^    againft   Sir  /(on?- 
landGmny  Treafiirer  of  their  Majeftics  Chamber, 
for  Words  Ipoken    by    him    reile&ine    on   his 
Lordfliip,  as  if  he  had  taken  Money  Tor  diQ)0- 
ling  of  Places  in  Ireland;  and^Siri^^ifiu/ having 
been  required  before  Her  Maiefty  in  Council,  to 
fhew  WMt  Grounds  he  had  for  his  Accu£ition,  and  f"'^^^* 
not  being  able  to  make  it  out,  Her  Majefty  did"n°5ii" 
thereupon  •  declare.  That  the  laid  Words  were^JT^^*  •"^ 
Groundlefs  and  Sc-— lousj   and  moreover  tum'dp/^i!/ 
SitRpr^iund  out  of  his  Place,  though  otherwife  a^^p^jj^^ 
Perlon  who  had  been  very  much  Inftrumental  to 
the  prefent  Settlement,  and  who  neverchelels  has 
ever  fince  continued  to  ferve  his  King  and  Country 
with  indefatigable   Application  in  the  Houfe  of 
Commons. 

The  King  had  (carce  reached  Holland  before  the 
the  Jacobites  began  to  be  elevated  with  the  hopes  of 
their  Mafter^s  Reftoration.    One  Lunt^  who  wasn^,  j^eo. 
efiiplo^'d  to  bring  over  and  dlfperfe  King  ^^ine/'sbite  c«ii» 
Commiiiiohs,  having  had  the  good  Fortune  to  htffiracyearm 
difi:barg'd  fpm  Imprilbnment,was  again  enterrain'd'*'^'*"  *»■ 
in  1691.  by  the  f^ncrf/JbiVe  Papifts  to  lift  Men,  mAi^f^'M'^^y 
buy  Anns,  that  if  Hn  Majefty  fhould  be  taken  off 
hi  Flanders  they  might  be  ready  for  an  Infiirredion 
in  England^  ^  fbon  as  the  Blow  was  given.    Theie 
Preparations  having  fpent  the  Summer  of  the  Year 
.  1 69 1  .atid  the  Campaign  in  Flanders  being  ended,with* 
out  any  News  eitner  of  the  Aflaflination  or  Invaii- 
on,  hunt  was  fern  in  November  into  France^  to  ac- 
quaint the  Abdicated  Monarch,  That  they  were  in 
a  Condition  to  receive  him,  and  therefore  defir'd 
him  to  inform  them,  when  his  Affairs  would  per^ 
mit  him  to  make  a  Defcent  into  this  Kingdom.  Lunt 

Yy  »  rcturn'd 


3X4  The  Reign  $f  King 

A;  Cl  rctum'd  iij  Deccmbn  following,  with  Advice,  That 

1691.    King  Jamcj  would  be  in  Enrland  the  next  Spring, 

{^Y'\J  ^"^  ^^^^  '^  ^^^  mean  time  Colonel  PMrkpr^  and  o- 

«    *      thers,  fhould  be  (ent  over  with  full  Inftruflions  how 

^         to  put  themfclves  into  a  Pofture  fit  for  His  Majc- 

fty  s  Reception  ;  for  now  the  Delcent  from  La  Hoguc 

was  relblv'd  upon. 

Colonel  Parkpr  and  ^oljt^on  the  Prieft,  who  in 
Conjun6Uon  with  (bme  few  others,  had  projeded  the 
intended  Murther  of  the  Hang,  and  with  many  the 
InvaGon,  larded  in  EtigUnd  about  die  latter  end  of 
January   1692.     The  Murther  was    their  Darling 
Proje<^  as  being  the  only  means,  they  thou^t, 
would  make  the  Invafion  pra6licable,  and  their  Con- 
queftof  England  eaiie,  and  therefore  Communica- 
te Good-  ^^^  *^  ^^  ^  many  as  they  cauld  truft,  in  *  hopes  to 
«iinV  De-  ^^^^  ^^**^^  '^  before  the  King  went  to  Holland^  but 
p9pii9nsb€*  ^^y  were  fo  long  in  cotttrivmg  how,by  whom,when^ 
f^fitbt  5r.smd  where  it  was  to  be  done,  that  the  time  ekpfea 
cretaiy  #/  before  their-Confultations  came  to  Matqrity.  How- 
Stfi.       ever  Pa»kp'  aflur'd  them,  that  the  Ajjaffmatim-Piot 
would  be  reaflura*d  in  Flanders^  by  thciamePer* 
Urns  who  had  undertaken  it  lad  Campaig^^  which 
encouraged  the  Jacobites  10  make  Preparations  for 
what  was  to  follow,  I  mean  the  Inv/tfion. 

The  Scheme  of  this  Delcent  was  laid^in  France, 

and  Colonel  Partner  and  others  were  lent  over  to 

communicate  it  to  the  Jacobite  Party  here.  This  the 

t  Ci^ain  t  Colonel  did  by  calling  their  General  OfRcers  and 

BJaireV    Confederates  together,  and  acquainting  them ;  That 

Depfrims  fh^^jr  old  Mafier  had  now  obtained  cf  the  tmSt  Chriftan 

Pr'ZiS^  iC?«g  Ti'>^7  Thoufnnd  effciiive  Men,  and  that  when 

nyj^ia^^j^  Jj^riiif  was  a  little  more  advancd^  Kjng  James,  whm 

was  alreadji  marching  into  Normandy,  would  be  wafted 

cvtr  with  them  into  England ;  with  Affurance  that  if 

that  Number  was  not  great  enough  to  reduce  his  HeheUi^ 

cus  SubjeSt,  France  would /pare  him  Thirty  Thwfand 

more.    Therefore  he  defir^d  all  to  be  in  a  readinei^ 

with  the  gfeateft  (peed  and  fecrecy  imaginabJe  : 

And  addrdSng  himlelf  particularly   to  Captain 

Blaire^  ( at  the  Inftance  of  Johnfon  the  Prieft  )  bbc 

told  hitxi.  He  was  goit^  to  command  in  JLancaflure, 

kut  sntmdcd  to  move  Southward  at  His   M^^'^s 

iMtiii^  * 


Vf  ILL\  AM  the  Thtr J.  3XJ 

Landing ;  and  therefore  dejird  the  Captain  tojein  htm^  A.  C* 
in  regard  his  own  Men  were  raw,  and  the  Caftain^s^  i^Jpl. 
for  the  mofl  part,  were  all  old  Officers  and  Soldiers,  t^x^VN^ 

In  this  Interval  King  y^iww's  Queen  being  big  /rJamcsV 
with  Child,  and  drawing  near  her  time,  His  Ma-  Utter  to 
jefty  lent  a  Letter  to  feveral  Lords  and  others  of  his  his  late 
late  Privy- Council,  requiring  fiich  of  them  as  could  ^•«»f|^» 
polTibly  come,  to  attend  him  at  St.  G<rnw4/«j,  tobeAP'"  *• 
Witncnes  of  his  Royal  Confbrt's  Labour ;  which 
Letter  was  alfo  direSed  to  the  Dutchefles  of  Sommcr^ 
Jet  and  Beaufort,  the  Marchionefi  of  Haliifax,  the 
Countcflcsof  Darh^^  Mulgrave^  l^utland.  Broods ^Not- 
tin^ham,  LtaHley  and  Dam^y ;  the  Lady  Fit:(hardin^j 
the  Lady  FritclrvUe ;  to  thefe  Commoners  Ladies, 
W;f.  Sir  folm  Trevor,  the  Speaker's  Lady;   Sir£rf. 
wardSepnour's  Lady;  Sit Chrifiopher Mujgrave^s Lz- 
dy  ;  Sir  Thomai  Pope  hJtnit^z  Lidy ;  Sir  John  Guife\ 
Lady;    Thomas  Foley   Efifs;  Lady;  Lady  Stamp '^ 
the  Lord  Mayor's  Lady ;  Lady  ^urSi^  Lady  Levet^ 
the  two  Sheriffs  Ladies,  and  to  Doftor  Hugh  Cham- 
berlain.   But  none  of  thefe  Perfons  anfwer'd  that 
Invitation.    Not  long  after  King  James  icnt  over 
his  Declaration,   fettmg  forth  his^  Right,  inviting 
People  to  join  him  at  his  Landing,    threatning 
all  that  opposed  him  with  thefcvefeftPunifliment,/r.Jamcs*/ 
and    promifing  his    Pardon  to  all  Perfons   howDr^/^r^n- 
^ilty    fbever  they   ihight  have  been;    *  except »»»   ; 
•the  Duke  ofOrmond,  the  Marquis  of  fVinchcfter^^?^^  *^- 

*  the  fearls  of  Sunderland,  Bath,  Dnnby,  and  Nottin^ 

*  g/yam,  the  Lords  Newport,  Delamere,  IViltJhire,  Col- 

*  chefter,  Cornbury,  Dunblajn  and  Churchill ;  the  Bi- 

*  (hops  of  London,  and  St.  Ajaph  ;  Sir  ^bert  Howard^ 

*  Sir  Jolm  fVordcn,  Sir  Samuel  Grimfton,  Shr  Stephen 

*  Fox,  Sir  George  Treby^  Sir  Bafd  Dixwell,  Sir  James 

*  Oxenden,    Dr.  Tillotfon,  Dean  of  Canterbury,  Dr. 

*  Gilbert  Burnet,  Francis  ^£fel,  I{ichard  Lcvtfon,  John 

*  Itrenchard^   Efquires,    Charles  Duncomb  Citizen  of 

*  London ;  (uch  as  had  oftcr'd  Perfbnal  Indignities  to 

*  h^m  at  Feverfham,  thofe  who  as  Judges,  Jurymen, 

*  or  otherwife  had  had  a  Hand  m  the  barbarous 

*  Murther  of  Mr.  John  Ajkton^  of  Mr.  Crofs,  (3c. 

*  And  all  Spies,  and  fuch  as  had  betray'd  his  Coun- 
f  cil  during  Vs  late  Abfence  firom  £«:?/#}»</. 

Yy?  Whea 


3x6  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C 

169a.    h 
\,yy^\J  vithhim  In  that  County.  .      .- 

in  Torkfhire^   an4  the  Bifjioprik  of  Durban^    His 
Head  Quaiters  were  at  Mr.  iValmfloji  at  DwiMtt'ball^ 
from  whence  he  iflued  out  his  Orders ;  Anabecaufe 
their  Arms  were  ( for  fear  of  difcovery )  hid  in 
Woods  and  Grounds^  buried  between  Walls,  and 
in  Cellars  and  Out-Houfes,  he  ordered  them  all  to 
be  taJcen  out,  and  forthwith  diftributcd  among  the 
Officers  and  lifted  Menj  While  Mr.jMmes  Rutudim^ 
'\   as  Lieutenant  Colonel  to  the  Lord  Montgomery  ^  and 
Colonel  Holnun  were  oompleatine  each  a  Regiment 
of  Hor(e  vxLondon  to  join  the  late  ICipg  at  his  Land- 
ing :  For  now  his  Majefty,  with  his  Army  of  fj^r- 
lifljy  Scotch^  Irijh  and  French  was  at  LaHogue^  ready 
to  embark  for  England.^    At  the  fame  time  the  ?4c*- 
tltcj  here  (cnt  Captain  LhjJ  Exprcf^  to  the  Lord 
J4elfor4y  to  acquaint  his  I^rdlhip,  that  they  had 
corrupted  leveral  of  the  EngUjh oeaCommanders, 
particularly  Rear- Admiral  Carter^  and   with  that 
falfe  Intelligence  they  tranfinitted  to  him  an  exa<^ 
Lift  of  rhc  Number  and  Races  of  the  EniUJh  Fleet, 
and  how  long  it  would  be  before  it  was  polUble 
they  could  b«  joinM  by  the  Dutch  j    Praying  his 
Lordfliip  to  Uy  it  before  the  moft  Chriftian  Ivi ng, 
and  procure  his  Command  to  Marefchal  de  Tour^ 
vilie^  to  i^elc  and  immediately  to  fight  the  EngUJbj 
before  they  could  be  reinforc'd  by  the  HoUanderi. 
Upon  the  receipt  of  this  Meflage,  the  Lor^  Mci^ 
ford  applied  himfelf  to  the  King  of  France,  who 
immediately  gave  hispoHtive  Commands  to  Tour* 
ville  to  engage  the  Enpifb  Fleet,  without  waiting 
for  the  Jljculon  Squadron  under  Monfieur  If  E* 
ftrees. 
The  Queens     '^^  Qpeen  being  infomiM  of  all  thefe  Prepara- 
*vi£iUwe   ^^^^^>  with  a  Mafculine  Courage  and  ^ndifturb'<{ 
inlief€stiiigy'^&^^^^^  gave  Orders  for  haftcning  out  the  Fleet, 
the  Dejtgm  anp  putting  the  Militia  in  Readinels ;  counter- 
rf  Her  E'  mandcd  fbme  Forces  defign*d  for  Flanders,  whidi 
nemht.      together  with  (bme  other  Troops  remaining  thea 
*ifi*y  3*  in  the  Kingdom,  did  afterwards  form  a  Camp  near 
Portfmoutb ;  ifiiied  *  out  a  Proclamation  to  com 


W  I  L  L  I  A.  M  /*^  ThirJ,  317 

mand  all  Papijis  forthwirh  to  depart  from  the  Ci-   A,  C 
ties  qF London  and  fVeJhninfter^  and  from  within  Ten    i69z[ 
Miles  of  the  fame  ;  another  t  requiring  the  Atten-  v.^y-vO 
fiance  of  the  Members  of  both  Houles  of  Parlia-  f  May  y. 
ipent  on  the  24th  of  May^  tor  the  difjjarch  of  fiich 
important  Affairs,  as  might  be  requiGte  for  the  (afe- 
ty  of  the  Kingdom ;  and  a  *  Third,  for  the  appre-  ♦  jj^^^y  g^ 
hcndlng  the  Earls  of  Scar/dale,  and  Litchfield^  isfcrp. 
tur^h^  MiddUton  and  Dunmore  j  the  Lords  Griffin^ 
and  Forbes^  Eldeft  Son  to  the  Earl  of  Graynard  j 
Jmnss  Griffin  E(q;  Sir  John  Fenwick  ,  Sir  Theofhilus 
Oglethorpe    Sir    Andrew   Forejler^     Colonel  Slingsby.^ 
^4mes  Grdhme  Efq;  Mr.  Orly^  Colonel  Sackyile^  OH* 
yer  St.  George  Eiq^  Major  Soafier^  Charles  AdderleXm 
f>4vid  Lloydy  George  Porter^  and  Edward  Stafford  Eu 
Quires.    And   becaufe  a  malicious  and  dangerqu^ 
Report  was  fpread  Abroad,  as  iffome  of  jhcOffi- 
cers  of  their  Majefties  Fleet  were  not  hearty  in  their 
Service,  and  that .  Her  Majefty  Had  thereupon  or- 
dered the  Difcharge  of  many  pf  them  from  rfieir 
Employments;  Her  M^eily  commanded  the  Earl 
of  Nottingham  to  acguaint  Admiral  ^uffel^  '  ThztT^e Q^een^s 

*  Her  Majefty  was  (atisfied  that  ^  this  Report  was  Politick 

*  induftrioufly  r^s*d  by  the  Enemies  of  the  Govern- Mtfage  t$ 

*  ment,  and  that  (he  repos'd  fo  entire  a  Confidence'^*  ^*''« 

*  in  their  Fidelity  and  Zeal  for  their  Majefties  Ser- 

*  vice,  atid  the  defence  of  their  Country,  that  (he 

*  had  refolv'd  not  to  di(place  any  one  of  them. 
Whether  any  of  the.  Sea  Officers  were  ftaggering  iq 
^heir  Duty,  is  uncertain ;  but  however  twas  an 
yncommon  ftrain  of  Policy  in  the  Qjieen  to  fend 
down  this  Meffage;  which  Was  no  (boner  commu* 
picated  to  them  by  Admiral  liujfei^  but  Sir :  John 
Afhby^  Admiral  of  the  Blue ;  Sir  BMph  Deiaval, 
Vice  Admiral  of  the  Red;  Mr.  i^o^i^i  Vice-Admi- 

xai  of  the  Blue;  Sir  Cloudefly  Shovel,  Rear  Admiral^- -^*' 
9rthc  Red  ;  Mr. Car ter^  Rear-AdniiraloftheBlue,J^^^'^y^ 
9nd  the  other  Commanders  of  their  Majefties  f  leet,^^^  Qtuen. 
\fcing  toiich'd  with  a  lively  Spnfe  of  Honour,  una-j^j^y  ,  j. 
nimoufly  (ubfcrib'd  an  Addrefi,  wherein  they  at 
l^r'd  ller  Majefty ;  Hat  they  would  with  all  imagi" 
stable  Alacrity  and  Hefolution  venture  their  Lives  in 
tp9  Defence  of  their  M^'ejiis  undoiibted  9JghtSy  and 

" '       •        ■     '     Y  y  4  tl)e. 


3x8  The  Reign  cf  King 


J  oners  of  the  Admiralty,  Her  Majcfty  (idd,  ThM$ 
}e  4lw4js  had  this  Opipiou  cf  the  Commanders  \  but 
was  very  gl ad  this  was  come  te  fktisfie  others.  And  in- 
dced,it  was  notlongbeforethey  perfermM  their  Pro- 
mife ;  and  in  the  mean  time,  the  Q^ieen  trufting  to 
dieir  Fidelity  and  Refblution,  and  confidering  that 
her  Fleet  was  now  joirfd  bf  that  pf  her  Allies^  and  in 
*     -r-      ^  readinefs  to  refel  the  Attempts  of  her  Bnemiet^  Her 

T  Psftia-   i^ajefty  put  t  off  the  Meetmg  of  the  Parliament  ca 

Zir   the  14th  Day  of >»e. 

Mgf  Ig,       Whilft  the  Jacobites  were   pleafine  them(elre$ 

^^  *  withHopes  of  approadungSuccefijthe  nrft  thing  that 
put  a  damp  upon  their  Mirth,  was  the  various  Re* 
ports  about  tne  joining  of  the  EngUfh  and  Dutch 
Fleets.  Once  they  had  notice  they  were  joinM,  but 
this  being  contradicted  the  next  Uay,  leaft  that  Re- 
port fhould  have  influence  upon  the  French^  they 
fcnt  over  Sir  Adam  Blaire  to  afliire  tliem  that  die 
Dutch  were  not  yet  come  up ;  yet,  fb  it  happened 
diat  before  that  Gentleman  could  reach  Dover ^  they 
had  certain  News,  that  the  Fleets  were  joined  in- 
deed ;  and  therefore  one  Mr.  Claris  was  diipatched 
into  France  to  acquaint  them  with  this  fatal  Jun<5lion. 
But  Mr.  Clarke  was  (b  far  from  gaining  Credit  to  his 
Report,  CSir  Adam  Blaire  averring  the  contrary) 
that  he  was  imprifbn'd  as  a  (preader  of  falfe  News, 
till  feveral  other  Exprefles  confirmed  his  Account. 
Thereupon  the  King  of  France  (cnt  Mefleneer  upoi^ 
Meflenger  to  ToutviSe  to  decline  fighting  ;  but  tnefe 
Counter-orders  arrived  too  late.  ^ 

Tt^Frtnch     f*^^  ^^  ^^  '  9^^  ^^  ^^>  whilft  both  France  and 

h;'^st  h^M^  England  were  at  a  gaze  in  dubious  E?cpe(^ion  of 

w;.May  this  important  Event,  about  Eleven  inthcMom- 

jo        .    ing,  the  French  Admiral  bore  down  at\d  engagj^d 

the  Confederate  Fleet,  off  Cape  Barjkur^  and  dw^ 

Fleets  continued  fighting  till  about  halt  an  Hour 

paft  Four  in  the  Afternoon,  when  the  French  towed 

away  with  all  their  Boats,  the  great  firing  on  both 

fides  having  fbon  occafion'd  a  Calm.    But  a  &cfl!| 

Gale  (pringiqg  up  about  Stj^  the  Bluc  Squadwa 


WILLIAM  the  third.  3x9 

renewM  the  fight,  and  maintain^  it  till  Ten  at  A.  Ci 
Night,  when  the  Fr§nch  being  worfted  and  having    1 69%. 
haoFour  Ships  blown  up,  fteer'd  away  for  Confutft  \^Y^ 
Road.    All  that  Night  it  was  very  Calm,    and 
Foggy  the  next  Morning,  but  about  Eleven  it  be* 
ginning  to  clear  up  a  little,  *  the  EngUjh  (aw  the 
French  Fleet  about  two  Leagues  from  them,  very  • 
inudi  leflen'd  in  their  Number,  not  (eeming  to  be 
above  Thirty  Ei^ht  Men  of  War,  after  whom  thcjr 
made  all  the  Sail  they  could ;  but  about  Ten  it 
grew  calm  again,  and  at  Three  in  the  AftemooQ 
me  two  Fleets  came  to  an  Anchor,  but  weighed 
about  Eleven  at  Night,  and  anchored  next  Ntoo- 
ing.    On  the  aid  the  ET^UJh  laiPd  again  agaii^ 
the  Enemy,  the  Admiral  fteering  towards  Barfieur^ 
and  the  Dutch  and  Blue  Squadron  towards  the  Roa4 
of  Aldemey^  thro'  which  part  of  the  French  Fleet  m 
(afe  to  St.  Maio\  the  Englijh  not  thinking  it  fefe 
to  purliie  them  that  way  ;  Tor  which  Sir  John  AJhhy 
was  queflion'd  in  Parliament.    Sir  luifjj  DelmthU 
had  better  Succels,  for  oSof  Cherbourg,  he  burnt  dieprencb 
I(pyal  Sun^  a  Ship  of  a  Hundred  and  four  GuD$^fleakMrm 
commanded  by  Admiral  TourvUle-,  the  AdmraUe  zat  ht 
Ship  of  a  Hundred  and  two  Guns,  and  the  Ccmjue^  Hogae, 
rant  that  carried  Eighty  Guns,  with  three  more  of  ***/  ^\* 
lefler  Rate.    Admiral  \ujfel  was  no  fefs  luccefi&l 
in  purfiiit  of  Thirteen  French  Men  of  War,  who 
hawl'd  in  for  U  Home ;  in  which  Bay  he  andior^ 
the  xf  ft,  and  next  Uay  ftood  in,  and  (ent  Vice-Ad- 
miral  Upoi^with  feveral  Men  of  War,  Frigats.  Fire- 
Ships,  and  arm'd  Boats,  to  endeavour  to  deftrojr 
that  part  of  the  Enemies  Fleet.    But  the  French  had 
got  tn«r  Ships  (b  very  [near  the  Shore,  that  not 
any  of  the  Men  of  War,  except  their  finall  Frigats 
could  do  any  Service.    However  that  Night  Six  of 
the  Enemies  Men  of  War  were  burnt,  and  the  next 
Dajr  the  other  Seven,   beiides  ieveral  Tranipoit 
Ships.    The  Attempt  was  very  difiicult  and  dan- 
gerous, but  was  pertorm'd  with  that  Conduct  and 
Kdolution,  an4  the  Seamen  in  the  Boats  were  fi>  ani- 
mated by  their  Vi£lory,  that  they  took  PofieflioA 
of  (everal  of  the  Enemies  Ships,  and  drove  the 
Ir^nci^,  wicfa  t}idr  QwaCu^fixga  their  Platforms 

and^ 


'^  30  Tfje  Reign  ef  King 

JL  C  ^  Batteries  oq  Shore ;  and  all  this  in  the  fight  of 
lifot.   ^  Yrtneh  ud  iri/2i  Camp,  that  lay  ready  to  In- 
^^.^ys^  vade  BngUnd. 

Jt  James*/  This  dMappointment  was  faifibly  felt  by  Kii^ 
IHiMT  f  J^m^s^  who  thereupon  writ  to  the  King  of  Frgnce  : 
tktK,  tf  Tidihc  had^hithenoy  mthfomi  Cotiftnncy  and  fyfolutU 
FrtQCOf  §nfuffcrted  the  weight  of  all  his  Misfortunes ^  fo  lofig 
as  bimfelf  was  the  only  Sufferer ;  but  he  acknowledged 
this  lafi  difafter  utterly  over-whelmed  him^  and  that  he 
was  altogether  comfortlefs^  in  Hetation  to  what  ccn" 
cerned  his  moji  Chrijlian  Majefiy^  tbro*  the  great  lofs 
that  had  befallen  his  Fleet.  That  he  l^new  too  Well  that 
Vim/  his  &wn  unlucky  Star^  which  ha4  drawn  this 
hii^tune  ufon  his  Forces,  always  viBoriouSy  but  when 
they  fought  for  his  Interejis  ;  which  plainly  let  him  fee ^ 
that  he  no  longer  merited  the  Support  of  fo  peat  a 
Monarch.  Therefore  he  entreated  his  moft  Chrijlian 
JAajefiy^  no  letter  to  concern  himfelf  for  a  Prince  fn 
mnf^tunate  as  hinrfelf-,  but  permit  him  to  retire  with 
his  Family  to  feme  Corner  of  the  ff^rld^  where  he  might 
ce^fe  to  ohJiruS  the  ufual  Courfe  of  his  moft  Chriftian 
Majeltys  Prqfperities  and  Conquefls ;  and  where  no* 
thing  could  more  contribute  to  his  Conjolation^  than  ta 
bear  of  the  ^uick  Return  of  all  his  wonted  Triumpfjs 
both  by  Sea  and  Land.  The  King  of  France  endea- 
voured to  alleviate  Kingy4mf/s  Affli6Hon  by  a  kind 
Anfwer,  wherein  he  promised  never  to  foruke  him 
in  the  word  of  his  Elxcremities. 

As  the  Englijh  had  (ignaliz'd  their  Bravery  after 
a  moft  extraordinary  manner,  fo  the  generous 
Qjieen  was  no  (boner  informed  of  the  Viftory,  biic 
flie  fent  a  Gratuity  of  Thirty  Thoufind  Pound's 
down  to  Portfmouthj  %o  be  diibributed  among  the 
Seamen  and  Soldiers;  ordered  Medals  to  be  made 


Majefty 

ing  how  advantagioufly  this  Succefi  might  be  em- 
provMbymakingaDefceniSntoFr^ncr^before  tbeEne- 
my  had  recover^  their  Conftemation,  drdcr'd  ^reat 
Preparations  to  be  made  towards  it.  Onth^  x;d  of 
July^  all  the  Forces  defign'd  for  this  Exphiitioi  wer6 
Sbipp'd  offla^  Portfmo(^b^mA  oa  tliei/th  Che  l>ak6 

•  •    •  Lcimfter^ 


W  I  L  L  i  A  M  /JEp^  Third.  jjt 

teimfier^  (now  Duke  of  Sch§mberg)  who  comnuuid-  A.  C, 
cd  in  Chief,  embark'd  aboard  the  Breda.    The  Of-   §69%. 
ders,  as  'tis  ufual,  were  not  to  be  open'd  till  they  |^y%( 
were  ac  a  certain  dtftance  at  Sc^ ;  and  in  regard 
chey  lee  Sail  with  a  fair  Wind,  in  the  moft  hvoa- 
rable  Sealbn  oi  the  Year,  there  was  no  finail  £x« 

fetation  of  ibme  confiderable  Enterprize;  but 
our  or  Five  Da^s  after,  intelligence  came  chat  all 
the  Transport  Ships  had  put  into  St.  ife/m^s  Road^ 
with  part  of  the  Fleet,  which  they  met  off  of  T#r« 
hy*  This  unexpe&ed  return  occafionM  varioui 
Conje&ures;  but  all  that  ever  came  to  publickNotice 
was,  That  the  next  day  aher  the  Fleets  were  joia* 
cd.  Admiral  HfiJT^l  and  the  reft  o{  the  Commanders 
went  aboard  the  Breda^  where  the  Duke  of  Lcim- 
fier*s  CommiiCon  was  open'd ;  and  that  on  the  a^di 
a  Counfel  of  War  was  held  aboard  the  General^ 
where  it  was  rc(blv'd  that  the^  (hould  fteer  cowards 
the  Coaft  of  England.  Her  Maiefty  was  no  foonerin- 
form'd  of  what  had  pafled,  but  fhe  ient  away  to 
Portfmcufb  a  Committee  of  her  Privy-Council,  to 
carry  frefh  Orders  to  the  Fleet.  ^  The  Lord  Prefi- 
dent  of  the  Council,  .accompanied  by  the  Lord 
Steward,  Lord  Chamberlain,  the  Earls  of  Zoning" 
ham  and  E^pcbejier^  and  the  Lords  Sidney  and  Conu 
waUiSf  arrived  there  on  the  24th  of  Auguft^  and  alter 
they  hid  conterr'd  with  the  Generals,  retum'd  to 
London.  On  the  8th  of  the  lame  Month  the  Forces 
under  the  Duke  of  Leimfier  arrived  in  the  Domnes^ 
from  whence  they  lailed  on  the  aqth,  and  two  Days 
after  landed  at  Ofiend ;  after  having  kept  the  trench 
in  perpetual  Alarms. 

The  Q^een  and  her  Three  Kingdoms  being  now  Camfsfgi§ 
fecure  at  Home,  let  us  fee  how  Affairs  are  carry'dm  FI01. 
on  Abroad.    Tho*the  Dakc  of  Bavaria,  who  thro'ders. 
King  1ViUiani$  inliuence,  was  this  Year  made  Go- 
vemor  of  the  Sfoni/h  Netherhndf,  had  put  thofe  Pro- 
vinces in  a  far  better  State  than  formerly,  yet  that 
did  not  hinder  the  King  of  Fr4»cf  from  attempting  Namof 
the  Siege  of  Hunur^  one  of  the  ftroogeft  Places  m^'fifg^d. 
all  ttioie  parts,  both  by  its  advancagious  Situation  ^^y  ^5^ 
on  the  confluence  of  the  Sambre  and  the  Macfe^  and  ^'  ^' 
tP  good  fortifications,  but  principally  a  Caftle 


• 


3  j£  the  Reign  of  King 

A#  C  Ixjilc  upon  %  Hill  in  an  Angle  form'd  b^  thoft  two 

T^t.   Riven.    His  raoft  Chriftian  ll^ajefty  inrefted  the 

i^VS^Town,  inPcrfon,  on  the  ajth  Day  of  Af4r,(T^.  SJ 

tki  tvm  open'd  the  Trenches  on  the  Z9th,  and  purfued  the 

tAm.        Siege  with  (b  much  Vigour  and  Diligence ;  that 

Jone  f •    in  Four  Days  he  made  himfelf  Mafter  of  all  the 

**        Out- works  next  St.  N/cAp/f/'s  Gate.    The  Garrifon 

leeing  it  was  in  vain  to  withftand  an  Army  encou- 

tag'd  by  the  Prefence  of  their  So\reraign«  fiirren- 

dred  the  City  on  the  yth  of  June  upon  Articles,  and 

retir'd  into  the  Caftle. 

Upon  the  News  of  this  Siege,  King  WilUsm^ 
with  the  Confederate  Army  under  his  Commanc}, 
decampM  ftom  Anderleck,^  on  the  xyth  of  May  (^N^ 
S.)  marched  to  Dicpom^  the  next  Day  towards  Lm* 
9dU%  and  pitch'd  bis  Camp  near  Eethlim  Ahhey  ; 
£rom  whence  he  continued  his  March  towards  N4- 
mur  on  the  3d  of  June.  But  before  His  Majefty 
removed,  he  gave  the  Enemy  Notice  of  his  late 
Vi&ory  at  Sea  by  a  Tripple  Dilcharg|e  of  a  Hciq- 
dred  and  Forty  Pieces  of  Cannon,  which  wrrc  aq- 
fwcr'd  by  as  many  Volleys  of  frnall  Shot  from  the 
two  Lines  of  the  Army,  •Tis  reported  that 
the  French  King  heard  thisNoife  with  a  great  deal 
of  Unconcernment,  laying,  Merest  a  mighty  Pudder 
indeed  dboia  burning  Two  or  Three  Ships  !  But  what 
Face  foever  he  put  upon  the  Matter,  the  Confe- 
quence  IhewM,  it  was  the  unhappieft  Blow  he  re- 
ceived during  the  whole  Courie  of  this  War,  for 
thereby  his  Sea*Coafts  remain'd  expos'd  to  the  In* 
$ilts  of  the  Englijh ;  the  French  having  not  been  able 
ever  (ince  to  put  out  a  Fleet  to  cope  with  that  oE 
the  Confederates. 

The  Duke  of  LuxenAurgh^  who  covered  the  Siege 
cfNantur  with  an  Army  of  Seventy  Thoutind  Men, 
upon  Information  that  the  King  of  England  mo- 
ved  towards  the  Mehaigne^  marched  that  way  like^ 
wife,  and  on  the  8th  of  June  (N.  S.)  the  two  Ar. 
mics.  which  were  almoft  equal  as  to  Number,  (the 
Confederates  not  exceeding  Seventy  Five  Thou- 
sand Men)  advanced  in  fight  of  one  another,  the 
River  only  remaining  betwen  them.  King  Pf7^ 
Ham  pofreits4  hidilelT  of  all  t)ie  Pofts  upon  the 

AUhaigne^ 


\f  ILL  I  AM  the  Thir J.  jj^ 

iSdehaiine  on  his  fide ;  as  Luxemhurgb  did  df  tWO  A.  CX 
Villager  furrouoded  with  ftrong  Hedges  and  i6^u 
Thick/cts  on  the  oppofite  Bank.  But  the  Confede-  ^  ^^ 
rates  had  fuch  an  intire  Command  of  the  River  bj 
their  Batteries,  that  the  feme  Evening  WsBritm* 
nicl^  M^cfty  order'd  the  Pontons'  to  be  laid  over 
it,  in  order  to  attack  the  Enemy  the  next  Day* 
All  things  were  in  a  readinefi  for  an  EngagemeniL 
but  the  wme  Night,  and  the  fucceeding  Days,  the 
Weather  prov'd  fo  rainy,  that  a  ftop  was  put  to 
King  Pf^iliums  glorious  Enterprize.  To  pafi  by 
trivial  Particulars,  the  moft  remarkable  AaioR  be*' 
fore  the  Cattle  of  Namur^  wag  the  takineof  Forc 
WitUm^  which  was  railed  by  that  great  (Engineer  * 
Colonel  Coehcm^  and  defended  by  himftlf.  The 
King  of  Ffdnce  being  refclved  to  carry  this  Work 
at  any  rate,  caufed  It  to  be  aflaulted  on  the  aift 
cXjune ;  And  tho'  all  the  Eftbrts  of  his  Men  prov'd 
unfucccfiful,  yet  they  returned  to  the  Storm  the 
next  Day.  The  befiegM.  animated  by  their  Com- 
mander, made  an  incredible  refiflancc,  repulfintf 
twice  the  Aflaillants  with  great  flaughter  •  but  at 
length  the  latter  with  redoubled  Numbers,  made  . 
themfclves  Matters  of  the  covered  Way,  and  cut 
off  the  Befieg'd  from  their  Communicatloii  with  the 
Cattle.  Monfieur  de  Cocbom  being  dangcroufly. 
wounded,  the  Garrifon  who  thought  themlclres  no 
longer  in  a  Condition  to  hold  out,  defir'd  to  Gi- 
pitulace;  referving  only  fo  much  time  to  them* 
reives,  as  to  fend  to  the  Prince  o^B/frbanfon  Govef. 
nor  of  the  Old-Caftle,  to  give  him  notice  of  their 
Rclblution,  which  he  readily  allowed  ;  and  there- 
upon  Fort  WillUm^  which  from  this  time  was  calkd  . 
Vort  Coebam^  was  delivered  up  to  the  Frencb. 

The  Confequcncc  of  this  Lofs  was  the  Surrtndcc 
of  the  Cattle  of  Namur  on  the  ift  of^ufy*  which' 
confidering  the  ftrength  of  the  Place,  and  tkc  fliort! 
nefe  of  the  Siege,  occafionM  (bme  refle<aionf  on  the  * 
Prince  of  Barbanfonj  whom,  (bme  report.  King 
WJliam  fufpeAcd,  and  therefore  had  defir'd  the  ^ 
Duke  of  Bavaria  to  remove  him  from  his  Gpvem* 
mcnc  of  Namur ;  but  the  Frencb  inveftihg  the  Place 
before  die  Duke,  could  comply  with  His  Majetty's 

deCre 


•  -• 


Jj^  the  Reign  of  kint^ 

A*  C  defire,  without  {hewing  any  diftruft  oj  the  Princei 
I  <(0i.  his  Eleffcoral  Highnefi  contented  himielf  to  order 
i^^ys^  the  Count  di  Thinn^  to  accompany  bum  in  this  Siege, 
with  particqlar  Inftrufbions  to  obferve  his  Condud^ 
Qthefs  tuftifie  the  Prince  of  Barbanfon^  and  main- 
uin  he  dfid  all  that  could  be  expe<^ed  from  a  Man  of 
Honour  and  Courage. 
lit  C#jfb      When  the  Caftle  ofNafHur  was  furrendred,  Ring 
^  fi^aKagtPilUmhychcsixnpcd  at  Alf&,where  he  formed  aDe* 
4rrrMi^i^^  fipn  to  (brpri  which  the  Prettcb  took  Care  to 

Joly  i«»  di&pt>oint.  From  M//eHisMajefty  marched  his  Ar- 
my  to  Genap^  thence  to  Noftredame  de-Hal^  and  oa 
abe  ift  ofAuffift  over  the  River  Sennej  when  he 
was  join'd  by  rhe  Hanmver  Troops,  to  the  Num- 
ber of  Eight  Thouiand  Men.    On  the  other  hand, 
the  l^tnff  of  France  contenting   himCelf  with  the 
Glory  of  having  taken  Namwr^  m  fight  of  the  Con- 
federate Army,  left  the  Command  of  his  Forces  to 
Luxembwrgh^  who  pitched    his  Camp  in  an  advan^ 
tagiou^Poft,  cover'd  by  a  Wood  and  thick  Hedges, 
bttwecn  Enghien^  and  Steenkjrk^  where  his  Britan^ 
ifici^Majefty  re(blv'd  to  attack  him,  upon  the  In- 
formation of  fbme  ^edbps  that  were  thought  to  un* 
derftand  the  Nature  of  the  Ground. 
MtttU  «f       Accordingly  on  Sunday^  the  )d  oiAugufi  (N.  S.) 
Sceenkerk  the  Army  march'd  early  in  the  Morning,  the  bea- 
Aug.  ^d.  vf  Baggage  being  brder'd   to  repafs  the  Setme  at 
|l.  S*       Halt.  Tnere  were  ieveral  Defiles  to  pais,  and  the 
ways  to  be  made,  which  made  it  a  tedious  M^rcb ; 
but  however  about  Ten  a  Clock  the  Prince  of 
ff^rtemberg  With  the  Vanguard,  which  confided  of 
Four  Battalions  of  jEifg/iyZ;  Fdot,  two  pf  Danei^  2^ 
a  Detachment  of  ChurcbilPs  Brigade,  advanced  to- 
wards the  Enemy,   and  fell  upon  them  with  (b 
much  Vigour,  that  he  drove  them  from  Hedge  to 
Hedge,  pofteu  himfelf  in  the  Wood  that  fronted 
the  Right  Wing  of  their  Army  ;  and  crcftcd  two 
Batteries  of  Cannon,  on  little  Eminences  one  on  the 
Right,  and  the  other  on   the  Left  of  the  Wood* 
Whilft  thefe  Batteries  were  playing  upon  the  Ene- 
my, the  Confederate   Army  marched  up  to  xh6 
Head  of  the  Defile  (about  half  an  BngU/h  Mile  from 
the  Wood)  where  it  opened  in  a  Uttle  Plain,  not 

abo7# 


W  1  L  L  1  A  M  /JS^tf  ThiriL  33 J 

ld)Ove  half  a  League  over,  which  terminated  Upon  A*  CJ 
the  Right  of  the  Wood ;  and  upon  feverai  Rows  g^M* 
of  high  Trees,  planted  in  great  Order,  Upon^e^  * 
Right  of  this  Plain,  there  was  a  Farm  which  foon 
after  the  Engagement  was  let  on  Fire  by  the  &ie« 
my,  to  cover^  by  the  (inoke,  feveral  of  their  Batta- 
lions that  were  ordered  this  wav.  From  the  H^ 
of  the  Defile,  upon  the  Left  ot  the  Plain  there  was 
a  deep  hollow  Wzy  with  high  Trees  and  Hedges 
upon  the  Banks  ofit,  which  reached  as  far  as  me 
Wood  where  the  Vanguard  Was  polled,  and  where 
It  brandiM  it  feU  into  two  other  deep  Ways,  vtaA 
going  thro'  the  Wood  upon  the  Left  to  the  lUmes . 
Attack)  and  to  that  of  the  Guards ;  and  the  other 
upon  the  Right  going  alone  the  outfide  of  the 
Wood :  Between  theie  two  laft,  w^re  pofted  the 
Regiments  of  Sir  J^bert  Douglas^  Colonel  Fh:{  P^s* 
trick, ,  and  Q>lonel  O  FarreL 

When  the  Confederate  Am}y  was  come  up  to 
the  Head  of  theie  Defiles,  and  juft  entring  into  the 
fmall  Plain,  they  were  ordered  to  Halt,  except  the 
Engli/h  Life- Guards,  and  Horfe  and  Dragoons,  and 
the  Lords  Cn///,  Lieutenant  General  Macka/s^  Sir 
Charles  Graham's  and  the  Earl  of  Angui%  Regimems, 
which  being  interlined  with  the  Horie,  were  com. 
manded  at  the  fame  time  to  the  Right-skirts  ot  the 
Wood  ;  whilft  Prince  of  Hefft'sy  Colonel  Lomher\ 
and  the  Earl  of  Leven^s  Regiments,  were  alfo  inter* 
mixM  with  the  Left  Wing  of  Horle,  and  pofted 
upon  the  outfide  of  the  Wood.  Things  being  thus 
difi)Os'd,  and  the  Army  continuing  in  their  Halt, 
Prince  H^rtemberg^  after  he  had  cannonaded  for  a« 
bove  two  Hours,  be^an  the  Attack  with  the  Dongs 
upon  the  Right,  which  was  immediately  followed 
by  the  other  Four  En^Ujh  Regiments  as  composed 
the  Vanguard,  and  Seconded  by  Cuts\  Mad^ay\ 
jinzus\  Graham\  Lowther\  the  Prince  of  Hijfe^ 
ana  LeverCt  Regiments.  Never  was  more  terrible, 
and  at  the  &me  time  more  regular  firing  heard; 
for  during  the  (pace  of  two  Hours  it  feem'd  to 
be  continu'd  Claps  of  Thunder.  The  Vanguard  be* 
faaved  them(elves  with  lb  much  Bravery  and  Re* 
felution,  thjtf  tho'  they  receiv*d  the  charge  of  (e- 

veral 


3}^  The  Reign  rf  King 

'A»  C  ^^  Bfttalioni  of  the  Eoemies,  one  after  ttiothef  ^ 
tCgx*  7^  ^^7  drove  them  beyond  one  of  their  Bacreries 
^^f^vkl/ of  Seven  Pieces  of  Cannon,  of  which  the  Danes  and 
the  Seoojki  Battallion  of  the  Regiment  of  Eniifh 
Guards  p^efled  themfdves,  and  which  Cofonel 
fVkehtf^  who  commanded  the  £if^/i/Zi,  would  have 
ftoc  awajr^  had  not  the  French  cut  off  the  Traces, 
and  earned  away  the  Horics.    Sir  Egbert  Dnglns 
Iritb  his  firft  Battalion,  charged  ieverai  oftheEne^ 
tniesi  and  beat  them  from  three  (everal  Hedges, 
and  made  bimlelf  Mafter  of  the  Fourth,  when  go- 
ing thro'  a  Gap  to  get  on  the  other  (ide,  he  was 
untcMTtunately  killed  upon  the  fpot.    All  the  other 
Regiments  behaved  themlelves  with  equal  Bravery, 
firing  Muzzle  to  Muzzle  thro*  the  Hedges,  they 
on  the  one  fide,  and  the  Enemy  on  the  other. 

The  King  being  made  fenfible  of  the  Diffiailties 
die  Vanguard  had  to  encounter,  by  one  of  Prince 
H^emhn£%  Aids  de-C«mp^  who  had  already  fent 
two  Mefitengers  to  Count  Solmes  to  no  purpofe, 
HisMajefty  ai({Mitch'dawayCount  PauUn^  one  of  his 
Mds*de'Cmnp^  with  pofitive  Orders  to  Count  Stdmes^ 
who  commanded  the  Main  Body,  to  (end  more 
Foot  to  the  Prince's  afliftance ;  but  Count  Sohnes^ 
who  ever  was  envious  of  die  Bnglifh^  and  who 
beiides,  had  a  particular  jealoufie  ot  Prince  f^r* 
tgnAeri^  commanding  the  Attack, an  Honour  which 
he  would  have  had  himfelf,  inftead  of  obeying  his 
M^Ay^  Commands,  ordered  the  Horf^  to  march, 
and  the  Foot  to  halt:  Which  provM  the  loG  of  the 
Dsty.  For  the  Ground  was  fo  ftraight,  and  the  E- 
nemy  hadiiich  Hedges,  Cop(es  and  Ditches  to  cover 
them^  that  there  was  nothinc  to  do  for  the  Horfe ; 
io  that  when  the  Vanguard  be^an  ro  engage  they 
had  none  but  part  of  the  Infantry  interlined  with 
the  Left  Wing  of  the  Horfe  to  fecond  them,  the 
fiody  of  the  Foot  being  almoft  a  Mile  in  the  Rear. 
However,:  the  King  made  all  pofTible  diligence  to 
get  the  InEmtry  up,  ordering  a  Brigade  to  march 
to  the  Wood,  and  forming  a  Line  of  Battle  in  the 
Plain,  with  filch  Foot  as  could  come  up.  The 
Eagernefi  of  the  Soldiers  to  follow*their  Royal  Lea- 
der, and  to  engage  the  Enemy  was  fiich,  that  they 

put 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  r/^f  nirJ.  337 

Jiut  themftlves  into  (bme  Diforder,  and  took  more  A.  C. 
time  to  form  their  Battalions,  than  could  now  con-  \6Qr. 
vcniently  be  fparM ;  (b  that  before  they  could 
reach  the  Wood,  the  Vanguard  and  Infantry  of  the 
Left  Wing,  being  over-powered  by  Thirty  Batta* 
lions  of  the  Enemy,  that  charged  chem  continuaU 
ly  one  aher  another,  and  by  a  frelh  Body  of  Dra* 
gooris  brought  up  by  Bouffiers,  they  were  forc'd  to 
retreat  in  great  Confufion,  and  to  leave  the  Wood! 
to  the  Enemies  Pofleflion.  The  EngUjh  Lifc- 
Guards  owed  their  Prefervation  to  the  Danifh  Foot- 
Guards ;  and  Baron  of  PibraclCs  Regiment  of  £».' 
nenburghcr\  being  in  Dilbrder  upon  the  skirt  of  the 
Wood  ;  and  the  Colonel  himfelf  lying  dangerouflj 
wounded  upon  the  place.  Sir  Bevil  Granville^  who 
commanded  the  Earl  of  B^fA's  Regiment,  march'd 
up  to  his  Relief,  receiving  the  Enemies  fire,  be- 
fore he  (ufTerM  any  Peloton  of  his  Battalion  to 
Discharge  once ;  by  this  Method  he  lodg'd  him* 
lelf  in  ihe  hollow  way  near  the  Wood,  ordered 
his  Serjeants  to  carry  off  the  Baron  of  Pilnrack^  and 
maintained  his  Pod,  till  he  was  commanded  to 
leavt  it  by  the  Prince  of  NaJJau. 

The  King  Enrag'd  at  the  Difippointment  of  thfe 
Vahguard,  tor  want  of  a  timely  Relief,  exprefthis 
Concern  by  ohcn  repeating  thele  Word^ :  Ob  I  my 
foor  Englifn,  hova  they  are  abandor^di  Nor  would  he 
admit  Count  Solmes  to  his  Royal  Prefcnce  for  many 
Months  after  :  And  now  confidering  that  the  fighc 
was  not  to  be  renewed  without  endangering  the  lofi 
of  the  whole  Army,  Luxcmburgh  being  confidera- 
bly  rcinforcM  by  Bouffen  ;  ^nd  bcCdes,  the  Night 
drawing  on,  his  Majefty  commanded  a  Retrear^ 
which  was  performed  with  admirable  Order,  and 
without  any  great  difturbance  firom  the  Etieihy  j 
who  never  dum  engage  the  Englifh  in  the  Rear. 

In  this  Battle  the  Confederates  loft  the  brave 
Lieutenant  General  Mackay^  Sir  John  Lanier^ 
Sir  Hobert  DouHas^  the  Earl  of  Angus^  aha 
divers  other  gaflant  OflScers,  above  two  Thou- 
fand  Men  kill'd ;  three  Thouland  wounded  or 
made  Prifoners,  and  fcvcral  Pieces  of  Cannon.  As 
for  the  French^  bating  the  Honour  of  rema'nfng 

Zf  %  Matters 


338  The  ReigH  of  Xing 

A.  C.  Matters  of  the  Field,  they  had  not  much  Rca- 
1691.  ^^^  to,boaft  of  any  advantage,  having  had  the 
wO  P^nce  de  Turenncy  the  Marquifi  de  Bdlefonds^  the 
Marquii  de  TiUadet^  the  Brigadecr  Sfoupa^  the 
Marquis  de  Firmacony  and  feveral  other  Men  of 
diftin6fcion,  and  Two  Thou(and  private  Soldiers 
kill'd,  and  near  as  many  wounded.  Neither  had 
they  come  off  (b  cheap,  had  it  not  been  for  the 
Chevalier  de  MiIlevoix\  one  of  the  £le6lor  ot  Ba- 
varies  Domefticks,  who  had  already  given,  and 
ftill  endeavour'd  to  give  further  Intelligence,  to  the 
Marefchal  de  Luxemhurgb^  of  the  King's  Motion  and 
Defigns,  for  which  he  was  hang'd  on  a  Tree  in  the 
Right  Wing  of  His  Majeft^'s  Army. 
Alfl%t  M»  A  more  infamous  Criminal  was  about  this  time . 
gminHthe  delivered  up  into  the  Hands  ot  Juftice:  For  the 
King  sUfe  Chevalier  de  Cranvalc  returning  from  Pur/j,  where 
Tivtv  a.  jj^  Y^^  cngag'd  one  Leefdale^  a  Perfon  of  a  good 
Family  near  Boijledvc^  to  join  with  Dumenty  in  the 
hellifli  Defign  of  AfTallinating  King  HWam^  he  ap- 
pointed a  Meeting  at  Vden^  whither  Dumom  was 
come  from  Hanorucr.  There  it  was  agreed  that 
when  the  King  (hould  pais  along  the  Lines,  or 
when  the  Army  (hould  decamp,  Dumont  (hould  be 
in  Ambufh  and  (hoot  His  Maje(ly,  and  that  as  Cooti 
as  the  Murder  was  committed,  a  Party  ot  Three 
Thouland  Hor(e,  from  the  Duke  ol  Luxemburph^s 
Army,  and  headed  by  Monlicur  ChamUjSy  and  Uo- 
lonel  Parker^  (hould  refcue  the  Afl'afllns,  to  colour 
the  Villany  with  the  (hew  of  a  Stratagem  of  War. 
But  Providence  ftill  watchingfor  hisMajefty'sSafcty, 

Cermitted  the  black  Confpiracy  to  be  difcover'd 
y  Leefdate  and  Dumont ;  who  related  all  the  Cir- 
cumftances  of  the  Contrivance,  and  who  they  were 
that   put  Granvale    upon  this  wicked    Attempt. 
Thereupon  Gra^ivale  was  taken  at  Eyndenboven  ^  af- 
terwards try 'd  by  a  Court-Martial,  and  according 
to  his  Sentence,  bang'd,  drawn  and  quarter^ ;  after 
he   had  made  a  full  ConCeflion  of  his  Crimes, 
Granvale  without  being  put  to  the  Torture.    At  his  Execu- 
executed,    tion  he  ftem'd  very  Penitent,  and  expreft  (bme 
Aug,  13.  Refentment  again  ft  thofe  by  whom  he  was  undone* 
And  'lis  with  Horror  that  Hiftory  is  obligy  ta 

ray. 


WILLIAM  the  Third.  339 

!ay,  that  if  we  may  give  Credit  to  this  Criminars   A.   C. 
dying  Words,  and  the  Depoficions  upon  Record,    1691. 
not  only  Minifters  ot  State,  and  Ambaffadors,  but  V^^N^ 
even  an  Archbifhop,  nay,   a  Crown^  Head,  were 
at  leaft  privy  to  that  deteftable  Project. 

There  was  little  more  done  this  Campaign  in 
Flanders^  except  the  defeat  of  a  Party  from  Namury 
by  a  Detachment  from  the  Troops  of  Liege  com- 
manded by  Count  Serclacs  de  lilly\  and  the  Bom- 
barding of  C/^^r /ere;,  by  Monfieur  de  Boufflen.  As 
for  the  Englijh  Forces  which  landed  at  Oftend  on]^^"2- 
the  ift  ot  September  (N.  S.)  under  the  Command  p^^^*' 
of  the  Duke  of  Leimjlcr^  they  poffeffed  themlelves^„^p?^^ 
o^Fjurncs  and  Dixmuyde^  which  they  begah  to  for- muyj^  " 
tifie,  and  by  which  the  King  (eem'd  to  have  fbme  which  thtf 
great  Defign  that  way ;  but  whatever  it  was,  all  mS-}%m  after 
carried ;  both  thefe  Places  being  abandon'd  *  to  abandoned. 
Boufflers,  by  Count  Horn,  towards  the  beginning  *  January 
ot  the  Year  1699.  which  King  H^Biam  much  rc-'^93- 
felted  in  him,  who  till  now  always  had  a  great 
fhare  in  His  Majefty's  Efteem.    Perhaps  the  fame 
touched  the  Count  very  near,  for  he  did.  not  live 
long  after. 

From  the  Netherlands  let  us  toove  towards  the  Cahtpmlgn 
Vpper-^nne^  where  the  Landtgrave  oE HeJJeCaffei^ in Gcittxi^ 
and  the  Marker ave  of  Bareith  ^    commanded  thisny. 
Year  the  Forces  on  that  fide  againft  the  Duke  de 
Lorgcn  General  of  the  French  Army.   Nothing  wonh 
mentioning  paffed  between  them  till  the  Month  of 
September,  when  the  French  advancing  towards  the 
I(hine  with  a  great  Train  of  Artillery,  the  Landt^ 
grave  and  Marl^rave  held  a  Council  of  \^'^ar  with 
the  reft  of  the  Generals,  wherein  it  Was  refblv'd, 
that  the  two  Arniies,  which  were  feparated,  (hould 
now  rejoin,  which  was  accordingly  done,  and  the 
whole  German  Force  encamped  near  Neuftadt ;  but 
in  feme  days  they  (eparated  again,  the  Landtgrave 
marching  to  befiege  Bberemburgh,    He  had  not  been 
gone  long,  before  the  Markgrave  fcnt  him  an  Ex- 
iprcfi,  that  the  French  were  moving  towards  him, 
which  made  the  Landtgrave  (end  away  Four  Thou- 
fand  Dragoons  to  the  other's  Alliftance ;   but  be- 
fore they,  and  the  Body  of  the  Army  could  come 

Z  2  2  up. 


J40  Tl)e  Reign  */  King 

A-   C.  up,  the  Dulte  of  H^irtembcrg^  who  was  gone  h^l 
1691.  fore  with  a  Bochrof  about  r  our  Thouland  Horfe, 
\^y^Y*^  ^"^  pofted  himfelf  near  Edeiljhcim    with  a  pe/ign 
to  (lop  the  March  of  the  French^  was  by  them  forpri- 
zed  in  his  Camp,  by  the  favour  of  a  great  Fog ; 
and  charged  fb  briskly,  that  his  Men  had  not  time 
toputthemfelvesina  Pofture  of  Defence.    About 
a  ThouOnd  of  the  Gcrmdm  were  killed  upon  the 
fpdt,  and  ftveral  made  Prilbners  ;  and  among  the 
latteir  the  Duke  of  I4^irtemberg  himfelf,  who  was 
carried  to  Paris  ;  whilft  the  trench  liv'd  at  Difcre- 
tion  in  his  Country,  and  obliged  the  Landtgrave, 
now  weakened  by  the  Detachment  be  had  lent  a* 
way.  to  the  Markgrave  of  Barcith^  and  afterwards 
by  another  to  ftcure  Heydelbcrg^  to  raife  the  Siege 
of  Eberemhurgh,    However    the    Lahdtcrave   was 
(bon  after  even  with  the  French  \  for  the  Tatter,  un- 
der the  CommatKi  of  Count  Taliard^  having  be- 
Hknffeid  flcg'd  *  Bjiinefeld^  a  place  which  would  have  been 
beficgM.   of  great  Importance  to  them,  if  they  had  carried  it, 
Dec.  itf.    j[,g  Governor  made  fo  brave  a  Defence,  and  the 
iheSxtgt  i^dtgrave  liich  extraordinary  Diligence  to  relieve 
Jin  1601  '^'  ^        ^^^  French  were  oblig'd  to   abandon  the 
•*    '    ^^'  Enterprize  with  confiderable  lofs  (both  from  the  E- 
netniesfire,  and  the  Rigour  of  theSeafbn)  and  nor 
without  fbitie  Confufion  to  the  Court  of  France^ 
who  had  fcnt  Orders  to'  Count  tallard^  not  to  be- 
ficge,  but  take  Poffeflion  of  the  Place.     . 
jifssrs  $f      To  purfue  our  Method,  let  us  take  a  fliort  view 
Piedmont  of  the  Affairs  oF  Piedmont:    The  Court  of  France 
in  1692.    having  brought  the  Pope  to  an  Accommodation,  en- 
deavour'd  thro'  his  means  to  divide  the  Duke  of 
Savoy  from  the  Contederacy ;  and  difpatch'd  away 
Moftfi  ur  Chantey  to  Turin^  to  make  advantagious 
Piropolals  to  His  Royal  rtighnefi  ;  but  whether  in 
the  form  that  was  afterwards  made  publick,  is  a 
Myftery.    However,  there  was  a  Writing  printed 
at  Paris^  wherein  the  Author  mentiori'd  all  iIk  ^f^ 
fcrs  made  to  the  Duke ;   tho'  chat   Paper  kcmid 
chiefly  defignM  to  make  the  Italian  Princes  jealous 
of  the  Germans^  by  magnifying  the  Diforders  com- 
tnhted  hy  them  m  their  Quarters  j  and  iiifiduatin^ 
thstt  Proteftants  reap'd  all  the  Advantage  of  thi# 

pfe/en« 


WILLIAM  the  Thirl  341 

prelent  War :  which  laft  Argument  was  not  long  A.  C 
kfter  efFedlually  improvM  b,  thcParibns  oS.  France    1692. 
in  the  Court  oi  Savoy.    But  the  German  Troops  I 
now  in  holy  were  too  numerous  to  give  any  of 
thofe  petty  Princes  an  opportunity  to  difturb  them, 
fuppofing  they  had  the  mcenion  to  do  it ;   and  as 
for  the  Duke  of  Savoy    whatever  his  true  Senti- 
ments were,  he  ap|jear'd  ftanch,    and  rcfolute  to 
carry  on  this  Campain  with   great  Vigour.    On 
the  other  hand,  the  French^  who  bent  the  Power  of 
their  Arms  ag^inft  Flanders  and  Germany^  left  Mon- 
fieur  Catinat:  very  much  inferior  to  the  Allies  ^  in 
Piedmont^  as  defiring  only  to  defend  what  they  ha4 
gain'cl  the  Years  before  on  that  fide.    This  they^^*  ^>^ 
could  not  do  neither,  for  the  Duke  of  Savoy  having?  ^avoy 
got  his  Army  into  the  Field,  and  difix)s'd  of  feverdi?"*^!'. 
Parties  into  the  Vallies  and  other  Places  For  the^*'*?"*"* 
better  fecurity  of  the  Country ;  be  march'd  in  the 
Month  of  Jtt//,  at  the  Head  of  Twenty  Thou- 
iand  Men  into  the  Province  of  Dauplyine^  where 
after  they  had  pilUaged  La  Upchc^  Chantelouve^  and 
fbme  other  Villages,  they  made  themfelves  Mailers 
of  the  Caftle  and  Highlands  of  Guilleftre^  and  fome 
other  Paflcs.    On  the  yth  of  Auguji  all  the  Armv 
croft  the  Durance  at  Guillcftre,  and  mov'd  towards 
the  City  oi'Ambrun^  which  was  fiirrendred  upon^'  ^^^ 
Articles,  after  a  pretcy  brisk  Siege  of  about  Nine  Ambram, 
Days.    Here   the    Duke  of  S/rvo;  found  Twenty '^'*i^*'^v 
Pieces  of  Cannon,  and  confiderable  quantify  of  Pro- 
vilions ;  and  the  City  prefently  granted  his  Royal 
Highnefi  Forty  Thoufend   Livf es  Contribution ; 
which  thejr  borrowed  at  Grenoble  for  that  Purpofe ; 
befides  which  his  Highnefi  letz*d  upon  Sixty  Thour' 
fand  Li vres  m  Gold  which  was  the  FrewAKing's  M<v» 
ney,  in  the  Hands  of  the  Pay- Matter  of  the  Troops; 
Andnojt  only  the  City  b(Amkrun^  but  all  the  Neigh- 
bouring Towns  and  Villages  were  at  the  fime  time 
put  under  Contribution.    Here  likev/ifi  the  Duke^  j^^ 
of  Schomberg  publifli'd  a  Declaration,  m;  the  Name  w  schom- 
of  his  Britannick^  Majcfly,  inviting  I^ple  to  joiiibarfV  D#- 
him,  and  afluring  thjun  that  his  Majefty  had  nocUrstimf 
0ther  Aim  in  caufing  hit  Forces  to  enter  into  France,  Attg.  ay, 
^Ut  tQ  reftwe  the  Nobili^  dnd  Gt'nfry  n  their  aniient 

Zz  J  Sflendor\ 


341  7^^  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.    C  Splendor ;  the  Pdrjiaments  to  their  frifiine  Authority  5^ 
f6oi.    f  he  People  to  their  juft  Priviiedges '^  4nd  even  to  grant 
\^y^jhis  ProteHion  to  the  Clerg^f -^  but  hecaufe  the    KJnga 
See  tie       of  England  are  Guarrantecs  of  ^he  Edi^  of  Nantes, 
Appendix,  made  in  favour  of  the  Protcftant^j  as  xoell  by  the  TreiU 
ty  concluded  at  MontpelHer,  as  fever ai  other  Treaties j 
the  Dukf  of  Schomberg  declar%  That  ^twas  His  Bri- 
Cannick  Majeft/s  intention  to  caufe  that  EdiH  to  b^ 
revivd.    Encourag'd  by  this  Declaration,  fcveral 
of  the  French  Proteftants  that  had  been  forcM  to 
objure  their  Religion,  took   this  opportunity   to 
make  their  voluntary    Recantation,    before  Mr. 
Du'Bow'dieu^  the  Duke  oi Schombero's  Chaplain,  who 
did  not  fail  to  ftrengthen  their  Faith  by  his  Elo. 
quent  Sermons.    From  Ambrun  the  Army  march- 
ed ^ireftly  to  Gap^  a  City  upon  the  Frontiers  of 
Provence^  whofe  Inhabitants  open'd  their  Gates  to 
Prince  Eugene  of  Savoy^  upon  his   firft  appearing 
before  it;  and  gladly  conftnted  to  pay  Contribu- 
tion, to  preferve  their  Houfes  from  being  burnt 
and  pillag'd  .;  a  Treatment  which  near  Eighty  Ca- 
ftles  and  Villages  received  from  the  Germans,^  in  re- 
taliation   of  the   Barbarities    committed    oy   the 
French  in  the  Palatinate.    "Not  only  Grenoble^  the 
Capital  of  D4tt//?/w/,  but  the  Neightouring  Provin- 
ces, and  the  wealthy  City  of  Lyons  began  already  to. 
tremble  .-  And  indeed  never  had  the  Allies  a  fairer 
^       r     opportunity  of  (baking  the  immenfe  Power    of 
7'c       •  France.    But  the  Duke  oiSavoyh  falling  Sick  of  the 
J^.^^^^^y  ^  Small  Pox,  and  which  was  of  more  fatal  Confe- 
''*     auence,   the  Spirit  of  divifion  that  crept  among 
tne  Generals,  not  onlv  hindred  the  I>e{ign  that 
had  been  form'd  of  taking  Briangon  and  Quieras  ; 
but  likewife  incapacitated  them  to  keep  what  they 
had  already  conqucr*d.    Thus  having  plundered 
the  Country,  deftroy'd  all  the  Provifions  they  could 
<^  not  conlume  or  cany  away,  burnt  all  that  refus'd 
to  contrllxite,  thiey  olew  up  the  Fortifications  of 
•{    Ambrun  J  took  Money  to  iavc  the  Houfes,  and  (b 
put  an  end  to  the  Campaign.    'Tis  to  be  obferv'd^ 
that  Mr.  Du-Bourdieu^  bad  Qot   the  moft  inconfi* 
derable  fliare  in  the  Booty ;  fince  he  Carried  away 
with  him  above  Two  Hundred  French  Proteftants, 

who. 


W  I  LL  I  A  M  /iE^tf  UirJ.  343 

who  chofe  rather  to  expofe  themfelvcs  to  Beggary  A.   C 
jind  Contempt  in  Foreign  Nations,  then  to  live  in    idpz. 
Plenty  and  Honour  in  their  Native  Land,  where  ^^^^ 
theymuftbe  forc'd  to  join  in  Divine  Worfliip  with 
thole ,    whom    all   Proteftants  account  Idolaters. 
As  for  the  Duke  of  Savoy^  he  was  like  to  pay  dear 
for  this  Summer's  Expedition,  for  he  was  hardly 
well  recover'd  of  his  Small-Pox  when  he  fell  into 
an  Ague,  which  brought  him  (b  low,  that  his  Ph]^- 
ficians  began  to  fear  for  his  Life ;  but  at  length  his 
Youthful  Conftitution  got  the  better  of  his  Di- 
ftemper. 

Befidesthe  annoying  Fmnce  inhermoft  ftnfible 
Parr,theirBr/>4wj/c4Majefties  improy'd  the  Dute  of 
Savo/s  Alliance  towards  the  Rcftoration  of  the  yku^  •^ 

dois,  a  People,   which  though  contemptible  in  re- 
lation to  their  wordly  Eilates,  make  neverthelefi  a 
confiderable  Figure  among  Chriftians,  as  boafting, 
not  without  Juftice,  a  Purity  of  Faith  deriv'd  from 
the  Primitive  Ages  of  the  Church,  and  untainted 
by  latter  Superftitions.  Now  becaufe  thefe  poor  Pep- 
pte  had  loft  all  manner  of  Eccleiiaftical  Difiripline, 
through  the  Violence  of  their  late  Periecution,  and 
were  unable  to  maintain  fb  much  as  aMinifter 
or  a  Schoolmafter,  Mr.  Du  Bourdien  acquainted  the 
£i(hop  of  St.  ^fnph  with  their  miserable  Condition, 
defiring  him  to  iblicite  Her  Majefty's  Bounty  in 
their  behalf.    That  worthy  Prelate,  no  leficonfpi- 
cuous  for  his  Piety  and  Cliarity,  than  for  his  pro- 
found  Learning,  chearfully  laid  hold  on  this  occafl* 
on  to  ferve  the  Church ;  and  finding  the  Queen  as    ^ 
ready  to  grant,  as  he  was  to  ask  ;  a  Fund  was  cfta-  fp^^f* 
blifliM  out  of  Her  Majefty's  Privy  Purfc,  fortheg*;^  ' 
maintaining  of  (4)  ten  Preachers,  and  as  many^^  ^^/ 
Schoolmafters  ^   iq  the  Valleys  of  Piedmont.     AVaudois. 
Monument  of  that  great  Princefi's  unbounded  Cha-  h  Bijhtp  of 
rity,  which  will  remain  as  long  as  there  are  Vdudois  St.  Aupn 
in  the  World !  We  may  here  take  notice,  that  about  via^t  Bi^ 
this  time  the  Bilhop  of  St.  ^fafh  w^s  nominated  (b)fl^P  f^ 
to  the  Bifhoprick  of  Litchfield  and  Coventry^  upon  Litchfield 
the  Death    of    Doftor    Thmas  mod,  Bilbop  of^'^^J^ 


Z%^ 


W<i 


344  ^^^  R^ig^  of  King 

A.  C.  We  fhould  now  mention  the  Cairtpaign  in  c^^ 
Kfpi.  hnUy  but  x!tit  French  having  attempted  nothing  on 
^^  '  that  fide,  by  realbn  their  Forces  were  fufficicntl? 
diverted  another  way  ,  and  the  Spaniards  having 
done  as  little,  becaufe  of  their  ufual  Supinity  and 
Weakncfi,  we  (hall  pafi  on  to  fome  other  Occar- 
fences. 

^^17t        (^^  9"  J^^,  7th  ok   June  a  moft  terrible  Earth- 
C/«    ^"r  ^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^f  ^^^ica  in  the  mn^Indies, 
June  7     and  almoft  entirely  ruin'd  the  Town  of  P^^rr .j{^^, 
-*  ''^^  ^-     the  beft  of  all  the  Englifh  Plantations,   and    the 
great  Mart  on  that  part  oT  the  World  j  infbmuch, 
^at^fide?  the  Damages,  no  lefi  than   i  joo  Pcrlbns 
periUi'd  in  it.    About  two  Monthi  after  an  Earth- 
Jjind  in  quake  was  alfo  felt  in  {d)  England^  particularly  in 
England,  London^  and  upon  the  Continent.    The  King  was 
Sept.  «.   then  in  his  Camp,  at  Dinner,  in  and  old  decayed 
Houfe,  which  (baking  very  much,  and  everyone 
apprthendiog  it  was  ready  to  fall.  His  Majefty, 
With  much  ado,  was  prevaird  with  to  rift  from  the 
Tabic,  to  go  out  of  the  Houfe;  but  the  Surprize 
was  foon  over.    Not  many  Days  after  Her  Majcify 
f  Sepf.ij.ifluedout  (e)v^o  Proclamations,  the  one  (f)  for 
}  Pncla.  ^y  i,cner  dijcovery  of  Seditious  LibelUrs  \    and  the 
lainB  t)-^*^'^  ^^  ^^^  ^''^  difcQvery  and  apprehending  of  High^ 
SiUtrsz      '  W4;wir»,  and  for  a  Reward  of  Forty  Pounds  for  every 
g  jbid  itJ^cf^  Offc^d^^^  fothc  Dlfcovcrers\  which  Encourage- 
gainnWgh^^^^  occaGon'd  the  taking  of  many  of  thofc  Rob- 
9apnen.     bers,  who  about  this  time  very  much  infefted  the 

Roads  of  this  Kingdom.  « 

h  hfr.  About  the  beginning  of  this  Year  {h)  died  I{pbcrt 

BoyJeV     ^oyle  Elq^  an  Englifh-mm  of  Uluftrious  Birth,  but 

^ffih\      more  remarkableTor  being  the  moft  famous  expcri- 

meqtal  Philolbpher  thefe  latter  Ages  have  produc'd  ; 

and  whofe  deep  Knowledge  of  Nature  wasfo  far 

firotti  bebg  tainted  with  Atheifin,  the  common  Dif- 

i  his  Ex.  ftemper  or  Men  of  refin'd  Speculation,  (i)  that  all 

tmplarjf     jjjg  jj£q  ^as  a  Continued  Example  of  Goodnefi  and. 

I'tety.       Piety ;  and  at  his  Death  he  left  the  Foundation  of  a 

Monthly  Sermbn  to  convince  Atheifis^  Deifts^  y^wx, 

I  p^^'„^     &:c.  of  their  Errors.  This  X^r  was  alfo  foal  (k)  to 

WaJdcdk  ^'  ^^^Ideck^  an  able,but  unfortunate  General.  Neithej 

diu.         ought  wc  to  forget,  that  this  Year  the  Duke  of 

Hannover  Y 


<«' 


W  I L  L I  A  M  //;e  fhirJ:  345 

Hdnntfver^  aProteftant  Prince,  was,  through  Ktng  A.  C. 
milam\  Intercft,  advanced  to  be  an  Ele6^or  of  the  1 692. 
Empire,  and  thereby  a  iO  Ninth  Eleftorate  was  K^y^>r^ 

Conftituted.  ,     ^  ,     ^     ',  f"^f^ 

About  this  time  ovixiB^bmToun^  was  committed  to  ^ctvr/ite. 

Newgate  till  he  difcharg'd  a  Fine  impos'd  upon  him ; 
and  one  HenryPearfon.z  Prifoner  in  the  lame  Place  for 
Debt,perceivingTitfwF  to  be  very  expert  in  Counter- 
feiting Hands,  told  him,  that  if  be  could  contrive 
a  (m)  Sham-Plot,  and  father  it  upon  the  Earls  of »»  Sham* 
Marlborough,  and  Salisbury,  the  Bifliop  of  F{pchefterPh\f'^ 
and  fome  others,  he  might  foon  have  Money  enough ^^^'^f^*^'. 
to  pay  his  Fine.    Young  being  in  very  low  Circum- .      .j^^ 
fiances  gladly  accepted  the  Propolal,  but  told  i'^^''-  chcfter, 
fon  nothing  could  be  done  in  that  matter  till  he  was^,,^  ^^fj^rs: 
released,  which  in  a  (hort  time  was  elteaed.    As 
ibon  as  Pearfon  was  at  Liberty,  he  employ'd  one 
Stephen  Blackhead  to  Carry  Letters  between  himfelf 
and  Toufjg.    By  a  certain  Stratagem  Toung  happened 
to  (ce  the  Earl  of  Mnrlboroughh  Hand,  which  he 
counterfeited  fo  cunningly,  thatit  was  very  difficult 
to  difcern  the  true  from  the  falft.    Afterwards  he 
drew  up  an-  Aflbciation,  and  affixt  to  it  the  Hands 
of  the  Earls  ot    Marlborough  and  Salisbury^  as  alfb 
Sir  Bafil  Firebr4s\  the  B^hop  of  F{pchcfier\  and 
the  Lord  Cornbury\  which  two  laft  were  writ  by  an 
other  hand.    And  that  the  more  Credit  micht  be 
given  to  this  pretended   Plot,  Toung  forg'd  leveral 
Letters  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord  Marlborough,  ftp- 
pofcd  to  be  direfted  to  himlelf,  which  Blacl{hcad 
usM  to  bring  to  him  again.    In  the  Montb  of  jlpril. 
Blackhead  went  three  limes  to  the  Bifhop  of  Upchc- 
ftcrh  Houfc  at  Bromley,  upon  a  fham  Errand  from  a 
ftippos'd  Divinity  Doftcr,  but  with  no  other  intent 
than  to  convey  the  forg'd  Aflbciation  into  a  fecret 
Place,  whiere  it  was  afterwards  found  by  the  King's 
Meflengers ;  who  upon  Information  given  by  Toun^r^ 
againft  that  Reverend  Prelate,came  firft  to  fecure  his 
Perfbn,  and  then  tofearch  his  Houfe.  His  Lord fhiu 
was  fome  days  under  Confinement;but  upon  a  ftricft  "  p*  ^fJ^ 
Examination  (n)  of  the  whole  matter  before  the  ^^^^ » j^» 
Council,  and  the  confronting  of  Blacl^head  withr^.y'1 ,' 

Toun^,    •• 


^^6  The  ReigH  of  King 

A.   C.  Toun^^  the  Forgery  was  evidently  difcovery,  and  his 

1 6^%.  Lormips  Innocence  made  manifeft. 
\.XVv^  {o)  Scotland  enjoying  now  a  pcrfc6l  Tranquillir 
#  Afairs  ty,  the  Parliament  of  that  Kingdom  was  very  zea- 
rf  Scot-  lous  and  forward  to  contribute  new  Levies  tor  the 
land.  fiipport  of  their  Majefties  Government.  And  as 
fAnd  Ire  -foy  ^p^  Ireland,  the  Lord  Sydney,  Lord  Lieutenant 

The  p     ^^   >^  Kingdom,  fo  manag'd  Affairs,  that  the  (y) 
J.^jJ^j,^^^  Parliament  there  made  an  A61  not  only  of  Hecogni^ 

meets  there  ''^"  ^f  ^^^^^^  Majejiies  undoubted  Title  to  thai  Crown^ 

OQcK  5.   ^^^  another  fir  Encouragement   of  Protejlant  Stran- 

gers  to  fettle  in  that  I^ingdom.,  but  one  alfo  for  granfn 

ing  to  their  MajeStiks  the  Sum  of  70000  Pounds^  by  art 

Additional   Duty  of    Excife  upon  Beer ,    Ale^  and  o- 

r  And  is  *^^  Li^ors.    After  which  (  r)  thcy  were  Proro- 

Preregued,  gued.  ^  «... 

V07. 3.  The  King  having  fettled  Affiin  in  Holland^  Em- 
barked there  on  the  15th  of  O^ober^  and  on  the 
/^  K.  Wis  1 8ih  lafely  (s)  Landed  at  Tarmouth.  On  the  2,9th 
Jiam  lands  the  Qpeen  met  him  at  NewhaJlf  and  the  feme  Day 
in  Eng-    jheir  Majefties  went  to  Ksnfington  through  the  Citj^, 

Oa '     8  ^"^^^^  ^^^  ^^"^  Acclamations  of  rejoycing  Multi- 
^^^^•^^^tudcs.    Two  Days  after  fr}  the  Lord  Mayor,  Al- 
Mayer  aU  d^nncn  and  Recorder  of  London  attended  his  Ma- 
#/^n»^,&cJ^fty»  both  to  congratulate  his  happy  Return,  and 
•/London  exprefs  their  fteady  Refolution  to  (upport  his  G07 
wait  upon  vernment,  to  the  utmoft  of  their  Power.    At  the 
the  King,  (^me  time  the  Recorder,  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord 
pfto.  22- Mayor,  Aldermen  apd  Sheriffs,  befoucht  His  Ma- 
jefty  to  honour  the  City  with  his  Prefence  at  Din- 
ner upon  the  Lord  Mayor's  Day  at  Guildhall -^  which 
His  Majefty  was  pleas'd  to  accept ;  and  as  a  Mark 
of  his  Favour  His  Majefty  confer'd  the  Honour  of 
Knighthood  upon  Salathiel  Lovell,  Serjeant  at  Law, 
«  Pr^cla^  their  Recorder.    The  fame  (u)  Day  a  Proclamation 
a  ^imhlick  ^^^  iffued  out  for  a  publick  Thankfgiving  to  God. 
rhanhgi*  A  Imighty  for  the  Preservation  of  their  Majefties  and 
n/ing.        their  Government,  again  ft  the  Deftgns  of  their  open 
.      and  fecret  Enemies ;  particularly  for  the  late  fignal 
^M^Hies    ^\^^^7  a^  Sea  againft  the  Prench  Fleet,  and  for  the 
Dine  at     ^^^PPointtncnt  of  the  barbarous  Conlpiracy,  for 
Guildhal  '^^^^^g  awky  his  Majefty's  Life  by  Affaffination.  Oa 
Ofto.  29.^^  W  ^Staof  thclanic  Month  their  Majefties,  at- 
tended 


W  1  L  L I  A  M  ^/:^^  ThirJ.  347 

tended  by  all  the  Great  Officers  of  the  Court,  a  A.  C. 

numerous  Train  of  Nobilicy  and  Gentry,  the  Jud-    KJpi. 

ges,  and  the  Ladies  of  the  chiefeft  Quality,  were  \^xVN- 

magnificently  entertain  d  at  Dinner  at  the  Guildhall^ 

by  "Svrjohn  Fleets  Lord  Mayor  El  eft  for  the  Year 

enfiiing ;  upon  which  occafion  His  Majefty  confer'd 

the  Honour  of  O)  Knighthood  on  Sir  John  PVildjJ'^^^ 


and  Sir  John  Foach.  The  fume  Honour  was  confer4 
fome  Days  before  on  Ihomas  Trevor  Efq,  their  Ma- 
jefties  Sollicitor  General. 

About  this^  time  feveral  French  Refugees,  ftudlous. 
to  promote  the  Intercft  of  Evpland^  and  to  weaken 
France  by  impairing  her  Manufaftures^together  with 
Ibme  Englilh  Merchants,  f;^)  form'd  the  Hpyal Lu-zTbefif^ 
firing  Company^  and  being  fupported  by  the  Pro-  *'  Luftrifig^ 
teftion  01  the  Earl  of  Pctnbrol^^  whom  they  choft^**"^^ 
their  Governor,  obtained  a  Patent  from  His  Majefty/''^^^^' 
whereby  they  were  reputed  a  Body  Politick,  ha« 
vine  the  full  and  (ble  Priyilcdge  for  the  flaking  of 
Luftrings  and  Alamodes  in  England.    On  the  a6th 
of  ORober  this  Patent  was  read  in  a  full  Committee, 
at  their  Houfe  in  Au^in-Friars,  at  which  time  the 
Company  was  farther  affurM  by  their  Governour, 
of  their  Majcfties  Pleafurein  this  Undertaking,  to 
(uch  a  degree,  that  all  other  Encouragements  might 
be  expected  for  the  promoting  of  it. 

Upon  the  (a)  4x11  Day  oi  November  the  Parlia-   ^^ 
ment  being  met  at  Pi^cStrnMler^  His  Majefty  ^^^^fgfj^f 
to  the  Houlc  of  Peers,  and  made  a  Speech  to  bpth^,^,^ 
Houies ;  wherein  he  firft  of  all  (h)  '  thank'd  them  njov'  4. 

*  for  the  §reat  Supplies  they  had  given  him  for  theTht  Kin^t 

*  Profecution  of  this  War  ;  noping,  bv  their  Advice  speech  to 

*  and  AJpFtance^  which  had  never  taird  him,  to  take  both  Houfet 

*  ftich  Meafiires  as  might  be  moft  proper  for  fiippor- 

*  ting  their  common  Intereft  againft  the  cxcelfive 

*  Power  of  Friwcf. He  next  told  them, how  great  rea- 

*  (on  they  had  to  rejoice  in  the  happy  Victory  they 
^  had  obtained  at  Sea,  wi(hin|;  the  Succeis  at  Land 

*  had  been  anfwerable  to  it  •  Though,hc  was  fufe,his 
I  own  Subje6l3  had  fo  remarkable  a  (hare  id  both, 

*thac 


54?  ^^^^  Reign  of  King 

A.  C,  •  that  their  Bravery  and  Courage  muft  ever  be  re- 
1 69 1.  '  membrcd  to  rhcir  Honour.  Afterwards  He  made 
them  (enfible,That  as  thcFrrwc/;  were  repairing  their 

*  Loflcs  at  Sea  with  great  Diligence,  and  did  defigni 

*  to  augment  ihcir  Land- Forces  conliderably,    a- 

*  gainft  the  next  Canipai|in,  fo  it  was  aWblutely  ne- 

*  cellary,  for  this  Nation's  Safety,  that  at  lead:  as 
great  a  Force  be  maintained  at  Sea  and  Land,  as  they 
•^  had  the  laft  Year ;  and  therefore  he  ask'd  a  Supplj^ 

*  (iiitable  to  fb  great  an  occaGon,  o\  the  Gentlemen 

*  of  the  Hou(c  of  Commons ;  Exprefling  at  the  fame 

*  time  his  Affiitftion,  that  (6  heavy  a  charge ^ipon  hi^ 

*  People  could  not  be  avoided,   without  expofing 

*  themfelv.es  to  inevitable  Ruin  and   Dffl:ai6i:/on. 

*  And  becaufe  the  inconvenience  of  fending  out  of 

*  die  Kingdom  great  Sums  of  Money  for  the  Pay- 

*  ment  of  the  Troops  abroad,  was  very  confidera- 

*  ble,  and  that  He  wifh'd  it  could  be  remedied;  He 

*  told  them,  *  That  if  they  could  fuggeft  to  him  any 

*  Methods  for  the  fupport  of  them,  which  might 

*  leflen  this  Inconvenience,  He  fhould  be  ready  to 

*  receive  them  with  all  the  Satisfadiion  imaginable. 
He  then  acquainted  them,  '  That  none  could  delire 

*  more  than  He  did,  that  a  Dejcent  fhould  be  made 
*into  France'^   and  therefore,   notwithftanding  the 

*  difappointment  of  that  Dcfign  this  laft  Summer, 

*  He  intended  to  attempt  it  the  next  Year,  with  a' 

*  much  more  confiderable  Force  ;  and  that  as  loon 

*  as  He  fhould  be  enabled,  all  poliible  Care  and' 

*  Application  fhould  be  ufcd  towards  it.    And  up- 

*  on  this  occafion  He  took  notice  of  that  Signal  De- 
'liverance,  which,  hy  the  Providence  of  God,  they 
'  received  the  lafV  Spring,  to  the  Difappointment 
'andConfufion  of  their  Enemies  Defigns  andElx. 

*  peftations.  This,  faid  He,  has  fufficiently  fhewn 
'  us  how  much  we  are  exposed  to  the  Attempts  of 

*  France^  while  that  King  is  in  a  Condition  to  make 

*  them.    Let  us  therefore  improve  the  Advantage* 

*  we  have  at  this  time,  of  being  join'd  with  moft  oP 

*  the  Princes  and  States  of  Europe^  againft  fo  dan- 


WILLI  AH  the  third.  349 

*  but  you  will  continue  to  {uppprt  Mc  in  this  War  A,   C. 
*againll  the  declared  Enemy  oF  this  Nation,  and    i^pi. 

'^  that  you  will  give  as  (pecdy  dtfpatch  to  the  Affairs  t>VNJ 

*  before  you,  as  the  iNarure  and  Importance  of  theni 

*  will  admit ;  that  the  Preparations  may  be  timely' 

*  and  efte^^ual  lor  tne  Pvclervation  or  all  that  is 

*  valuable  to  us.  lam  fure,  added  His  Majefty, 
*Ican  have  no  Intercft  but  what. is  yours;  We 
'  have  the  fame  Religion  to  defend ;  anci  you  cannot 

*  be  more  concerned  for  the  Prefervation  of  your 

*  Liberties  and  Propcrtics^than  I  am  that  you  (hould 

*  always  remain  in  the  full  poffellion  of  them  5  for  I 

*  have  no  aim  but  to  make  you  a  happy  People 

*  Hitherto,  (aid  He,  in  the  Conclufion,  I  have  never 
'  fpar'd  to  expofe  my  own  Perfbn  ror  the  Good 

*  and  Welfare  of  this  Nation ;  and  I  am  (b  fenfible  oi 
'your  good  Affe6lions  to  Me,  ^  that  I  (hall  continue 
'  to  do  To  with  great  Chearfulne(s  upon  all  occafions, 
'  wherein  1  may  contribute  to  the  Honour  and  Ad- 

*  vantage  of  BngUtuL 

This  Judicious  Speech  was  received  with  the  uni- 
ver(al  Applau(e  it  de(erv'd,  and  made  a  deep  impre(^ 
fion  in  the  Minds  of  both  Hou(es  of  Parliament.  ^ 

The  Commons  by  their  (c)  Addrc(s  '  acknowledged  ^.^7„V 

*  Che  great  Afteaion  His  Makfly  (hew'd  to  his  Sub- J  '^2"^' 
'je£is  by  taking  notice  of  their  Bravery  and  Cou- ^,.„^ //^/^^ 

*  rage  ;  by  that  (enlible  concern  He  expreft  for  the  /f/„^^ 

*  Charges  on  his  People,  and  by  that  tender  Regard  Nov.  i^i 

*  for  the  Pre(ervation  of  their  Religion,  Libcnies, 

*  and  Properties,  as  muft  ever  be  rcmembred  wirli 
'  Gratitude,  by  all  his  faithful  Subje£ls,  They  likc- 
'  wi(e  acknowledged  the  Favour  of  God,  in  rcllo- 
'  ring  His  Majefty  in  Safety  to  his  People,  after  (b 

*  many  Hazards  and  Dangers  to  which  He  had  ex- 

*  pos'd  his  Sacred  Pcrfon ,  that  there  might  be  no- 

*  thing  wanting  on  his  part,  to  oppo(ethe  ambiti- 

*  ous  I)e(ign$  of  his  Enemies,  and  to  maintain  the 
'  Honour  of  England^  and  the  Liberties  of  Europe, 
'  They  al(b  congratulated  his  Deliverance  from  the 

*  (ecret  and  open  Defijgns,  which  the  Malice  of  his 

*  Enemies  had  form*d  againfl:  him.    And  afllir'd 

*  him,  that  they  would  always  Advife  -and  A jTst 

*  His  Majefty  in  the  (iipporting  of  his  Gpvernmcnft- 


*aij 


\m[\ 


350  tt:fe  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.  C.  ^againft  all  his  Enemies.    The  (J^omnions  at  the 

1692.    fime  time  prcfentcd  their  th  nkful  Acknowledge- 

VxW>  mcnt  to  the  j^d)  Queen,  ^  For  her  gracious  and  pru- 

d  jfidu  'dent  Adminilhation  of  the  Government    whilft 

tbt  fijteen.^  His  Majeftv  was  hazarding  his  Royal  Perfbn  a- 

*  broad ;  and  for  the  Blcillngs  of  Peace  they  enjoy'd 

*  at  home,  under  her  aufoicious  Reign   at  a  time 
*^1vhenthe  greareftpart  of  Ettro/^rwasfiifFering  the 

*  miftrable  Effedls  of  War.    They  alfo  congratu- 

*  lated,  not  only  the  Cgnal  Deliverance  they  received 

*  from  a  bold  and  cruel  Defign,  form'd  and  profe- 

*  cuted  for  their  Deftru£lion,  when  it  was  juft  rea- 

*  dy  to  be  executed,  but  likewife  the  return  of  Her 

*  Maiefties  Fleet  with  fo  compleat  and  glorious  a 

*  Viftoiy*  as  was  not  to^  be  equalled  in  any  former 

*  Age :  Affuring  Her  Majefty,  that  the  cratefiil  (enfe 

*  they  had  of  their  Happinefs  under  Her  Govern- 

*  ment,  fliould  be  always  manifefted  in  conftant  re- 

*  turns  of  Duty  and  Obedience,  and  a  firm  refoluti- 

*  On  to  do  all  that  was  in  their  Powcr^  to  render  Her 
'  Reign  Secure  and  Prosperous. 

till  to  ?ۥ  Thefe  mutual  Affurances  oi  AfFe6lion  and  Con- 
4«/«r#  Tr/- fidence  being  pafi'd  between  their  Majefties  and 
0ls  in  cvi-  the  Parliament,  the  firft  Bufinefi  of  Importance 
fes  •f  High  t\it  Commons  {e)  went  upon,  was  the  Bill /()r  i^e- 
Tresf$n,  mliUin^  Trials  in  Cafes  of  ttigh-Treafon^  which  at  the 
rNov.ii.^^^fecQnd  reading  was  referred  to  a  Committee  of 
/NoY.iS.jjj^  whole  Houfe :  And  not  many  Days  after,  a 
Dec  I  ^^^"'^  being  (g)  prcfented,  to  be  added  to  the  Bill, 
^  '  '  a  Debate  arofe  thereupon,  the  rcfijlt  of  which  was, 
that  the  Bill  was  order'd  to  lie  upon  the  Table,  and 
hTh   hs  '^^f^'^b^'"  J^cntion  was  made  of  it  during  this  Scf- 

Lwis  given  'The  (Ji)  Thanks,  which  by  order  of  the  Com- 
so Mmirsl^ons  Were  given  by  their  Speaker  to  Admiral 
RiiStl,  Ifjtffcl^  one  of  their  Members,  for  his  great  Courage 
Nov.  II.  and  Condud  in  the  Viftory  obtained  at  Sea,  feem'd 
f  No  V.I  2,  to  fecure  that  Admiral  againft  any  Refle£tionson 
Hi >^>' 7- his  Behaviour  in  that  memorable  Sea  Fight.  But 
-'"^^"^^^neverthelefi,  it  having  been  (liggefted  that  the  Ad- 
The  Fleet  ^^^^^S^  gain'd  upon  the  Enemy  might  have  been 
inmuirU  t^^^^** 'n^prov'd,  the  Houfc  (/)  exam  in  d  thelevcral 
InftruSions,  Orders,  and  Reliilts  of  Councils  ot 

Wat 


intff, 


WILLIAM   thetlnrJ.  j^i 

War  touching  the  laft  Summer's  Expedition,   in   A.   C. 
Relation  to  the  Proceedings  of  the  Fleet,  and  the    i6gx] 
Defcent  intended  to  be  made  into  France^  ahcr  the  V^XVNJ 
Victory  at  Sea,    Upon  the  1 9th  ofi  November  Sir 
JohnAjhby  being  examin'd,  particularly  in  relation  to 
the  Frf«c/>Men  of  War  that  made  their  efcapeinto 
St.  Malo^  he  gave  the  Commons  an  account  of  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Ships  under  his  Command,  in 
and  after  the  Engagement,  with  which  they  were 
ft)  well  pleas'd,  that  the  Speaker,  by  Dire6Uon  of 
the  Houfe,  acquainted  him,  (l^)  That  the  Houfe  tcok^j^  SirtdhA 
notice  of  his  ingenuous  Behaviour  at  the  Bar,  and  that  A&Sr^ 
he  had  given  an  Account  to  the  fatisfaHion  of  the  Houfe^  cUsnL 
and  was  difmiil  from  farther  Attendance.    The  next 
thing  the  Houfe  took  mto  ConGderation  was,  why 
a  Defcent  had  not  been  made  into  France  ?  Admiral 
B^Jfel  was  queftion'd  about  it,  but  he  excused  him* 
fclf  by  faying,  That  twenty  Days  had  paft  between 
his  firll  tetter  to  the  Earl  of  Nottingham^  after  the 
Fight,  and  his  Lordfliip*s  Anfwer.  And  on  the  othct 
Hand,  the  Earl  made  it  appear,  that  he  had  a6led 
according  to  the  Orders  he  nad  rcceiv'dj  which  was 
all  he  could  do,  as  Secretary  of  State.    Whilft  thcfe 
things  were  in  Agitation,  the  Lords  at  a  Confe- 
i^nce,  communicated  to  the  Houfe  of  Commons 
fome  Papers  which  their  Lordfliips  had  received 
from  the  King,relating  to  thofe  Aftairs,which  Papers 
being  read  in  the  Lower  Houfe,  it  was  Refolv'd,  (l)  I  Admltsi 
That  Admiral  Ruffel  in  his  Command  of  the  Fleet,  du-  ^uffil 
ring  the  laji  Summer* s  Expedition,  hadbchavd  hiv9^elf^'^*^*d. 
with  Fidelity,  Courage  and  Condu^, 

On  (m)  the  r4th  of  November  Sir  Edward  Seymour  ^  ^^fi^r. 
dehver'd  to  the  Commons  a  Meflage  from  His  Mz-reUti^t4 
jeft  V,  in  Anfwer  to  their  Addrefs  the  laft  Selfion,  in  the  Eaft. 
Relation  to  the  Eaft-India  Company.    Upon  occa-  India 
fion  of  this  Meflage  the  Houfe  took  into  Confide-  C^mfst^. 
ration  the  matter  relatinjj  to  chat  Company,  and 
after  a  great  deal  of  time  fpent  in  it,  a  Bill  was  (« )  n  Dec.  14. 
was  brought  in  for  Preferving,    Hfigulating,  and  E-- 
ftabli/hing  the  Eaft-India  Trade.    This  Bill  was  near 
two  Months  depending,  and  occafion'd  feircral  De- 
bates the  Remit  of  which  was,   that    the  Com  *  March 
©ons  (0)  prefented  an  Addrefs  to  his  Majefty,  That  3-  '^9J- 

He 


5^2.  'ffjc  Reign  of  KiH^ 

A.  C.  ^^  v^ottld  fUafe  to  dijfolvc  the  Eaft- India  Company  up- 
1691.  *"  three  Tears  fVarnmgto  the  faid  Company^  according 
^^y'^^^K^  to  the  Power  refcrvd  in  tlyeir  Charter,  To  this  the 
I^ng,  with  his  ufiial  Prudence  and  Rcfcrve,  made 
Anfwer,  That  He  r^ould  always  do  all  the  Good  in  his 
Power  for  this  l^ingdom,  aiid  that  He  would  cotijjjer  of 
their  Addrcfs. 

f  Bufiuff  (f)  The  Supply  which  was  rnov'd  fdr  on  the 
•/  /AfSarp.ij'tnof  November^  was  unaninioufly  granted  on  the 
ply.  axd  of  the  fame  Month ;  and  after  Confidcration 

jfDcc  i.of  the  ftateof  War  for  the  Year  169;.  it  wasT^) 
T:hi  SKwRcfolv'd,  That  the  Sum  of  i^%6fi6  Pounds  be 
€f  granted  to  their  Majefties  for  the  Charge  of  the  Na- 

y^^^lf'vy,  ( including  the  Charge  of  the  Ordinance,  and 
J^^'^'^^'thefiniftiing  their  Majefties  Naval  Yard  at  Hamofe 
|^;J^j5g^  near  P/ywjo«^A,  and  the  building  four  Bomb  Veflels, 
,0.  and  eight  liew  Ships  of  the  fourth  Rate  )  And  (r) 

ao9o563/.the  Sum  of  Two  Millions  and  Ninety  Thoufand 
fir  the     Five  Hundred  Sixty  Three  Pounds  for  the  Land 
LandFmesYoTCcs^  including  the  extraordinary  Chai"ge  of  the 
the  Office  of  Ordinance,  in  relation  to  tne  Land 
Service,  and  the  charge  of  the  Tranfports,  Hofpi- 
tals.  Contingencies,  and  other  extraordinary  Char- 
sAnd  Dcc.gcs  of  the  War.    Befides  which  it  was  (/)  Refblv'd, 
3.  the       That  for  the  malting  good  the  Sum  ^  1 341 700  Pounds^ 
Sam  •f     intended  to  be  raised  by  the  A5  for  a  Quarterly  Poll^ 

750000  /.  the  Sum  of  7C0000  Pdunds  be  granted  to  their  Ma- 
7  ,K^    To  levy  thefe  vaft  Sums  it  was  (0  refolv^d,  Firft, 

BtlL  11:at  there  be  a  Pound  Hate  of  four  Shillings  in  the 

t  Dec.  1 3 .  Pou^d  for  one  Tear^  chared  upon  alt  Lands ^  according 
»Dec.  15.^^  tljeir  Yearly  v/tlue^  its  (u)  alfo  upon  nil  Perfonal  £- 
ftateSy  and  upon  all  Offices  and  Employment}  of  Profit  ^ 
other  then  Military  Offices  in  the  Army  and  Navy,  Se- 
condly, that  there  be  a  Ftind  of  700CO  Pounds  pet 
Annum,  fet  a  part  out  of  the  Hereditary  Excife  till 
the  lyth  of  May  1697.  And  afterwards  by  an  Additi- 
onal Excife  upon  Beer^  Ale^  and  other  Liquors,  for  the 
Payment  of  thp  Intereft  of  a  Million  tf  Msiney  to  be 
raised  by  Perfons  voluntarily  paying  in  thdt  Sunt^  the 
Principal  paid  in  to  be  funk  ,  and  the  Perfons  plying  in 
the  fame  to  receive  during  thHf  Livef^  thtlr  refpeBrve 
Proportions  <f  the  faid  ^0000  PbUtide  according  ti  the 

turns 


W  t  L  L  I  A  M/A<r  nH  353 

^iims  faid  by  thcm;with  tbeAdvantMge  of  Survivor  (hi f  til    A  •  C# 
ali  tbcUves  be  detonun^  And  jdly,  {x)  That  certain     |  (j ^x. 
Additional  Impofitions  be  laid  upon  Merchandize .  ^  ^^VVJ 
That  part  of  the  King's  Speech,  whereby  His  x  Feb.  3. 
Majefty  (cem'd  to  defire  the  Advice  of  the  Com-  1593. 
inons,  took  up  a  great  deal  of  time.    After  feveral  Aavice  •/ 
Debates  a  Committee  was  (;)  appointed  to  confider  '^'  c«»- 
AtfW  /ie  -rflrm/  abroad^  in  their  Majeftits  ?€j^  tntght  be  *!•*'  /• 


tion  (;{)  being  made,  TA4/  HjV  Adrjijiy  hehumblj  ad*  '** 
vj/i?//  to  copjiitute  a  Ciwtnijfion  of  the  JidmirtUtj  of 
Juch  Perfons  as  were  of  kjicvm  Experience  in  Maritime 
Affairs^  it  pals*d  in  the  Negative  :  But  however  it  was 
carried,  that  His  Majefty  fliould  be  advis'd  by  that 
Houfe,  That  for  the  future  all  Orders  for  the  Kiatiage'- 
tnent  if  the  Fleet  fhcuid  fajs  through  the  Hands  of  the 
Lords  Connnijfioncrsfor  the  Executing  the  Office  of  Lord 
High  Admiral  of  England.  Which  Vote  fccm'd  to 
be  occaCon'd  by  the  DiflFerence  between  the  Earl  of 
f^ottingham  and  Admiral  HuJfeL 

The  Coniidefation  of  the  Petition,  presented  (a)  Bu/rnfft$j 
by  the  Sheriffs,  and  leveral  Aldermen  of  the  Cit^  oftheOrphsnt 
London^  in  fevour  of  the  Or()hansof  the  (aid  City,  •/ '*'  ^'7 
being  put  off  from  time  to  time,  pyilUam  Goodwin^  ^  ^°'** 
Uenn  Goodwin^  and  others  of  the  diftrefled  Orphans  ^^^^^  ^ 
preiented  alio  a  Petition  to  the  feme  EffeS  ;  both  ^  ¥,„.  \%\ 
which  being  confideitd,  the  Commons  at  length  k^^q' 

(c)  Ordered  a  Bill  to  be  brought  in  for  fatisfyingthe  ^  teb.  17. 

Debts  due  to  the  faid  Orphans ;  but  upon  a  Debate 

that  arole  at  the  fecond  reading,  the  Bill  was  com* 

micted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  Houle,  where 

it  rcmain'd  unfiniflicd.  dnHU  re* 

(d)  A  Bill  for  the  better  Prefervation  of  their  \Ujcfties  J'^"^- 
Perfons,  which  by  the  unanimous  Conlent  of  the  t  ^^^' '  7* 
Hou(e  of  Commons,  was  ordered  to  be  brpught  in  siU^toilcli 
on  the  I  ft  of  December^  was  neverthelefi  rejedtcci  at  ;'    r^^^ 
the  fecond  reading,  the  1 4th  of  that  Month :  The  ^^  /,»•*.- 
fimc  Fate  (e)  attended  the  Bill  to  i^fccrtain  the  Fees  of  ttai  Fro» 
Officers  of  Justice.  ctedingi  i« 

Not  many  (  /)  Days  before,  Sir  Edward  Hujfey  parlia* 
^relented  to  the  Houie  of  Commons,  a  Bill  touching  mtnt. 

Aaa  Free 


3J4  ^^  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.     Free  and  Impartial  Proceedings  in  Parliamentj  whicti 
itfpj.  was  received,  read  the  firft  time,  and  fbmc  time 
^^x'-v^vj  after  pafs'd,  (g)  and  fcm  up  to  the  Lords  for  their 
g  Dcc.2 2.  Concurrence.    By  this  Bill  feveral  Perfonsin  Em- 
ployments both  Mih'tary  and  Civil,  were  incapaci- 
ted  to  fit  in  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  which  causM  it 
to  be  very  much  opposed  by  the  Lords  that  ftood  up 
for  the  Court ,  though  on  the  other  hand,  ftveral 
Peers  Ipoke  vehemently  for  it,  and  among  the  reft 
the  Earl  o^Mufgrave ;  who  upon  this  occalion  made 
h  See  the  a  moft  ( b)  memorable  Speech.    The    Courtiers 
Appen-    being  too  numerous,  the  other  Party  took  an  occa- 
^x-  fion  from  an  Objeftion  they  made,  to  wit,  T/jMt  this 

AH  might  by  its  Confecjuence  prolong  this  Parlia^nent^ 
which  they  allowed  would  be   a  very  great  Grievance^  to 
bring  in  and  pals  anctiaer  B///,  for  the  frequent  calling 
dnJ  meeting  of  Parliaments^  which  they  (/)  fcnt  down 
to  the  Commons  for  their  concurring  Agreement; 
B  II  for  wf  |jm  jjjg  King,  having  no  mind  to  part  with  this  Par- 
mS  cfl'ament,  fo  long  as  the  War  lafted,  refus'd  his  Affcnt 
ParlidH     to  this  Bill,  although  the  Lords  had   (k^)  agreed  to 
ments,       the  Amendments  made  to  it  by  the  Commons. 
i  jftn.  a  I.     On  (I)  the  20th  of  January  the  King  went  to  the 
m6q^.       Houfe  otLords,  and  gave  the  Royal  Sanftion  to  an 
*Jan.  lo,  fiSt  for  granting  to  their  hiajejlies  four  Shillings  in  the 
[^y^^fpa^tPoundfor  onel^ar\  to  another  for  enabling  the  Inha^ 
Jan.ap.     Ufants  of  the  Province  of  York,  to  dljpofe  of  their 
Peifonal  Eftates  by  their  Wills^    notwithstanding   the 
CuSfom  of  that  Province^  and  to  Eleven  private  Bills. 
The  (ame  Day,  a  complaint  being  made  to  the 
Houfe  of  a  Printed    Pamphlet,   Entituled,    Kjng 
William  and  Queen-  Mary  Conquerors,  as  containing 
Aflertions  of  dangerou's  Conftquence  to  their  Ma- 
jefties,  to  the  Liberties  of  the  Subjeft,  and  Peace  of 
the  Kingdom ;  the  Houfe  upon  Examination  of  the 
matter,  ordered,  (m)  the  next  Day,  the  (aid  Pam- 
ni  A  Panu  phlet  to  be  burnt  by  the  Hand  of  the  common 
phlit  f^<?r.  jj^jjgman  \  and  that  His  Majefty  be  defired  to  re- 
ting  tbiir  ^^^^  y[^  Edmund  Bohun,  the  Licenler,   from  his 
ti^ke  oL  Eniplovment,  for  having  allow'd  the  firae  to 'be 
auerorf  ^  prifltcd.    It  was  at  the  fame  time  fiiggefted,  that  Dr. 
cenfur'd^    Burnet j  Bifliop  of  Sarum^  was  the  Inventor  of  the 
J4n.  11!    Notion  of  their  Majefties  being  Conquerors,  which 


W  II  LI  AM  the  ThirJ.  3^^ 

he  had  firft   of  all  broach'd  In  a  Pafteral  Letter^    A.  C* 
whereupon  the  Houfe  pafled  the  fame  Cenfiirc  on    k^q  • 
that  Letter,  and  ordered  it  publickly  to  be  burnt  ,^^^,.,^!l^ 
by  the  common  Executioner.    Nor  did  this  Affair  ^^  ^/a  ^^ 
ftop  in  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  for  on  the  a4th  of  fiurj^^^*^  ' 
January  the  Lords  paft  a  Refblution,  That  the  AJJer-  Pajhral 
tion  of  Kjng  William  and  Queen  Mary'/  being  KJng  Letter^ 
and  Qiicen  hy  Conqurft^  was  highly  injurious  to  their  J^*  ^4^ 
JMajeJticSy  and  inconjifient  with  the  Principles  on  which 
this  Government  is  founded^  and  tending  to  the  Sub^ 
yerfion  of  the  Flights  of  the  People  ^  which  Vote  be- 
ing communicated  to  the  Commons,  that  Houfe 
unanimoufly  concurred  t    with   their   Lordfbips, 
with  the  remarkable  Addition   of   fbme  Words, 

^i:{.  iiijurious  h  their  Majejlies  Rightful  Title  ,to  the  i  J VI  I5. 
Crown  of  this  I(ealm.  . 

.  ^  The  next  Day  his  Majefty  returned  to  the  Par-  aBs  pafi^ 
iiament,  and  confirmed  by  his  Royal  Aflcnt,  anjan.  2^. 
^ci  for  granting  to  their  Majejties  certain  Duties  of 
Excife^for  fecuring  the  Hecompences  and  Advantages 
therein  mentioned  to  fuch  Perfons  as  Jhould  advance 
Ten  Hundred  Thou/and  Pounds  ;  and  another  A6t/or 
takjngfpccial  Bail  in  the  Country  upon  Actions  and 
Suits  depending  in  the  Courts  of  King's  Bench,  Com- 
mon Pleas,  and  Exchequer  at  Wcftminfter. 

About  this  time  fcveral  of  the  Officers  of  the  Ar- x/dnapm 
my  wanting  Men  to  complcat  their  Companies, pi»g^//i 
agreed  with  thofe  that  had  Warrants  to  Prefs  tor  the  c9tmt£nan^ 
JSea;  who,  under  Pretence  of  Preffing,  kidnapp'd^*^- 
Hundreds  of  His  Majefties  Subjeds,  whom  they 
Shipt  offfor  Holland  and  forc'd  into  Land-Service. 
Among  the  reft,  a  Servant  belonging  to  one  of 
the  Members  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons  happen- 
ing to  be  fpirited  away,  the  Houfe  ordered  Sir  £4- 
toard  Seymour  to  reprefent  this  CJrievance  to  the 
King,  who,  thereupon  *  returned  a  gracious  An-  ♦  Feb.  9. 
fwer  by  the  fame  Meflenger,  letting  the  Houfe 
know  ;  How  much  he  refented  that  his  SubjcQs  fhould 
meet  with  fuch  Vfage^  and  that  he  would  take   all  Care 
fojftble^  for  the  future^    to  punifh  the  Authors  of  it. 
And  that  in  the  firft  Place^  His  Majefty  had  called 
before  him  the  Officers  of  the  Armf^  and  given  them  a 
ftriii  Charge  that  theyjkould  receive  no  Men  that  were 

A  a  a  2  imprejfed^ 


3  f  (5  The  Rehn  of  King 

A.  C  ifnfrejfedi   for  as  they  themfelves  had  no  Poi^ir  t$ 
t^93  •  f^^fif  ^^  Jhould  not  receive  any  Man  that  was  frejfed  i  ' 

^t^f'Y^^  ^^  ^^  *^  ^^^^  '^^^^  ^^^^^  ^''  A%'f/?;  gave  Orders 

to  the  Admiralty  to  Ex/imine  the  Pr^s-MafterSy  that 

h^d  committed  tJjc/e  ALuJes  ;  and  that  there  Jhould  be 

ftich  exemplary  Puni/hment  itfiiHed  on  them^  that  0- 

Aersjhould  be  deterr\d  from  doing  the  lil^e, 

Ahuftt  in  "^^  SP^  Correfpondencc  which  had  hitherto 
tbt  Ir/fli  appeared  between  the  King  aftd  J^arliamcnt,  went 
Mairs,  near  to  be  din-iirb'd  by  the  Informations  given  to  the 
Kb.  14.  Comitions  of  the  Stare  of  l\?Und ;  upon  which  the 
^.  ^  Houfe  refclv'd,  *  That  it  did  appear  that  there 
^^■'^'''•had  beep^  great  Abufcg  and  Mifinanagemenrs 
Z'AWbti'^  the  Amirs  of  that  Kingdom.  On  the  19th  of 
l^^^  'March^  the^Commons  in  a  Body  prefented  an  Ad* 
Bfarcb  f.  drcfi  to  Hts  Majefly,  wherein  they  particularized 
thole  Abuies  and  Mifmanagements,  which  confided 
'In  expofing  his  Prot^ant  Subjefts  to  the  Mifery 

*  of  Free  Quafterj  and  the  Licentioufhefi  of  the  Sol- 

•  diers,  to  the  gi'eat  Opprejiion  of  the  People  there  • 

•  which  they  conceived  had  been  chiefly  occ^fion'd 

*  by  tke  want  o(  that  Piiy,  which  they  did  hope, 

*  the^  had  fully  provided  for.    x.  In  Recruiting  his 

•  Majefty's  Troops  with  Lifh  Papijls^  and  (uch  Per- 

•  Ions  as  were  in  open  Rebellion  againft  his  Ma* 
'jefty,  tothe^great  endangering  and  difcouraging 

•  of   his    Majcfty's     good    and   loyal    Proteftant 

*  Subje<%  in  that  Kingdom.  %.  In  Granting 
«  ProteAions  to  trijh  Pnpijtt^  whereby  Proteflants 
«  were  hindred  from  the  legal  Remedies,  and  the 

*  Courfe  of  Law  was  ftopt.  4.  In  Reverfing  Out- 
*Lawriesfor  High-Treafbn  againft  (everal  Rebels 

*  in  that  Kingdom,  (not  withm  the  Articles  of  JL/- 
« merick)  to  the  great  Difcontent  of  his  Proteftant 

•  Subje^  there,    j.  In  Letting  the  Forfeited  E- 

*  Aacesat  under  Rates,  to  the  leilening  of  his  Ma- 

•  idty's  Revenue.  6.  In  the  great  Imbe^elments  of 
•nis  Majefty's  Stores  in  the  Towns  and  Garri/bns 

*  of  that  Ringdom,  left  by  the  late  Kins  James,  and 

•  m  the  great  Irabexelments  which  had  been  made 

*  in  the  Forfeited  Eftates  and  Goods,  vJrhich  might 

•  have  been  employ'd  for  the  fafety  of,  and  better 
I  l^reiervacion  of  his  Majelly's  laid  Kbgdoni.   And 


WILLIAM  the  Tbinf.  157 

*  7.  In  the-Aoditlon  made  to  the  Articles  of  L/wie-'  A.   C. 
^riVt,    after  the   fame  were    finally  agreed    to,   1691. 

^  fign'd,    and    thereupon  the   Town  (urrendred  ^  W^tf^ 

*  which  had  been  a  great  incouragement  to  the  J- 

*  rijh  Papifis^  and  a  weakening  to  the  Englifh  Intereft 

*  there:    Which  Abules  they  moft  humblv  belbught 

*  his  Majefty  to  redrefi ;  Particularlv,    that    fora(l 

*  much  as  the  reducing  of  Ireland  had  been  of  great 
'  Expencc  to  this  Kingdom,   that,  (according  to 

*  thd  Aflurance  his  Majefty  had  given  them)  no 
Grant  might  be  made  of  the  Forfeited  Lands  in 
Ireland^'  till  jhere  be  ah  opportunity  of  fettling 
that  Matter  in  Parliament.  '  And  as  to  the  Acf 
'  ditional  Article  which  open'd  (0  wide  z  Parage 
'  to  the  Iri/h '  Papijis,   to  come  in  and  repoflefi 

*  themfelves  of  the    Eftates  which  they  had  fbr- 

*  felted  by  their  Rebellion ;  They  alio  befcH^ht 
'  his  Majefty  that  the  Articles  of  Limcricka  witf\  the? 
^  ^id  Addition  be  laid  beforie  the  Coinmons  in  Par- 

*  liameiit.  that  the  nianneir  pf  obtaining  the  fkmc 

*  might  be  enquir'd  inta    They  clos'd  this  Ad- 


drefi  by  laying,  *  That  as  hia  Majefty  had  been 
^'pleas'd  to  give  iuch  gracious  Affurances  of  hii 


*  Safety  and  Prefervation  whereof  this  his  Maje- 
•jefty's  Kingdom  was  (b  much  concern^.  To 
this  Addrefsthe  King  anfwer'd,/ That  he  ftouldfj^^ 

*  always  have  great  O>nfideration  of  what  camej/ ' 

*  from  the  Houfe  of  Commons ;  and  ttiat  he  Ihould-'*'''' 
^  taJce  great  Care,  that  what  was  amils  (hould  be 

*  remedied.  However  left  (bme  of  the  difi:ontented 
in  that  Houfe  fliould  take  this  Occafion  to  raife 
Clamours,  his  Majefty  went  Five  Days  after  to  the 
Houfe  of  Lords,  and  having  given  his  Royal  Affent^ 

to  *  Twenty  One  publicfc,  and  Twennr  private    ^ , 

•                               '                                Bills,  ^'^^''^^^ 
2  Bills 

wcrtf    I .   An  A&  for  Gf anting  to  their    Ma/efties  certain  Ad-' 

ditional' Jmpejitians  upon'Goods  and  Merchandises,    2..  Another^ 

fir  the  review  of.  the  Quarterly  B9U  ;  granted  to  their  JMafeftier 

ii^tbelaji  Sejpen  of  Parliament,    j.  Another  for  continuinicerm 

■  •    Aaaj.  '  tdin, 


tain  ASs  therein  mention' J  \  and  for  charging  Several  Joint- 
Stocks.     4.  Another  for  preventing  Suits  againft  fuch  as  a^edfor 

\heir  Majefties  Service  in  defence  of  this  Kingdom,  f.  Another 
for  reviving  two  former  Acts  for  Repairing  the  HighlVays  in  the 
County  of  Hereford.  6.  Another  for  Inco.*rngingand  Appehend^ 
ing  High'^ay  Men.  7.  Another  to  prevent  Abufes  committed 
h  the  Traders  in  Butter  and  Cheefe.  8  Another  for  raijing  the 
Jiiilitia  of  this  I^ngdom  far  the  Tear  169}.  9.  Another  for  Exm 
aminingj  Takif^g  ^"^  Stating  the  Public^,  Accompts.     i  o.  Ano- 

'  eher  for  Prohibiting  the  Importation  of  all  Foreign  Hair-Buttons. 
II.  Another  for  delivering  Declarations  to  PriJ  oners.  12.  Ano- 
ther  againft  Pochers.  I } .  Another  for  Regaining,  Enbour aging 
and  Settling  the  Gr^tnhxiA  Trade.  I4»  Another  for  Punijhing 
Mutineers  and  Deferters^  &C.  If.  Another  to  prevent  malicious 
Informations  in  the  Court  of  King's-Bcnch,  and  for  the  more 
eajie  ^everfalof  Qut  Lawries  in  the  fame  Court,  16,  Another 
to  prevent  Frauds  by  Clandeftine  Mortgages.  1 7.  Another  for 
Heviving^  Continuing  and  Explaining  fever al  Laws  therein  metu 
tiered.  18.  Another  to  make  Parijhioners  of  the  Church  united^ 
Contributors  to  the  H^pairs  and  Ornaments  of  the  Church  to  whom 
the  Union  is  made.  1 9.  Another  for  Regulating  the  Proceedings 
in  the  Crown  Office  of  the  Court  of  King's  Bench  at  Weft^ 
minder,  ao.  Another  for  the  better  Dijcovery  of  Judgrnents  in 
the  Courts  of  KIng's-Bench,  Common-Pleas  and  Exchequer  at 
Weftminfter.  And  Loft Ij^  11.  Another  for  continuinf^  the  AHs 
for  Prohibiting  all  Trade  and  Commerce  with  France. 


*^L  rti'r   *  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^  effeilually  applied  to  fuch  Ser- 
totk  Htufcs.c  y'^^^  as  might  be  mod  for  the  Honour  and  In- 

*  tcTe&o£ England;  He  then  recommended  to  their 

*  Care  both  the^  Peace  and  Quiet  of  the  feveral 

*  Counties  to  which  they  were  returning ;  and  the 
■   *  eflFe£hial  Levying  of  the  Supply,  they   had  lb. 

*  freely  given,  with  the  greateft  equality,  and  the 

*  leaft  uneafmels  to  the  People  that  was  Doffible. 

*  La/ily,  He  told  them,  the  Pofture  of  Affairs  did 

*  neceffarily  require  his  Prcfence  abroad,  but  that 

*  he  (hould  take  Care  to  leave  foch  a  Number  oE 

*  Troops  here,  as  might  be  (ufficient  for  the  Secu* 

*  rity  of  the  Kingdom  j  afluring  them  farther,  char 

!a« 


WILLIAM  the  third.  3f9 

*  as  he  fliould  continue  to  expofe  his  own  Perlbn  A.   O 

*  for  the  good  and  Advantage  of  thefe  Kingdoms,  1693- 

*  fo  his  he  iity  and  lincere  Endeavours  (hould  ne-L/VV 


*  verbe  wanting  in  any  other  kind,  to  make  this      .. 
'  a  great   and  flourifhing  Nation.  ^  And  then,  by^"^^'^ 

*  bis  Majefty's  Command,  the  Parliament  was  pro-    '^^^ 

*  rogued  to  the  2d  of  Mny  next.  ^ 

Befides  the  Bills  already  mentioned,  the  Com-BiSs  left 
jnons  had  paflcd  one  t^  enable  their  Majefties  tomfi^ifi^d* 
mal^e  Grants,  Leafes^  and  Copies  of  Off  cet^  Lands  and 
Hereditaments^  Parcel  of  their  Dutchy  of  Cornwall^ 
or  annexed  to  the  Jame^  and  for  Confirmation  ofLeafes 
and  Grants  already  made^  to  which  the  Lords  made 
fbmc  Amendments  that  were  difagreed  to  by  the 
Lower- Houfe.  As  for  the  Bill  for  Prohibiting  the 
Vfe  of  all  Lotteries^  which  had  alfo  paft  the  Ju>wer 
Houfc,  the  Patentees  of  the  l^oyal-Oal^^Lottery  found 
means  to  have  it  ftopt  in  the  Upper.    The  Bill 

fcr  the  preventing  the  Prophanation  of  the  Lord's  Day, 
lay  negle£led  aner  the  firft  Reading ;  as  did  aiip 
the  Bill  for  removing  Doubts^  and  preventing  Ccntro" 
verfies  concerning  ^pyal  Mines^  after  it  had  been  En^ 
groffed.  Neither  was  any  Progrefi  made  in  the 
v>\]\.  for  preventing  the  Exportation  of  Gold  and  Silver 
and  the  melting  doxon  of  the  Coin  of  this  ^alnk 

Having  dilpatch'd  this  Seflion  of  Parliament, 
let  us  beftowour  Attention  upon  other  Affairs.  On^'^Jolia 
the  :}oth  of  December  1692  the  King  conferred  up-^rcvor 
on  Sir  lohn  Trevor^  Speaker  of  the  Houfe  of  Com-^*^'  ^^ 
mons,  and  firft  Cx)mmiffioner  of  the  Great  Seal,-':*^  *•'    ' 
the  Office  of  Majier  of  the  HpUs,  in  the  place  of^^^' 
ILnry  Powle  EfOy  deceas'd  ^  and  about  a  Month  af-  i^ni.    ' 
ter,  his  Majefty  thought  fit  to  lay  afidc  Admiral 
I{ujfei^  and    to  put  the  Chief  Command   of  the^dmrat 
Fleet  into  the  Hands  of  Henry  K}llegrex»  Efq;   SifRuAcl 
I{alph  Delavaly  and  Sir  Cloud/Ify  Shovel^Md  afeerwards^"^ *^^- 
t  to  appoint  George  J(poli  Efq^  to  be  Vice-AdmiraK*"'  ?^*' 
of  the  Red ;  the  Lord  John  Bsrkjey  Vice- Admiral  of^  ^^^'  ** 
the  Blue:  CoXox^eX  Matthew  ^ylmer^  ^'^^^^^^^^^^TheKint 
of  the  Red;  and  Bavid  Mitchell^  Efq;  Rear  Admiral  of  .^,,  f^ 
the  Blue.    On  the  Sixteenth  of  the  (ame  Month  Portf^    ' 
the  King  went  down  to  Portfmouth,  both  to  view  month, 
the  Fortifications  and  the  Dock  yard,  and  to  fee  the  i?>b/i5r 

"   '  A  aa  4  Men 


/ 


/ 

/ 


jl^o  ^^  Reign  of  King 

A,  C.  Men  of  War  at  SphhediL,  and  being  aboard  Vice- 
I  (J9  J,  Admiral  I{p^k.  7,  bis  Majcfty  conferr'dfupon  him  tho 
%^/'y*s^  Honour  ot  Knighthood. 

The  Urd        Nor  long  before  the  Lord  Chddes  M§hun^  being 

Mohun     indifted  for  the  Murder  oilViUUm  M^untford^  a  fa- 

"•rV,Jan«  mous  Comedian,  Cwho  was  killed  upon  account  of 

39*  Mrs.  Br/rcegirdlcy  an  excellent  Aftrefs  j  was  brought 

to  his  Tryal  before  the  Peers  in  Parliament,  in  a 

Court  prepared  for  that  purpofe  in  fVeJiminfter-HaS ^ 

the  Marquifs  oiCdrmanheny  Lord  Prefident  of  their 

Majedies  Privy  Council,  being  conftituted  Lord 

High-Steward  of  Enzland^  Pro  hoc  Vice.    The  Court 

was  op-jnM  and  held    with  the  ulual  Ceremony, 

and  the  Trial  laft^d  from  Twelve  till  near  Six  2, 

Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  whea  the  Peers  Adjoum'^d 

to  their  own  Houfo.  Fivel^ays  after,  their  Lord- 

.  (hips  declared  their  Judgment  Seriatim^    and  by  a 

.  ^J      great  Majority  the  Ijord  Mohun  was  acquitted  of  the 

|-;^'^''     raid  Murder. 

'  ^'         On  the  xxA  of  March^  Sir  John  TrencbdrJ  was 
ji^  Jobn    fworn  one  of  their  Mujefties  Principal  Secretaries 
Trco*       q£  State,   in  the  place  of  the  Earl  of  Nottingham  ; 
^^5      whofe  Removal,  as  well  as  that  of  Admiral'%/7r/, 
Zetsrf9f  y^'  occafion'd  by  the  warm  Debates  that  had  paft 
Sf^f/  ^    in    Parliament    abou<    their    Conduft  after   the 
Match  31  yi<^ory  at  Sea  :^  King  ff^lliam  exprelUng  himfclf 
in  Relation  to  his  Officers,  as  Julius  C^far  had  for- 
merly done  with  Relpeft  to  his  Wife :  That  ^twas 
not  enough  for  them  to  he  faithful^  but  that  they  muft 
4{fohe  free  from    Sufpicion.    The  (ame  Day  his 
Majefty  committed    the  Cuftody  of  the  Great 
iiVjohn     Seal  of  England  to   Sir   John    Sommers  ;    whole 
$ommcrs  Office  of  Attorney  General    was  beftow'd  upoti 
nisde  Urd  Edward  SVard,  of  ^  the  Inner-Temflej   Efq;     At  the 
Kiefir.      fime  time  his  Majefty  orderM  a  new  Commiffion 
to  pafi  under  the  Great  Seal,  conftitutJng  Sir  John 
OthiT         Lowther^  Henry  Priejhnan^  Efej  the  Lord  Vifcount 
flacttdif.  Falkland^  B^ert  Auften^  E(q;  Six  i^pbert  J(iqh^  Hemy 
f$i*d  of     Kjllegrm^  E(q;  and  Sir  ^alph  Delaval^  to  be  Cbm- 
miffioners  for  executing  the  Office  of  Lord  High- 
Admiral  of  England.    Having  dius    lettled     Dd- 
*  M^fch   meftick  Affairs,  the  King  went  to  *  Harwich^  in 
^^  Qf der  to  embark  for  liolland^  bm  the  Wind  prov- 

4P« 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  f J&(f  Thint.  361 

kig  contrary  his  Majefty  returned  to  Kewfhffonj  A.   C 
from  whence  he  parted  again  on  the  1 1  ft  otMarch^    i  ^9  2 . 

icar  Gravefend^  arriv  a  Cifely  in  the  u^yC 


and  embarking  near  _   ^ 

Maefe  on  the  ad  oi  April -^  went  to  the  Hague^  wAVoe  Kin^ 
from  thence  to  Loo.  imuij  in 

We  are  now  going  to  relate  the  Occurrences  ofHolIandL 
a  Year  which  was  fatal  to  ail  the  Confederates,  April  a* 
both  by  Sea  and  Land.    The  Engli/h  and  Dutch  ^^^ 
Fleet  was  numerous,  and  ready  pretty  eai\|y,  as  was 
alio  a  great  Fleet  of  Merchant  Men,  malcmg  in  all 
near  Four  Hundred  Sail  of  EngU/hy  Dunh,   Ham- 
burghers^  &c.  bound  (or  the  Sneigh^s^  under  the 
Convoy  of  Twenty  Three  Men  ofWar,  command^ 
cd  by  bit  George  Upo^,^  with  whom  the  Grand  Fleet 
was  to  keep  Com'^any,  till  they  came  to  fuch  a 
Latitude  ^  or  as  (bme  gave  it  out  in  tho(e  times,  till 
they  had  certain  Intelligence  where  the  French  Fleet 
was :  Which  made  their  Orders  dtfcrctioa^ry ;  an4 
Sir  George^  who  feem'd  to  hive  (bme  Forcfight  of 
the  Danger,  exprefi'd  himfelf  very  loath  to  part 
with  them.    However,  feeing  he  could  not  nelp 
it,  he  (ailed  on,  and  leaving  by  the  way  the  Ve&a 
bound  for  Biitod^  Lisbon^  St.  Vbes^  and  other  Ports, 
under  Convoy  of  two  Men  of  War,  he  purCiecl 
his  Voyage  towards  the  Sneights.    Being    come 
•  within  Sixty  Leagues  of  Cape  St  Vincent^  he  diHt  June  if; 
cover'd  partofthe  French  Fleet,^  which  made  him 
call  a  Council  of  War,  wherein  it  was   reiblVd 
that  the  Wind  being  frclh  Wefterly,  and  giving  a 
fair  opportunity  to  haften  their  Pauage  to  Cadii^y 
the  Merchants  (hould  make  the  beft  of  their  way. 
Upon  theDifcovcry  of  the  Enemies  whole  Fleet, 
confifting  of  Eighty  Sail,   commanded  by  Mon- 
fieur  de  Totirviile^  Sir  G6or£e  Hfol^  brought  to,  and 
ftood  off  with  an  eafie  Sau,  to  give  what  time  he 
could  to  the  heavy  Sailers,  to  work  away  to  the 
Windward,  folding  away  the  Sheemep  to  order 
the  (inall  Ships  that  were  under  the  Shore  to  get 
in  the  Night  into  Ftro^  St.  Lstcar,  and  CmMz.    About7!^#  Smjrr- 
Six  in  the  Evening  of  the  lame  Day,  tne  French  tut  Pint 
Admiral  and  Viee- Admiral  of  the  Blue,  came  iip^^ft^^d 
wiA  the  Leeward  and  Stemmoft  of  die  Confederate^'  '*' . 
Fleet,  which  were  three  Dutch  Men  of  War,  whov!*"   !# 


V 


3(Jx  TTjc  Reign  of  King 

A,  C.  foaght  firft  Eleven,  and  then  Seven  French  Men  of 
%6^X.  War,  but  were  at  laft  forc'd  to  yield.  This  made 
the  Dutch  Merchant-Men  that  were  there,  tack  for 
the  Shore,  and  the  Enemy  after  them,  which  gave 
an  Opportunity  to  the  Ships  to  Windward  and  a- 
head,  to  make  Sail  ofi,  and  fav'd  a  great  part  of 
the  Fleet.  Whatever  Art  was  m^A  at  that  time  to 
palliate  the  Lofs  the  Allies  fuftain'd  in  this  En* 
gagemcnt,  Hiftory  is  now  obliged  to  own  that  it 
was  very  conliderable  \  for  bcfides  four  of  the 
grcateft  Sm/ma^  and  one  Dutch  Man  of  War  which 
Monfieur  Coetlogon  burnt  or  fimk  at  Gihraltnr^  and 
Seven  he  took  \  Monfieur  dc  Tourvillc  and  Count 
jyEJlrees  took  two  Dutch  Mer^  of  V^^ar,  burnt  a 
rich  Pinnace,  and  an  Englijh  Man  of  War,  took 
Twenty  Nine  Merchant.  Men,  and  deftroy'd  about 
Fifty  more.  Upon  this  Dififter,  Six  George  H^ok,  ^ 
with  the  Men  of  War,  and  (ome  Merchant- Men, 
made  the  beft  of  his  way  for  Ireland. 

Let  us  now  ftep  over  into  Flanders^  where  the 

KjmtAtzn  ^^^^ch^^\i\^  Year,  werc  fb  prodigious  ftrong ;  that 

fmWlgii    their  Forces  exceeded  the  Confederates  almoft  by 

^5^         one  half  at  the- beginning  of  the  Campaign;  but 

King  IVilHam's  Diligence  in  poffeiling  himfelf  ot 

the  Campat  P/^rJ!;,,  entirely  broke  the  FrenchKm^s^ 

Dcfigns  upon  Brabant  \  wnich  made  his  moft  Chri- 

flian  Msjcfty  lend  a  ftrong  Detachment,  under  the 

Command  of  the  Daufhin^  and  the  Mare(chal  dc 

Boufflers  into  ^-Cerrmny,  and   return  himlelf  to  Ver^ 

failles^  without  attempting  any  thing.    The  French 

under  the  Duke  oi  Luxemburgh^  were  all  this  while 

encamped  at  Meldert^  and  tho'  their  Convoys  were 

ver)^  much  difturb'd  by  the  Garrlfon  of  Charlerc},, 

yet  it  feem'd  a  Trial  of  skill  between  both  Armies, 

which  fhould  continue  longefi:  in  their  Pofts ;  but 

at  length   the  French  were  forc'd  to   quit  t  theirs 

Ijalyjj^f.ft;  marching  to  Heilijheim  in  their  way  towards 

1/,  5,        the  Maefe.  which  gave  the  King  an  opportunity 

to  (end  a  ftrong  Detachment  under  the  Command 

of  the  Prince  of  ff^rtcmbergy   to  force  the  Lines 

which  the  Frj^nch  had  made  to  cover  their  conquer* 

cd  Countries,  from  the^ci&^Wtothc  L/j,  and  lb  to 

Jjfrcf^  Berg  St.  TVinox,^  and  to  the  very    Sea    hy 

Dunkirk, 


WILLIAM  the  thirJ.  ^6\ 

Dunkirk.    At  the  lame  time  Count  Ti7//,  Gene-  A.  C. 

.  .        .  Til, 

good  Body   of  Troops  to  hinder   that  Conjun-  h  deftsted 
tkion ;  which  he  did  effeilually,    furprizing  thej^ly  14. 
Count  in  the  hollow  Way  thro'  which  he  was^-  ^• 
marching,  and  torcinghim  to  retreat  to  hlneftricht^ 
leaving  near  Two  Hundred  of  his  Men  killed,  and 
all  his  Baggage  behind  him.    The  Prince  of  Wfr-7^^  D«fa 
teniberg%  Forcing  *  the  Lines  with  good  Succefi//^'- 
and  railing  great  Contributions  did  not  hinder  the ?^^'£- 
Duke  pfLuxtmburgh  from  laying  Siege  to  Huy,on  ^^^fj^^ 
19th  of  711/;' J  which  made  the  King  advance  nearer  ^,1?/ 
the  Country  of  U^ge  ;  But  when  his  Majefty  camejuiy ',g^ 
to  Tcngrcs,  he  was  liirpriz'd  to  hear  that  the  Ca- 
ttle otHuy  had  capitulated.    Upon  further  Infor-Huy  tsit^ 
matfon  that   Monfieur    Luxemburgb    was   drawn  ^^^^^ 
nearer  Lieye^  his  Majefty  fcnt  Ten  Battalions  thi- J""^"» 
ther,  whicfi,  with  great  difficulty  got  at  length  in--J^  ^  *^* 
to  the  Place,  that   now  ablblutely    rejefted  the   * 
Neutrality  Luxemburgb   offered.     Thereupon   the 
French  General  made  a  Feint  of  belicging  Liege^  tho'  ' 
his  real  Dclign  was  to  attack  the  King,  now  en- 
camp'd  at  Neerhe/pen  ;  fo  much  weakened  by  the  fe- 
verai    Detachments   he  had  made    to     reinforce 
the   Garrilbns  of   Liege  and   Maeftncht,    that  it 
was  generally  computed  that  the   Fr^«c/j  were  at 
leaft  Thirty  Five  Thoufand  Men  ftronger.    The 
King  to  know  the  certainty  of  the  Enemies  De- 
figns,  before  he  went  farther  off  from  the  MMefe^ 
lent  out  daily  Ibme  Parties  of  Horfe  ;  one  of  which 
yetum'd  on  the  aSth  of  July  (N.  S.)  and  gave  his 
Majefty  an  Account  they  could  not  go  beyond 
fVarem,  bcM:aufe  they  met  there  with  a  great  Party 
of  French  Horfe  ;  which  was  indeed  the  Left  Wing 
of  their  Army  upon  the  March.    As  loon  as  the 
King  had  notice  of  the  Enemies  Approach,  he  got 
on  Horleback  with  the  Eledor  of  Bavaria^  and 
chief  Ofl&cers  of  the  Army,  and  finding  by  the  E- 
nemies  Countenance,  that  'twas  the  V  anguard  of 
their  whole  Army,  that  was  coming  to  attack  him 
in  his  own  Camp,  his  Majefty  imn^ediately  order- 
ed 


364  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  cd  to  Arms,  and  to  draw  in  Battle,  to  expe«3 
J  60%.  the  Encinj''.  Moft  of  the  General  Officers  were 
^^^^-ly^^  for  repoinng  the  Gect,  but  His  Majefty  chofe 
8ie  the  to  make  the  advantage  of  the  Greund  he  bad,  and 
mfieiy  venture  a  Battle,  notwithdanding  the  vaft  difpro- 
€ftifi  portion  of  the  two  Armies,  rather  than  expofe  hi» 
CmmpMign  Rear  to  the  Enemies  Charge  Befidcs,  the  French 
in  1 69 J.  were  now  near  the  great  and  defencelefi  Towns 
"^''fj^  of  Brnbanty  which  muft  feel  the  eftefts  of  their 
^  Ed w.  pury,  unlefi  they  had  been  ftopt  by  venturing  an 
m^^^verj Engagement ;  and  as  the  Benefits  of  a  Vi&ory 
uf^dJu*  ^^^^  great,  lb  upon  the  worfc  fiippofition  of  the 
ujpT  Event,  the  King  had  ftill  Prince  Wirumhcriz  vi- 

ctorious Army,  re:idy  to  make  up  the  Breaches  of 
his  own,  an  Advantage  which  the  Enemy  had  not 
ib  ready  on  their  fide.  The  Right  of  the  Confe- 
derates  in  this  Camp  was  at  Heyiiffcm  and  VVan^^ 
2^11,  upon  the  River  Qecty  and  reach'd  as  far  as 
Necrmnden^  being  covered  with  a  fmall  Brook,  ie> 
vcral  Hedges  and  hollow  Ways.  The  Elector  of 
BstvarU  had  his  Quarters  at  fVan^en  ;  the  Body  o£ 
Foot,  and  Left  Wing  of  the  Horfe  reached  from 
•  thence  as  far  as  Dormal^^  upon  the  Brook  of  Bcck,^ 
where  Lewc  remained  in  their  Rear. 

There  are  hereabouts  two  Rivers^  both  whicb 
have  the  Name  of  Geet^  the  greater  and  the  Icfs  : 
The  greater  Geer  comes  from  Judoigne  to  TilUmonp  i 
the  leffer,  which  did  run  upon  the  right  part  of 
Rear  of  the  Confederates  Camp  at  Neerhtffeuy  has 
its  Spring  about  Lens-Ies-Beguinesj  and  fo  runs  to 
Hannuyc^  and  fcver^  other  villages,  to  both  the 
Heyliffemsy  to  Neer be/pen,  and  lb  to  L^ne.  The  Brook 
of  Beck,  riies  about  P^cAr,  runs  (o  Ldmbn^  and  fa 
to  the  Ltfwv,  where  it  joins  with  the  lefler  Geer, 
and  all  thele  three  (mall  Rivers  join  in  one  below 
Lewe.  About  Six  in  the  Afternoon  the  Marelchal 
de  Toyeufe  came  up  with  the  Left  .Win«  of  Horfe, 
and  about  Eight  the  Body  of  Foot,  whicn  for  more 
Expedition  the  Prince  of  Ctmti  had  ordered  to. 
march,  after  they  had  pafled  the  ?ec^,  upon  four. 
Columns^  with  the  bed  part  of  the  Artilloy  ;  but  as 
'twas  then  too  late  to  engage  a  BaxAt^Luxmburgb  con« 
tended  himlelf  to  difpple  pjs  Ar;ny,  in  oj^^C  ^o  bf%* 


W  1  L  L  I  A  M  f/;rf  Thirl  jtfy 

gill  early  the  next  Day :  and  for  this  rad  poflcffed  a.  C* 
nimfelf  of  the  Villages  of  Landcn^  St.  Gertrujfdenland^  i  ko  l * 
and  Over-lVinden. 

Asfbon  as  theEnemy  drew  up  by  the  G>ilfcderate 
Camp,  the  King  ordered  Bri^dier  i^anrfiy  with  bis 
Brigade,  then  composed  of  Five  Battalions,  vi:^.  O 
JParely  lAdekffy  Lauder^  Leven  and  Monroe^  to  the 
Right  of  all,  to  ^ard  ibme  Hedges  and  hollow 
Ways  upon  ihc  Right  of  the  Village  of  Late.  The 
Brandenburg  Battalions  were  pofted  to  the  Left  of 
this  Village  ^  and  niore  to  the  Left  the  Infantry 
ol  Hannover^  Prince  Charles  oi  Brandenburg^  asMa<- 
jor  General,  commanding  the  Six  Battalions  of 
Brandenburg,  and  Lieutenant  General  Dunwnt  the 
Hanovarians,  with  whom  he  was  to  defend  the  Vil- 
lage of  Neer-H^nden,  that  cover'd  part  of  the  Con- 
federates Camp,  between  the  Right  Wing  of  Horfc, 
and  their  Main  Body.  Thefe  were  afterwards  re- 
inforced by  the  firft  Battalion  of  the  firft  Regiment 
of  Guards,  and  the  (econd  Battalion  o(  Scotch  Guards. 
Upon  the  Left  at  Neer-Landen^  the  King  order'd 
the  firft  Battalion  of  the  Royal  Regiment,  ChurchilTSf 
Selwins  and  Trelavpnj\  Prince  FredericlCs  Battalion 
of  Danes  J  and  Fagel\  to  pofTefi  this  Village  that 
covered  the  Left  of  the  Confederates  Bcxly  of 
Foot:  which  upon  the  Enemies  Approach  had 
wheerd  from  the  Left  to  the  Right,  to  bring  up 
their  Left  to  the  Brook  of  Becl^ ,  where  'twas  cover'd 
by  the  Village  of  Neerlanden.  The  Ground  was 
open  between  the  A^illages  of  Neer-ff^ndenzni  Neer-» 
landen,  whereupon  his  Majefty  ordered  a  Retrench** 
ment  to  be  made  in  the  Night  from  the  one  to 
the  other,  to  cover  the  Body  of  Foot ;  which  was 
indeed  but  a  ilighc  Breaft  Work,  as  may  eafily  be 
judg'd  bv  the  lliort  time  they  had  to  make  it,  and 
the  fmall  Number  of  Men  that  work'd  about  it, 
to  wit,  Thirty  Men^rr  Battalion.  What  remained 
of  the  Body  of  die  Foot  was  drawn  up  in  one  Line 
within  this  Retrenchment  to  defSmd  it.  The  Dra« 
goons  upon  the  Lefe  were  ordered  to  the  Village 
of  Dormal,  to  guard  that  Pa(s  upon  the  Brook  of 
Beck, .  and  from  thence  the  Left  Wing  of  tlorfe 
rtach  d  to  Neerlandeny  where  'cwas  cover'd  by  this 

Brook, 


3<J6  The  Reign  of  King 

A.  C  Brook,  and  From  thence  turn'd  off  to  the  Right  be- 
i(jpj,   hind  the  Body  of  Foot,      • 
I^V^ ;   The  King  who  had  been  on  Horfeback  till  late 
in  the  Evening,  not  only  to  give  all  the  necefflry 
Conimandsjbucto  (ee  them  executed,   ordered  his 
Coach  to  be  brought  to  the  Rear  of  Stanlefs  Re- 
giment, where  he  repos'd  himfelf  about  two  Hours, 
and  early  in  the  Morning  (ent  for  Dr.  Menard^  one 
of  his  Chaplains,    into  the  Coach  to  pray  with 
him,  (iiitably  to  the  Occafion :  A  rare  Example  to 
all  Military  Men,  who  from  this  may  learn,  that 
the  moft  Heroick  Valour  is  that,  whicn  is  grounded 
on  a  good  Confcience,  and  a  true  Chriftian  Pietjr. 
The  Bsttli      ^Y  ^un  rifing  the  French  were  drawn  up  within 
•/Landcn,*'^^  reach  of  the  Confederates  Cannon,  which  play- 
July  29.    cd  upon  them  \Vith  good  Succefi,  and  which  the 
/7. 5.         French  fiiftain'd  with  admirable  Conftancy,  till  a- 
bout  Six  a  Clock,  when  they  made  a  Motion  to 
draw  nearer  the  King's   Retrenchments.    About 
Eight  Luxemburg  ordered  a  ftrong  Body  of  Troops 
to  attack  the  Villages  of  Lare  and  Neer-fVinJen ; 
which  they  did  with  great  Fury  and  various  Succefe, 
having  gain'd  and  loft  theie  Foils  once  and  again ; 
but  at  length  the  Allies  maintained  their  Ground; 
and  here  the  Duke  of  Berwick^  Was  taken  Prifoner 
by  Brigadier  Churchill.    This  ill  Succefi  did  not 
difcourage  the  French  from  trying   their  Fortune 
againft  the  Confederates  Left  Wingat  Nwr/4»J«i. 
nris  true,this  Poft  was  not  weak,  but  it  was  attackM 
with  a  great  disproportion  of  Forces,  and  the  fire 
was  very  finart  on  both  fides.    The  firft  Bittalion 
of  the  Royal  Regiment  was  after  a  (harp  Dilute 
forced  to  retire,  but  was  foon  after  cncourag'd  by 
his  Majefty's Presence,  (who  rode  immediately  from 
the  Right  to  the  Left,)  and  fuftairfd  by  Selwin\ 
whoobferving  a  Paflage  in  this  Place  where  Horfe 
could  come  upon  his  Rear,  ordered  Trees  to  be  cut 
down,  and  ftop  it  up.  The  Houfe  where  Hamilton's 
Grenadiers  had  before  been  polled  was  likewife 
let  on  Fire,  and  by  this  time  the  two  forcmcDtion'd 
Rf jjiments  being  Supported  by  Prince  PredericlC^ 
and  FagePs,  the  Enemy,  after  a  (harp  Wfpute  of 
about  two  Hours,  were  entirely  beaten  off,  and 

purfued 


WILLIAM  tk  fhirJ.  367 

^ur(iied  quite  out  of  the  Defile  into  the  very  Plain*    A.  C* 
ib  that  they  attempted  this  Place  no  more.  i  ^ 9  J* 

Hitherto  the  Succefi  of  the  Day  was  v^ifibly  on 
the  Confederates  fide,  and  the  French  who  continu'd 
a  faint  tire  at  Neer-fVtnden^  (eem'd  by  their  Coun* 
tenance  as  if  they  defign'd  to  draw  oft :  But  Luxem- 
turgh  having  ftiU  (cveral  Brigades  of   frefh  Mcn> 
re(olv'd  to  gain  the  Village   of  Keer-iVinden^    and 
ordered  the  Prince  of  Conti  to  make  the  Atuck.  The 
Enemy  had  remained  Mafters  of  the  outer-moft 
Hedges  of  this  Village,  for  tho*  our  rally'd  Forces 
had  made  the  French  give  way  confiderably,  yet 
they  could  not  intirely  clear  the  Village.     The 
Prince  of  Conti^  with  the  bed   Foot  in  the  French 
AtfiiVj  charg'd  the  Confederates  (b  vigoroufly  that 
the  latter  being  already   fpcnt  by  the  former  En- 
counters, were  foon  oolig'd  to  yield  to  the  Enemy 
the  Avenues  o^ Neer^lVinden  ;  upon  which  Succeu 
Luxemburgh  came  to  obferve  the  Paflages  that  led 
to  the  Confederates  Camp  for  his  Horfe  to  march 
in.    As  the  Marfhal  de  ViUeroy  was  marching  with 
a  ftrong  Body  of  Horft  this  way.  Count  de  Arc0^ 
General  of  the  Bavarian  Cuiraffiers,  charg'd  them 
with  fo  much  vigour,  that    notwithftanding  their 
brave  Refift&nce,  he  repuKed  them  quite  within 
their  Foot ;  the  Duke  de  Chartres  who  charg'd  with 
them  .narrowly  efcaping  being  madePrifoner.There- 
upon  the  Confederates  endeavoured  to  regain  once 
more  thePoft  o^  Neer-Winden^  and  the  Elector  of 
BavarU  order'd  two  Battalions  to  charge  die  Ene- 
my in  Front,   whilft  three  others  fliould  charge 
them  upon  their  Left  Flank ;  but  the  French  rally- 
ing, and  being  confidcrably  reinforc'd,  the  Attenipt 
became  impollible  ;  the  Dutch  and  the  Scotch  Guards 
having  (pent  all  their  Ammunition  by  their  con- 
tinual fire.    The  King,  who  had  left   Neerlanden 
upon  the  Enemies  frefli  Attempt  upon  Neerxpinden^ 
Jed  twice  the  Englifh  Battalions  to  the  Charge,  up 
to  the  Right  of  tne   Retrenchment,  (which  was 
now  flank  d  and  under  the  Enemies  Command) 
where  they  fought   with  great  Bravery.    In  the 
mean  time  Luxemburgh^  who  had  found   a  more 
convenient  Paflage  for  the  Horfe  between  the  Pofts 

of 


^68  7%e  Reign  of  tCint^ 

A.  C.  of  the  King's  and  Zjtrhce\i!z  Brigades,  came  in  hinl* 
1693.  (elf  with  the  Prince  qfConti  and  Count  de  Marfi^i 
into  the  Plain  of  the  Confederates  Camp,  with  the 
Carabineers,  and  leveral  other  Regiments ;  whiiil: 
the  Mareichal  de  Jojeu/e^  pafi'd  between  Neer^Wtn* 
Jen  and  jf^are  with  three  Brigades.^  The  firft  that 
had  come  in  with  Prince  Conti  join'd  with  die 
King's  Hbrfe,  and  (ell  upon  the  Hanover  Hor(^  and 
broke  thdm,  whilft  partof  theEneifiiesfecond  Line 
of  Horf^,  and  the  Referve  came  in  upon  their 
Left,  along  the  Hedges  of  Lare.  The  Nkrquis  of 
Hdrcouri^  who  had  been  lent  for  from  /%,  with  his 
Detachment  of  Twenty  Two  Squadrons,  came 
time  enough  to  have  his  (hare  of  the  Day:  He 
joinM  thefe,  and  made  his  Dragoons  alight  to  chaie 
our  Foot  out  of  the  Village  of  Lare.  The  Duke 
of  Villeroy  came  in  upon  our  Right  of  the  Re« 
trenchments,  which  Place  the  EngUflo  Foot  disputed 
with  undaunted  Resolution,  till  bein§  oyer-power''d, 
the  French  remain'd  Mafters  of  this  part  of  the 
Retrenchment,  which  they  levelled  to  make  room 
for  a  Body  of  Horfe  to  Come  in. 

After  the  Hanover  Horfe  had  been  broken,  the 
reft  of  the  Confederates  Richt  Wing  of  Horfe  being 
cut  oft*  from  the  Body  or  Foot,  was  foon  over- 
thrown by  the  Enemy,  who  now  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  charge  them  both  Front  and  Flank.  The 
Eledor  of  Bavaria  did  what  he  coiild  to  reGft  the 
numerous  multitude  of  the  Enemies  Horfe  that 
charged  him  thus;  but  finding  it  impoilible,  with 
no  (mall  difficulty,  he  retreated  over  the  Bridge, 
and  rallyy,  on  'tother  fide,  as  many  of  the  icatter'd 
Horfe  and  Foot  as  could  get  over,  to  favour  the 
Retreat  of  ihofe  who  were  ready  to  pals.  The 
King  did  what  he  cOuld  to  remeay  this  Dilbrder, 
riding  to  the  Left  to  bring  up  the  EngUJb  Horfe 
for  the  Relief  of  the  Right  Wing.  But  the  Ene- 
my, had  now  got  another  Bcjdy  of  Horfe  in  our 
Camp,  commanded  by  the  Duke  iTEIboettf.  At  the 
lame  time  the  Duke  if  Montmorency,  Luxemitirgh*% 
Son,  fell  upon  the  Right  Flank  of  the  Dutch  Horfe:, 
and  put  them  in  Dilorder  before  the  Engtijlo  Horf^ 
vrhicli  were  led  on  by  the  King,  could  ebtne  up 

and 


117  ILLtAU  the  nirJ. 

fthd  form  their  Squadrons ;  (o  that  they  were  for- 
ced to  charge  the  Eneniy  in  the  (ante  order  the 
rid  up  to  them  j  (  and  mod  ot  them  had  ridas  fai 
pu  their  Horles  could  Gallop ; )  but  that  did  not 
hinder  them  from  doing  extraordinary  Service. 
The  King  himleU  charged  at  the  head  ofniyLord 
GMlowa/t  Rej^ment,  which  diftincuifh'd  it  lelf  veijr 
much  on  this  Qccaiion.  Colonel  VVyndham  at  the 
head  of  his  Re^ime^tt,  ch^rg^d  feveral  times  thro* 
and  thro'  the  Enemies  Squadrons.  Colonel  Lar^'^ 
ftott  was  made  Prisoner,  and  the  Duke  oiOrmond 
having  charged  at  the  head  of  one  o£Lumle/s  Squ^** 
drons,  received  (everal  Wounds,  and  had  hii 
Hor(e  iiidt  under  him,  was  refcued,  by  a  Gentle- 
leman  o[  the  French  King's  txuards,  bom  the  hands 
of  a  Villain  who  was  ottering  to  ftab  him. 

The  King  (eeing  the  Battle  loft,  order'd  tbe  Iiiv 
fantry  to.  retreat  to  Oomul  upon  the  Broolc  of 
Bec^ ,  which  Poft  had  hitherto  been  kept  by  th^ 
Dragoons  of  the  Left  Wins,  who  had  nothing  to 
do  this  Day ;  and  (indins  tnat  the  ^emies  wer^ 
^rrounding  him  on  all  ndes,  his  Majefty  ordered 
the  Regiiticnts  of  Wyndham^  Lumlty  and  GaJJcwaJ^ 
to  cover  his  Retreat  over  the  firidge  at  Neerhefpen^ 
which  he  ^ain'd  with  great  difficul^.  There  was 
now  nothing  but  Confiilion  and  Diibrder  in  the 
Confederates  Qimp ;  all  thpfe  who  could  riot  get 
the  Paflcs  for  the  Retreat,  bemjf  preffed  by  the  Eae- 
mv,  wereforc'd  to  fling  thenifclves  into,  the  Rivet^^ 
where  abundance  were  drown'd ;  .the  Earji  oiAth- 
Icne  narrowly  efi:aping  tne  lanie  Fate.  LteucenanC 
General  T4lrHdfh  brought  off  the  Emrli/h  Foot  with 
great  Prudence,  Bravery  and  Succefi ;  but  (bme  of 
^Ef^lijh  Life-Guards^ere  fo  fcar'd  with  theJFjwi- 
cy  of  a  puriiiing  Enem  v,  tnat  they  did  not  think 
tnem(elve;i  (ecure  till  they,  reach'd  Breda.  Sfacty 
Pieces  of  Cannon,  and  Nine  Mortars  were  loft } 
but  all  the  Baggage  had  been  Cent  to  Lewe  the  over- 
sight, where  *tWas  iafely  brought  off  in  refpe<JJ 
of  the  Enemy,  but  generally  pluader'd  by  .our 
Qwn  Soldiers.  As  for.  the  lofi  ot  Men,  the  Con-i 
federates  own*d  but  Six  Thousand  killed,  wound- 
ed or  talien  Priiboers :  and  the  French  couki  noC 

Bbb  den/ 


570  ^^^  Reign  ofKtKg 

A.  C  deny  but  that  they  had   above   Two  Thoufknil 
1^9^,  Officers  killed  or  wounded  :  Let  the  Reader  guefi 
i^^vC^  bow  many  private  Soldiers  they  loft  in  propor- 


tion. 

The  King,  in  the  Day  of  Battle,  (hew'd  him- 
felf  as  He  had  always  done,  a  Heroe  and  a  Com- 
mander ;  And  It  was  by  a  Wonderful  Providence, 
that  he  efcapM  three  Mufquet-fliots  \  one  thro'  his 
Peruke;  another  thro'  the  Sleeve  of  his  Coat;  and 
a  third  which  carried  ofl  the  Knot  of  his  Scarf, 
and  left  a  fmall  Contufion  on  his  fide.  In  fhort, 
his  Majefty  gain'd  fb  far  the  Refpe£l  and  Admi- 
ration of  his  very  Enemies,  that  'twas  a  common 
laying  amongft  them,  That  they  wanted  hut  fuch  a 
King  to  maks  fhem  Majlers  of  Chrijiendom  :  And  the 
Prince  of  Conti,  in  his  intercepted  Letter  to  the 
Princels  his  Wife  (aid  ;  He  fav^  the  Kjng  expojinz 
bimfelf  to  the  greateft  Dangers ;  and  that  furely  Jo 
much  Valour  very  well  dcfervd  the  peaceable  PoJfeJJion 
of  the  Crovm  he  wore. 

The  Confederates  gave  it  out  that  the  French  had 

loft  1 8000  Men  in  the  Battle,which  Afl'ertion  fcemM 

to  be  confirm'd  by  Luxemhur£s  not  purfiiing  his 

Vi^ory,  and^  his  continuing  tuteen  Days  toecther 

at  iVaren^  without  attempting  anjr  thing.    How* 

ever,   after  they  had  been  rein  forc'd,  withfomc 

Troops  from  the  Sea-Coaft,  and  a  great  Detach- 

ment  undef  Sot^erh  from  the  F{l)ine^  they  fat  down 

ttifletoy  before  Charleroy.  Th6  Place  was  attack'd  with  great 

Befie^d     Fury,  but  thcGarrifon  made  ftich  a  vigorous  Re- 

Sepr.  10.  fiftance,  that  tho'  they  had  little  or  no  prolpedl  of 

jhidC      ^^^^^\  y^^  ^^^y  ^^'^  ^^  Six  and  Twenty  Days, 

Tindr€d't$  ^'^^  ^^^  opening  of  the  Trenches,  and  then  made 

the  French  ^^  honourable  Capittilation.    The  Yrench  were  not 

Ofto.  10.  left  fuccefiftil  in  Catalonia^  where  fo  early  as  the 

Rorei'  in  xsthoi  May  they  invefted  Bsfes  both  by  Sea  and 

CatalomV  Land,  and  carried  the  Siege  of  it  on  with  that  Dili- 

taken  by    gence,  that  they  made  themfelves  Matters  of  the 

r^f  French  Place  in  (even  Days. 

June  y.        Qn  the  other  hand,  the  Germans  were  fb  flow  and 

^'r^^'m^  the  Trench  fo  forward  on  the  Hhine,  that  the  latter 
iw  ucf mt-  p^fl.  ^^^^  j^j^^j.  ^^^^  ^^^  j^jjjj^  ^f.  ^^^  ^^  Philips- 

^'  burg ;  and,  without  any  Oppofition,  the  Marqu/s  of 

\      *  Chamilly 


W  IrL  L  T  AM  the  ThirJ.  371 

Chamilly  inverted  the  City  of  Heidefbm.    At  the    A.  C 
lame  time  the  Duke-  dcLerge  croffed  the  firft  Moun-    i  tf  9  3 . 
tains  to  oppoft  the  Prince  of  Baden^  who  was  not 
yet  in  a  condition  to  aft  but   defenfively,  lb  that 
the  Town  muft  now  fliift  for  it  fclf  ^  But  befides  its 
natural  Weaknefs,  there  was,  at  this  time,  liich  a 
Divifion  between  the  Garrifbn  and  the  Towns-men, 
about  the  Money  that  was  cailM  iti,  and  which  the 
former  Would  haVe  go  Current  again,  that  when 
the  f(egiment  of  Sconbeck^  was  ready  to  enter  the 
Place  to  reinforce  the  Garrilbn,  the  Towttfmeii 
Would  not  fuflPer  them  to  come  in;  which  gave  Mon« 
ficur  de  Melac  an  opportutiity  to  feize  a  Redoubt, 
"U^hich  commanded  that  part  of  the    Town.    In 
(hort,  tht  French  on  the  a  ill  of^Ai/f^tnade  them- 
felvcs  Matters  of  the  Suburbs  with  little  oppofiti* 
on,  and  their  Grenadiers  drove  the  Befieged  with  (o 
ttiuch  Fury  to  the  Caftle  Gates  .that  the  latter  left  a- 
bovc  600  of  their  Soldiers  without,who  ^erc  all  put 
to  the  Sword.    The  Governor  of  the  CaJUe  appre-  ti  |  j  t 
bending  the  ft  me  Fate^  accepted  the  Conditions  J^^g'];!^ 
which  Monfieur  deLorge  impos  d  upon  him,and  was^,  the 
contented  to  be  conduced  to  PVimfel^  with  the  reft  French 
of  his  Garri/bn,  confifting  of  1 200  Men,  2  pieces  June  a! 
of  Cannon-  and  12  Waggons  laden  with  Baggage* 
The  hnferialifts  were  no  (boner  out  of  the  City,  but 
the  French  (et  both  that  and  the  Caftle  on  Fire,  and  jf„j  dt^ 
committed  feveral  other  Barbatities  In  the  PaUti-firty^d, 
nnte.  notiparingfb  much  as  the  fiicrcd  RepoGtoties  • 

of  the  Afties  of  the  Deccafed  Elcftors.    Fl|efli'4 
with  this  eafieSiJCCefi,thcMarefchal  rf^Lor^ff  ;advanc'd 
towards  theN^)(;4r,with  a  defign  to  attack  the  Prince 
of  Baden^  who  lay  etlcampM  with  his  Arhiy  on  the 
other  fide  of  the  River,  which  the  Trench  twice 
cndeavour'd  to  pafi.  but  were  forc'd  fo  abondon' 
their  finterprize,  with  the  lofi  of  neaf  a  Thpulind^ 
Men.    Some  time  after  this,  the  Dauphin  jn  Perfod^^  t^i„t^ 
loin'd  the  Army,  which  confifted  of  near  ^0006  phmfaUs 
Men,    and  having  crofs'd  the  Neck/(r^  made  a  fiiew:;«  hu  de* 
of  attacking  the  Prince  of  Bnden ;  but  found  his*/fe» »/  -^'* 
Highnefi  (o  well  pdfted,  that  he  fepafrd  the  Rivcf  f^^^^H 
without  attcittpting  any  thing  ;  and  having  put  a  f'''''^    - 
Gafrifim  into  StugArd^  Afld  fcnt  a  Detachment  into  r^J*  ^^ 


\ 


571  The  keign  rf  King 

A*  C  Vlmtiersj  and  Piedmont^  he  returned  in  the  Month 

I(J.9J.    oi  Autuft  XO  Verfdilies. 

^.^•^SJ  Let  s  now  take  a  fliort  view  of  the  Affairs  of  ha- 
Csmpdf^u  ly  t  The  Duke  of  Savoy  was  no  Iboner  recover^  of 
in  Pied>  his  long  Indifpofition,  but  he  put  himfclf  at  thp 
none*  Head  ofthe  Arniy,which  being  confiderably  ftrong, 
liiade  the  Inhabuanrs  of  Dauphin^  apprehenHve 
of  a  wor(e  Irruption  into  their  Countr;^  than  the  lad; 
but  the  Confccferates  (tem'd  now  chiefly  to  aim  at 
the  driving  the  French  out'  of  Daly^  by  dilpoflef 
fing  them  of  C4:;4/  znd  Pignercl -,  neither  of  which 
Was  eftcded  this  Year.  Tis  true,  Cd:(al  was block'd 
upfor  (bme  time,  and  the  Fort  of  St.  Gww  carried 
by  Ai&ult,  whidi  compleated  the  Blockade  of  that 
Place ;  but  things  went  no  farther ;  and  the  Duke 
of  54v^,  with  the  main  Army,  laid  Siege  to  Pigne^ 
tely  took  the  Fort  of  St.  Bridget^  that  covered  the 
Place,  but  paid  fb  dear  for  this  Poft,  that  after  all  it 
was  debated  whether  tbe^  (hould  carry  on  the  Sie^^ 
or  only  bombard  the  Town  ?  Whilft  the  Allies 
were  thus  deliberating  among  ihcmlelves,  Monfieur 
^atiruu^  being  confiderably  reinforcM,  descended 
into  the  Plains*  and  gave  the  Duke  fuch  Umbrage 
for  Turin^  that  lie  drew  off  from  about  Pignerol^  and 
cncainpM  ^xJAarfagUa^  having  firft  blown  Dp  the 
Fort  of  St.^  Bridget.  ^  The  Arirty  Was  prcfenrJy 
dirawn  ud  in  Battalia :  The  Marquis  de  Lepane:^ 
cdtiuntoaed  the  Left  Wing,  composed  of  the  King 
of  f^4iV«  Troops..  His  Royal  Higne/s,  and  under 
him  the  Count  of  dafrard^  commanded  the  Right 
Wing :  aftd  Pfin^e  Eugene  the  niain  Battle,  having 
under  nifn  the  Marquis  de  U  Pdrelie  and  the  Count 
A  Iss  Torres  3  Ai  foi*  the  puke  o(  Jchomberg^  being 
denied  the  Poft  due  to  hini,  he'  refolv'd  co  fight  on 
foot  at  the  Head  of  his  own  Regiident,  mce  an 
isi^i  ^  ordinary  Colloncl.  The  Confederate  Artfiy  being 
WarfifiUt*^  difoo^M,  marchM  on  the  3d  of  November 
Oa,  i;  into  the  Neighbourhood  of  Orbaffkn^  from  whence 
*  they  perceivy  the  Enemy  towards  the  Hills,  be- 
tween Orhajjkn  and  Piofafijui.'EaxXj  the  next  Day  the 
^reneh  advanc'd  towards  the  Confederates,  mdcing 
nfe  of  the  adv  vtage  they  bad  in  the  Ground^which 

Wil 


WILLIAM  the  Thint,  373 

was  full  of  Wood  and  Vineyards ;  and  (bon  after  A.  C 
the  Cannon  began  to  play  on  both  fides.  About  1692. 
half  an  hour  after  Eight,  the  ¥reneh  fell  upon  the 
Confederates  Left  Wing  with  near  aoooo  Men, 
without  firing  a  fhot,  having  their  Bayonets  at  die 
end  of  their  Fuzies^  and  their  Swords  in  their 
Hands,  ^  They  were  receivM  and  driven  back  with 
great  Vigor,  but  renewring  their  Attack,  they  took 
in  Front  and  Flank  the  Neapolitan  and  MlUm:{$ 
Horfe,  who  after  havirtgcourjgiojflywithftood  the 
the  Fury  of  their  Enemy,  were  at  laft  over-powcr'd 
by  their  Numbers,  and  pufh'd  upon  the  Gemurk 
Horfe.  Thefe  being  at  the  fame  time  chargM  by  the 
little  Gendd^mericy  were  no  longer  able  to  maintain 
their  Ground,  but  fell  upon  the  In&ntry,  which 
was  put  alfo  into  Diforder.  The  Second  Line  was 
brought  on  to  oppoie  the  Enemjr,  while  the  Firft 
Line  rallied,  but  the  Horfe  giving  way,  the  Foot 
ik^as  Quicklv  routed. 

While  tnings  pafled  thus  on  this  fide,  the  Trench 
were  thrice  repuls  d  with  gneat  lofi  hj  the  Confede- 
rates main  Batulia,  and  Right  Wing,  till  their 
Horfe,  which  had  made  the  Left  Win^  give  wajr, 
attack^  the  Confederates  Infantry  behind  and  m 
JFlank,  who  had  no  longer  any  Horfe  to  cover 
theni,  and  were  at  the  fame  time  attack'd  by  the  £> 
hemics  Foot.    All  the  Troops  fought  with  jSreat. 
Courage,and  theDifpute  was  defperate  on  both  fides. 
His  Britannick,  Majeflies  Forces,  which  were  pefled 
in  the   main    Battalia,   particularly  diftinguUh*d 
themfelves,  and  the  Duke  of  Schomherg  their  Gene** 
ral,  was  defir*d  by  the  Count  de  las  Torres^  after 
ihe  Enemies  third  Anack,  fo  pkc  upon  him  the 
Command,  and  c&ufe  a  Retreat  to  be  made  bv  the 
Body  bf  Foot,  ind  the  Right  Wing  ^  hut  his  drace. 
being  ^qiieM  at  the  iifz^  he  bad  met  before,  told 
him,  that  it  was  heceflary  firft  tq  have  his  Royal 
Highne(s's  Qrder,  iind  yhtil   it  came  He  would 
bear  tbfe  Enemies  Fire ;  adding ,   that  he  found 
thmgs  were  gone'  fo  f^,  that  they  muft  np%  either. 
vati<)uifh  or  die.    "The  Confederates;  re<^l!cd  the 
repeated  Effints  of  the '  Enemy  with  exr ^ordinary 
Kelblutiofli/bitcwer^  )at  kft  torc'd  to  abandon  the 

o>  -   -  .'  '  pb.vv  •    "     '    ■  fici4 


J  74  the  Reifn  of  /C/ffg 

A,  C.  Field  of  Battle,  and  to  retire  with  the  loft  of  the 
1692.  gJ'eateft  part  of  their  Cannon,  and  of  (even  or 
^y'Y^  eight  Thoufind  Men.  The  Duke  of  Scljotnberg  ha- 
ving fought  wiih  unparalleled  Valour,  receivy  a 
Woynd  in  the  Thigh,  of  which  he  died  not  many 
days  after.  With  this  A6Hon  ended  the  Campaiga 
in  Piedmont, 

But  while  Trance^  was  thus  Triumphing  every 
Gr/#/5Mr>  where  over  the  Allies,  (he  had  a  more  dangerous 
€ity  in     Enemy  to  encounter  within  her  own   Bowels;    I 
Fiwcc.     mean.    Famine^    which    daily    fwept    Multitudes 
of  her  Inhabitants.   The  famous  Dubart  did  fea/b- 
nably  fetch  great  Quantities  of  Corn  from  Sweden 
and  Dffwwtfrii;,  which  he  (afely  convoy 'd  into  the  Har- 
bours of  France  ;  but  theft:  not  being  able  to  fupply 
the  general  Scarcity,  his  moft  Chriftian  Majtfty 
France     y^^  neceiStated  to  make  Propofals  of  Peace  10  the 
^t^"  ^^  Emperor,  which  being  rejected ;  a  Memorial  wai 
PiMf        p^iented  to  King  milinm,  by  his  Danijh  MajeOy's 
StVlhe     Minifter,  wherein  great  Offers  were  made  from 
j^ppggjIyFra^acf,  not  only  to   the  Empire,  Sp^in  and  HoU 
Und^  hut  to  his  Britannick  Majefty  himfclf.     Thefe 
Propofals  were  likewift  reje<9:cd. 
-  ^,       -      Let*snow  lee  what  pals'd  in  EngUnd  during  the 
Ireltnd     King'*  Abfence :  The  loth  of  ?/^// the  hordCapel, 
The   Urd  ^^^  ^^^^^  fVjchs  and  H^tlliam  Duntomb  Efq;  /et  out 

Sydney    ^^f  ^^^l^^^y  being  conftituted  Lords  Tuftices  of  that 
wsde  K*. Kingdom,  in  the  room  of  the  Lordf  Vilcount  Sy^f- 
fier  of  thepej^  who  Upon  his  Return  was  made  Matter  Gene-* 
OrdinMnce,  ;oeral  of  the  Ordinance. 

July  2  2.       In  the  fame  Month  of  July^  the  Earl  ot  BeU^ 
^e  Urd    4ncntj  ^nd  James  Hamilf on  \i{q-^  petltion'd  Her  Ma- 

bv"*"l^'  k^y^  ^^^^  ^  ^°P  ^^^^^  ^  P"*^  ^^  ^^^  palling  of 
i;]j^^*^     Pardons  to  \hc  Lord  Coningiby^  and  Sir  Charles  Por^ 

^Qj^^^'^^jer^nnti\i^\cVcx\t\QTi^n^  and  many  others  of  their 
€us*dbcf9re^^\^^^^  Subjeifts  ol  Ireland^  might  he  permitted 
tin  Ctuncil  to  produce  their  proofs  agamft  them.  The  Lord 
Coningsby  and  Sir  Charles  Porter^  upon  hearing  of 
luch  a  Petition,  did  likewife  requeft  Her  Majefty  ro 
put  a  flop  to  the  (aid  Pardons,  till  their  Accufcni 
might  be  heard,  in  the  moil  publick  manner,  before 
Her  Maj^  fly  in  Council,  Thereupon  ic  Wis  or- 
dcr'd  ia  Council  tb?  3^7ch  of  ?«/j^  «at  th^  Mattcn 

of 


WILLIAM  theUlrJ.  37^ 

of  the  faid  Petitions  fliould  be  heard  the  next  Coun-  A.   C. 
cil-Day  ;  at  which  time  the  Earl  oiBeUomom  and  Mr.    i  (Jp^. 
Hamilton  dtUvcr'd  a  Paper^  excudng  their  giving  in 
any  Charge  againft  the    Lord   Coningsby  and   Sir 
Charles  Porter^  which  being  read,  it  was  ordered, 
that  the  matter  Qiould  be  farther  examined  at  the 
Board  that  Day  fix  \\'eck3  j  and  that,  in  the  mean 
iime,theAccii(ers  fliould  dchver  their  Charge  againft 
the  late  Lords  Juftices  in  Writing  to  the  Board  on 
riie   17th  o[  ^u^uil.    The   EsltI  o(  B^ffomont  and 
Mr.  H/iwj;/^o«  exhibited  feveral  Accufations  on  the 
appointed  Day;  but  ftill  declining  to  be  heard  to 
m.ilcegood  the  fame,  and  on  the  contrary,  the  Lord 
Co7iingshy  and  Sir  Chnrtcs  Porter^  offering  to  ^rovt^M  ao» 
their  Innoccncy,   the  Queen  order'd  the  laid  Peti- S'*^'^*^ 
tions  and  Charge  to  be  difmift. 

The  Queen,  taking  into  conGderation  that  thePwrf^iw^. 
great  (carcity  and  exceilive  price  of  Com  in  France,  titnsgsinfl 
invited  the  Exportation  of  it  from  this  Kingdom'^'  £*?•'•• 
thither  J  whereby  not  only  Her  Majefty's  Enemies^*'""*/ 
were  fupplicd,  hut  her  own  Subje&s  might  be  ex-^[» 
pos'd  to  want,  Her  Majefty  put  out  a  Proclamation  ^^^*  'f^ 
for  preventing  the  fiid  Exportation  of  Corn   to 
Fr4wc<?,  and  enhauncing  the  Price  of  it  at  home  j  and 
becaufe  by  this  farther  Command  the  Poor  Were 
like  to  become  (uflPerers,  Her  Majefty  did  at  the 
fame  time  order  all  the  Laws  in  force  for  letting 
them  onWdrk  to  be  effedually  put  in  Execution. 

On  the  I  oth  of  Odohcr  (N.S.)  the  King  arriv'd 
«t  the  Hague  from  Loo ;    and  on  the  1 4th  the  States 
of  Holland  agreed  to  the  railing  of  i  cooo  Mefl  for 
augmenting  their  Land  Forces ;  and  likewile  to  the 
addition  of  a  confiderable  number  of  Ships  to  their 
Navy,  for  which    His   Majefty  thank'd  them  in 
;their   Aflembly.    His  Majefty  having  waited  ^l-^^/^J^ 
moft  a  whole  Month  for  a  fair  Wind,  embarkM  at  ir^- r^- 
laft  on  the  28th  of  oaober  (OS)  landed  at  '/far. ^„^ " f 
iPiVA  the  2,9th,  and  on  the  30th  arriv'd  at  K^^pk'9^.  50, 
.  ton.    A  Wcet  after,  to  Ihew  particularly  the  diflike  Edward 


bbcAdauna'of theFleefc*  .  '  -;   Nov.  ^ 


I.       ■      '      -^ 


174  ^^^  ^^<g*  ^  ^^^g 

A.  C      The  Parliament  Wqg  met  on  the  17th  of  Ninfrm- 

1^5?.   *^»  purfoant  to  their  late  Prorogation,  the  King 

l^^WJ  told  them :    *  He  was  always  glad  to  meet  them 

Ihe  Piir//-' there,  and  He  could  heartily  wiih  that  their  cotii- 

4w»«^       *  inon  Satisfaiftipn  were  not  leiTen'd  at  prcfent,  bjr 

meetf^       *  refleillng  ^pon  the  Difad vantage  they  had  recci v'dL 

1^0 V.  7   « jhij  Ye^jp  at  Land,   and  the  Mifcarriages  in  the 

«jr  iT/if^  /i  ^flp^|j3  j^t  Sea;    That  He  thqught  it  evident,  that 

•  i^l^iiJiJ  the  former  was  only  occafion'd  by  the  Superiority 

•^  ^  of  the  Enemies  Numbers  in  all  Places ;  That  for 

^  what  related  to  the  latter,  which  had  brought  i^ 

^  great  a  Di  (grace  to  the  Nation,  be  had  relented  it 

*  extreamly ;  and  as  he  would  take  care  i^at  thofe 

*  who  had  not  done  their  Duty  (hould  be  punifli"^^ 

•  fo  He  was  refolv'd  to  ufc  his  Endeayours  that  thp 
^  Power  at  Ses^  might  he  rightly  manag'd  tot  the 

•  future.  And,  /aid  He^  it  welf  deierres  oqr  Con- 
^  fideration,  whether  we  j^re  no(  defe&ive  both  in 
^  the  number  of"  dur  Shipping,  and  in  proper  Ports 
^  to  the  ^eftwdrd,  for  the  better  annoymg  our  Ene* 

•  mies,  and  Prote£Hng  our  Trade,  whicp  is  fo  ef. 
J  (ential  to  the  Welfare  of  this  Nation. 

^  I  am,  added  He^  very  (enfible  of  the  good  A& 
^  fe£Uon  wherewith  you  have  always  affifted  Me^ 
•tofoppoTt  the  Charges  of  this  War,  whidi  have 

•  been  very  great ;  and  yet  I  am  perfwaded,  thai 
f  the  Exper  iqice  of  this  Summer  i^  fuificieni  to  con- 

•  yincc  us  alJl,  that  to  arrive  to  a  good  end  of  it| 

*  there  will  he  a  necelCty  to  encreaife  pur  Forces, 

•  both  by  Sea  and  tand  the  next  Year-  Our  Allies 
^  haye  relblyed  to  add  to  theirs :  A^  I  will  nqt 
^  doubt  9   but  you  will  haye   (uch  regard  to  the 

♦  prefent  Exigency,  as  that  ypu  wi.l(gi«c  ^4c  a  (uiti- 
J  pie  Supply  to  enable  Me  to  do  the  like. . 

'He  tnerefore  earpeftly  recowimended  to    the 

♦  Hoy(e  of  Comn^ons  tq^fd^e  (u^  timely  Refbluti- 

*  ons,  as  tha(  their  SuppUes  tnight  -  be  cf&£hia|,  and 

*  hi;  Preps^^tions  to  Ibrward)  s|S  would  be  neceflai- 
^  ry.  both  for  tjic  Scofi^  aqd  Honour  of  rhp 
I  Natiofi. 

In  i^nfwer  to  diis  Speech  the  Commonf  W^i^* 
jnoufly  relblv'd,  That  tbejt  moul4  fuffM  ihtir  Mf- 
yfiM  (P^  fbcir  Goverwpm  \  but  die  brft  ^ing  tlM^ 

did 


WILLI  AM  the  third.  37^ 

did  was  to  enquire  Into  the  ^fll(car^iages  of  thcFlcct  A.   C. 
the  laft  Summer,  and  to  take  into  their  Confideraci-    i  <jp  j, 
on  the  Preftnration  of  the  Trade  of  the  Nation,  lyvxi 
3ome  time  having  been  <pent  in  examining  the  In-  Mifisrrim 
ifaru^lions  and  Orders  given  to  the  Fleet ;  the  num-  s^es  tf  b^ 
ber  of  Ships  for  ^e  Line  of  Battle,  and  of  the  f^eet  e 
Convoys  and  Cruilcr?;  the  Admirals  that  Com-f*'''*^ 
manded  both,  and  the  Refolts  of  thefcvcral  Coun-^* 
cils  of  War  held  by  theni,the  Commons  *  reiblv'd,  ^  j^ 
That  it  was  their  Qfinion^  that  there  had  teen  a  ho^    Wov.ty* 
fpriouj  and  treacherous  Mi/man^ement  in  the  Mi/' 
carriage  of  the  Smvma  Fieet.    Ttieir  next  Enquiry 
was,   Why  the  Itreights  Fleet  was  ftopt  till  the 
main  Fleet  wept  out  ?   And  then.  Why  the  maip 
Fleet  did  not  convoy  Sir  Georie  /(oo^'s  Squadron, and 
the  Merchants  Ships  oyt  of  danger  ot  the  Frend» 
JFleet  ?  And  it  being  alledg'd,  that  the  main  Fleet 
was  not  (uffipently  vi£hialled,  the  Commons  ex^ 
Amin'd  the  ftate  of  the  Victualling  of  the  Fleet,  at 
its  (ailing  from  Sfitheady  and  thereupon  relblv'q,  t4>  Novat* 
That  there  was  /indent  Beer  en  Board  the  main  Fleet 
when  Sir  George  Rookc  feparatedj  to  h^ve  convt/d 
hit  Sauadfon^  and  the  Merchants  Ships  out  of  danger  <f 
the  Brcft  Fleet.    Two  Days  ♦after  the  QsJcftioo*  N«v.a^ 
being  put,  Hiat  it  did  appear  to  that  Houfe^  tfuu  the 
Admirals  that  Commanded  the  Fleet  the  laft  Summer^ 
bad,  on.  the  \lthef  May  /n^,  Information,  that  pmrp 
9f  the  Breft  Fleet  was  foing  out  to  Sea,  it  paileq  in 
in  the  Negative :  Ana  on  the  6th  of  December  ano- 
ther Quembn  being  put^  That  the  Admirals^  h  twe 
fendinrinto  Bftft  for  Intelligence  befvre  they  Irft  the^f^ 
StTtifflXtSfuadroH^  were  guiUjof  ahigh  Breach  rf  ^A^BiV/%.'** 
TrwJ?  that  was  put  in  them^  to  the  great  Lofs  and^mwe*frt^ 
Difhonour  i/  the  Nation^  it  was  likewUc  carried  in  quent 
ihe  Neffative.  meeting  ^ 

A  Bui  for  the  nmt  frefuem  BleSHotts  rf  ParliaParlia* 
ments  having,  after  the  third  Reading  been  rejeded  ^^t. 
t  by  the  Commons ;  another  Bill  to  the  fame  pur-  ^'^finfi  of 
note  was  fenr  down  to  them  bv  the  Lords,  wnich  ^^iJ^Pfy» 
bemfl  read  d^e  third  time,was  lilcewife  medtod^  ^^^-^  (• 

Tw  Commons  having  unanimouflv  voted   a  ll^T^^ 
Supply  for^  vigorous  Profecution  of  me  War;  V^/-//-.. 
ftf^Wd;  That  the  Sm  tf  yooooo  temdt  he  rais'd^j^Zu 
V t^0rdi 


578  The  Reign  of  King 

A.   C-   towards  the  difcharging  the  PVa^es  due  to  the  Seamen  j 
KJo?.    -^"^  ^^'^^  ^  farther  Sum  of  Two  Millions  be  granted  to 
y^'y^^^  their  MnjefiieSy  in  fuH^    for  the  Maintainancc  cf  the 
•  Tleet^  including  the  Ordinance^  by  tcajcn  of  tijc  R^enue 
now  falling  f^ort.    As  for  the  Army,  ihc  Commons 
having  examined  the  oftcniiive  Treaties  and  Alli- 
ances, His  Majefty  was  now  under  with  the  Coa- 
federates,  and  the  Proportions  of  Forces,  that  the 
t  Dec  10.  Confederates  were  obliged  to  make  for  the  carrying 
on  this  prefent  War,  unanimoufly  relolv'd  t,  Tl"iac 
the  number  of  the  Land  Forces  in  their  Majefties 
pay  be  encreafed,  by  the  railing  fix  new  Rejgiments 
of  Englijh  Horfe,  four  new  Regiments  oiEngli/h 
Dragoons,   and  fifteen  new  Regiments  of  Engiijh 
Foot,  to  be  commanded  by  Officers  that  were  their 
Majefties    Natmral    Bom   Subjcfts;   That  8;iii 
Men,  including  Commilllon  and  Non-commijiion 
Ofikers,  were  ncceflary  for  the  Service  of  the  Year 
1694.  to  be  em^loy'd  inEnglandj  and  beyond  the 
s 530590  Seas;  and  that  the  Sum  ot  Two    Millions  Five 
^•undt      Hundred  Thirty  Thoufand  Fivc^  Hundred  Ninety 
^r^f*<//(rp^j,jg  jjp  granted,  for  the  Maintainancc  of  the  Land 
ibtArmj.  ^^^(.^8,  to  wit,  2.10773  Pounds  for  the  Office  of 
Ordinance;  31808  Pounds  for  the  pay  of  the  Ge- 
neral Officers ;    1 1  c6o  Pounds  for  Levy-Money  ; 
A08  08  Pounds  for  the  Tran  (ports*  147000  Pounds 
for  Hofpitals  and  Contingencies,ana  1 99078 1  Pounds 
for  the  Pay  of  the  Horfe,  Dragoons  and  Foot. 
Brife'fli-        Befides  thefe  large  Supplies,  it  was  found,  tha^ 
^^^        the  Sum  of  One  Hundred    Eighteen   Thoufand 
Pounds   was    wanting  to    compleat  the   Sum    of 
One  Million  granted  to  their  Majefties  by  an  A6k 
made  in  the  laft  Sefiion  of  ^his  prcfent  Parliament, 
for  fccuring  I{cecmpences  to  fuch  Peffons  as  fhould  v^ 
lunta'-Hy  advance  the  faid  Million  ;  •  And  likewile  that 
the  Sum  of  Two  Hundred  Ninety  Three  Thoufand 
Six  Hundred  Ninety  Two*  Pounds  was  wanting  to 
con^pleat  the  Sum  of  Three  Hundred  Thoumd 
Pounds,  grciitedby  a  late  hSkfor  the  review  of  thi 
Ul^artcriy  Pr//;  ^Thefirft  of  which  defc^ivc  Funds 
•  Dec.  9.  *^^  CommotTs  refolv'd  *  to  make  good,  by  enlarging 
the  time  for  Perfons  to  fay  in  the  rejt  of  the  Sum.  of-  One 
Million-^  And  thsLt  towards  th^  raifing  cf  Money  fir 


WILLIAM  the  thirJ.  379 

the  Maintainance  of  the  Fleets  any  Perfons  be  at  Is-    A.   C, 
l^erty  to  add  a  Second  Lifc^to  the  Life  that  was,  orjhould    169  3. 
ie  nominated  ufon  the  Aci  for  fecuring  the  B^compen*  V-,.^WJ 
cci  beforementiorid^  upon  paying  the  Sum  of  Thirty  Five  Ways  and 
founds  for  every  One  Hundred  Founds  paid  in,  or  to  bentesnt  t§ 
paid  in  upon  the /aid  At}  ;  and  for  adding  a  third  Life^^^if'  the 
the  Sum  of  Twenty  Poun^Sy  for  every  the  /aid  One^^PP^'^- 
Hundred  Pounds^  andfo  for'  any  greater  Proportion, 

Towards  railing  the  Two  Millions  granted  for 
the  Fleet,  it  was  refolv'd,  t  That//>^  Sum  of  OneiDtcixi 
Million  be  chared  upon  Land\  And  that  a  Duty  of 
Three  Pence  per  Gallon  be  laid  upon  all  Foreign  Salt  im* 
ported  J  and  a  Duty  of  One  Penny  half  Penny  per  Gnl^ 
ion  upon  all  Englrfli  Salt,  except  all  Salt  imployd  in 
the  curing^ijh  aud  Flejhto  be  exported, 

TheCommons  being  very  much  embarrafi'd  how 
to  levy  the  rcil  of  the  vaft  Sums  they  had  akeady^  _.    ^ 
granted,  *  rciblv*d,  That'  a  farther  Sum  of  One  Mil-   ^^  *^ 
lion  be  chaigd  upon  Land '^  And  that  \  an  Aid,  not\T}tZ.%% 
exceeding  Four  Shillings  in  the  Pound,  be  granted  to 
their  Majejlies,  by  changing  each  refpetiive  County  with 
double  the  Sum  returrCd^  chared  by  an  AEl  made  in  the 
firit  Tear  of  their  Majcjlies  Hpign,  for  a  Grant  of  Two 
Shillings  in  the  pound.    But  becaufe  the  Committee 
of  the  whole  Houfe  appointed  to  draw  up  the  Bill, 
met  with  great  DifEcul ties  in  framing  it  after  that-;^^«^4^ 
manner;  the  Houle  gave  them  Power  to  ^'^^r  the'^^J^^' 
lame,  and  to  frame  it  into  a  Bill  of  Four  Shillingsj*^^^  : 
in  the  Pound  ',  to  which  the  King  gave  his  Royar^^p'^ /' 
Affent  on  the  ayth  of  January, 

A  Bill  touching  free  and  impartial  Proceedings^^^^  /-^  * 
in  Parliament,  having  paft'd  botfx  Houfes,  the  Com-^ '  j^^.^^ 
monstook  it  (bill,  that  the  King ^ould  refu(e  lo^rtuedivgf 
Confirm  it,  that  the  next  Day  *  having  confider'd*/ p^r/i>,  < 
the  State  of  the  Nation,  it  was  relblva,  That  who-memwt 
ever  advis*4  the  KJng  pot  to  give  the  F^pyal  AJJent  to  thdtpafl  hy  tbet. 
AB^  was  an  Enemy  to  their  Majijlies  and  the  I^ingn^fg$ 
dorn.  Jan.  atf. 


in  all  Times,  had  been,  that  what  Bills  had  beenntfn/  to  his 
I  agreed  by  both  tiouics^  for  the  R^rcfi  of  Grle-huiify. 

ivaaces. 


380 


7k  Ki9£s 


The  ReigH  of  King 

varices,  or  other  publick  Good,  bad,  when  ten^ 
der'd  to  the  Throne,  obtain  d  the  Royal  Aflenc : 
And  that  there  were  very  few  Inft  inces  in  former 
Reigns  where  fuch  A  (Tent,  in  fiich  Cafes  had  not 
been  given ;  and  thofe  attended  with  great  Incon- 
veniencies  to  the  Crown  of  BmUnd ;   efpecially 
where  the  fame  had  been  with  held  by  Infinuati* 
ons  of  particular  Pcrfbns,  without  the  advice  of 
the  Privy  Council,  thereby  creating  great  Diflatis- 
lafJion  and  JealouGes  in  the  Minds  of  the  People. 
That  the  Commons  therefore,  out  of  their  fincere 
deflre  of  the  Welfare  of  his  Majcfty  and  his  Go- 
vemment,  could  net  without  Grief  of  Heart  re- 
fle6k,   that  fince  his  Majefty's  Accelfion  to  the 
Crown,  fevcral  publick  Bills,  made  by  Advice  of 
both  Houfes  of  Parliament ,  had  not  obtainM  the 
the  Royal  AfTent,  and  in  particular  one  Bill^  £n- 
tituled,  An  AH  fouchi/ii^  free  dnd  impurtUl  Proceed* 
ings  in  Parliament^  which  was  to  redrefi  a  Grie- 
vancci  and  take  oft  a  Scandal  relating  to  the  Pro^ 
ceedings  of  the  Commons  in  Parliament,  after 
they  had  freely  voted  greit  Supplies  for  the  pub- 
lick Occafions;  which  they  could  impute  to  no 
other  caufe  than  the   Infinuattons  of  particular 
Perfbns,  who  took  upon  chem^  for  their  own  par- 
ticular Ends,  to  adviie  his  Majefly  contrary  to  the 
Advice  of  Parliament ;  and  therefore  could  not 
but  look  on  fuch  as  Enemies  to  his  Majefly  and 


Parliament,  and  not  to  the  fecret  Advices  of  par- 
ticular Perfbns,#^ho  might  have  private  Interefts  of 
their  own,  feparatefrom  the  true  Intereflpf  his 
Majefly  and  his  People.  To  this  Reprefenttron' 
the  King  Anfwcr'd,  '  That  He  was  very  (enfiblef 
of  the  good  A9e6lions  the  Commons  had  exprefi'd[ 
tQwan*s  him  upon  many  occafions,  and  of  rhei 
Z^al  they  had  ihewn  m  the  common  l9cere/l« 
That  no  Prince  Overbad  a  higher  Efteem  m  the 
Conftitution  of  the£ff^/fytGovernment.t)ian  bimielfi^ 
^  that  He  Ihoul4  ever  have  a  gxw^  Regard  to' 


^*'  ^ 


WILLIAM  fJ&f  third.  ,381 

*  the  Advice  of  Parliament?.  That  He  wa«  per-  A.  CX 
'  1  waded  chat  nothing  could  fo  much  conduce  to  the  16^%. 
'  Happinefi  and  Welfare  of  this  Kingdom,  as  an 

*  entire  Confidence  between  the  King  and  People ; 

*  and  that  He  (hpuld  look  upon  liich  Perlbnsto  be 

*  his  Enemies,  who  fliould  advlft  any  thing  that 

*  might  lefle  n  It.    Three  Day  s  after  *  the  Commoni 
took  his  Majefty's  Anfwer  into  Confideration,  and 
theQucftipn  being  propounded,  That  an  humble  Af^  *Fcb.  t; 
plication  iy  made  to  His  M^jejly  for  4  farther  Anfwer^ 

It  pafi'd  in  the  Negative. 

The  Ban- India  Company  having  obtained  a  ffNovfr' 
new  Charter,  whereby  they  were  empowered  to  1^99/    * 
faife  the  Sum  of  Seven  Hundred  Forty  Four  Thou-Tl&f  Eaft. 
find  Pounds^tobe  added  totheirGeneralJoint-ftock,IndiaC«i. 
and  (ubfcrib'd  by  their  Majefties  Natural  born  Sub-/^/*^ 
je£^s,  Naturaliz'd,  or  Indenized;    the  Subfcripti-^^'"*'^^ 
ons  of  each  Pcrfon  not  exceeding  Ten  Thoufind  "^  ^^ 
Pounds;  ^Several  Merchants  and  others,  in  and  a-^*^* 
bout  the  City  of  London^  *  petition'd  the  Commons  •  iw  7 
for  erefting  a  new  Eaff  India  Company.The  Houfe 
did  thereupon  examine  the  Charters  of  the  Ban-In^ 
dia  Company,  the  Book  of  the  new  Subfcriptiods; 
the   ftatc  of  their  prefcnt  Stock,   and  the  Periti- 
cn  abovemention'd,   and  after  mature  deliberation, 
t  Refolv'd,  That  aUthe  Sttbjeas  of  England  bicvs  e^ualfjm.  1% 
Hight  to  trade  to  tlje  Eaft  Indies,  stnlefs  Prohibited  bj 
AB  of  Parliament. 

Some  time  before,  a  complaint  having  been  made 
to  the  Commons,  of  a  blafphemous  Pamphlet  Ea- 

tituled,  A  Dialogue  concerning  the  Deity ;  And  a  brief  ^Bisf^hr^ 
but  clear  Confutation  of  the  Do^rine  of  the  Trinity'"^'  ^**^ 

which  had  been  dilpersM,  and  lent  inclos'd,  undfcr^^'j^  '**• 
Covers,  dlreaed  to  feveral  Members  of  that  Houfe.-ffl'^'  ^ 
it  was  thereupon  refolvd,  That  thefaid  Pamphlet         '^* 
ftould  be  burnt  by  the  Common  Hangman,  and 
JP.^nquiry  made  after  the  Author,  Pmiter,  and 
Pubhfher.  ^^  ^^ 

On  the  1 6th  o^ DecemberiktEAtl  oEBellomonf  pre-ningsbv 
fcnted  to  the  Lower  Houfe,  Articles  of  Impeach- *»A/r 
mcnt  of  High-Trealbn  and  other  Crimes  and  MiP  Chtrhi 
demeanors  againft  the  Lord   Coningsby ,  and  Sif?®'^ 
Qh4rle4  Porter^  late  Lords  Jufticcs  of  hcUnd,  the  con-  ^^'^^% 

fideradoxl*^^'  **^ 


38x  Tlje  Re/gff  of  Khg 

A*  C  fideratioti  of  which,  together  with  the  E^aitiination 
i(S94..  ofWitnefl^,  having  taken  up  a  great  deal  of  time, 
%^^/'y^s^  the  Houfe  agreed  at  laft  to  this  Reifblution,  T&af 
Andclesr*  confidering  the  State  of  Affairs  in  Ireland,  At  that 
•'»  Jan.  time^the  Houfe  did  not  think,  fit  to  ground  an  Impeach^ 
•9*  tnent  againft  the /aid  Lord  Coningsby  and  Sir  Charles 

Porrer,  for  the  Matters  charged  upon  them. 
MiBiM  '^^^  Humour  of  the  Nation  running  at  this  time 

Lottery,      Upon  Lotteries,  fbmc  Members  of  the  Houfe   of 
♦  Fib/tf.   O)mmons    contrived  to  raife  that  way  a  Million 
Sterling  for  the  Government :  This  Defign  having 
been  propos'd  to,  and  relifli'd  by  the  Houfe,  it  * 
Was  rcfolv'd,  l .  That  a  Fund  of  1 40000  Pounds  per 
Annum,  be  raised  and  vejied  in  their  Majcjiies  for 
the  Term  of  Sixteen  Tears^  for  recompenjing  fuch  P^r* 
fons  as  Jhould  advance  the  Sum  of  i  oocooo  Pounds  a 
a.  That  the  Impofitions  lately  refolvd  by  the  Houfe  to  be 
laid  upon  Salt^  be  part  of  thefaid  Fund    ^.Jljat  towards 
ithe  further  anfwering  of  the  faid  140000  Pounds  per 
Annum,  one  Moiety  of  the  Duties  of  Excifcy  granted 
to  their  Majelfies^  by  an  AEi  mdde  in  the  xd  Tear  rf 
their  Majejlies    ^ign^    be  granted  and  continued  to 
tfjcir  Majejlies^  nfter  the  Moneys  char^ d  upon  thefaid 
Duties Jhomd  befatisficd.    And  ^,That  a  Bill  he  brought 
in  upon  the  faid  Hffolutions, 

iftri  At  the  fimc  time  that  the  Commons  voted  liich 

Falkland  great  Supplies,  the  Commiflioners  they  had  ap- 
caliid  to    pointed   for  taking  the  Publick  Accompts,  were 
McceuHtfor  Qj.jcr'd  to  lay  before  the  Houfe  an  Accompt  of 
Briber)^     ^j^^  Money  had  been  paid  forfecret  Service,  and 
toMenibers  of  Parliament,  out  of  the  publick  Re* 
venue.    Upon  Examination  of  the  whole  Matter, 
•  p^jj ,-   it  wasrefblv'd,  *  That  the  Lord  Falkland,  being  d 
'  Member  of  that  Houfe  ^  by  begging  and  receiving  xooo 
Pounds  from  his  Majejly^  contrary  to   the  ordinary  Me^ 
thod  of  "IJfuing  and  bcfiomng  the  King'*j  Money^  was 
Guilty  of  a  high   Mifdcmcanour  and  Breach  of  Trufij 
and  f  hat  he  be  committed  to  the  Tower  of  London,  dU' 
fPcb.  I9.r^ng  the  Pleafure  of  the  Houfe.     Two  t  Days  after 
the  Lord  Falkland  presented  a  Petition  to  the  Houlc 
of  Commons,  letting  tonh,  That  he    Was  highly 
ftnCble  of  their  Difplealure,  and  that  i  longer  con- 
tinuance of  his  Confinement  would  be  extreami/ 

prejudicial 


WILLIAM  thenird.  383 

prejudicial  to  him :  Whereupon  it  was  ordered,  A.  C 
That  he  fliould  be  difcharg'd  from  his  Imprifbn-  kJoj^ 
ment  in  the  ITower.  U^VNi 

Upon  the  8th  Day  of  February  the  King  pafs^d  ^^^j  p^^ 
an  Ati  tofuffly  the  deficiency  of  the  Money  raifed  by  d  Feb.  S. 
former  AH  j   And  another,  to  prevent  Difputes  and 
Controverfies  concerning  Hpyal  Mines.    On  tne»}d  ofyfwi 
the  following  Monih  his  Majefty  gave  his  Royal  March ij. 
Aflent,  to  an  Aft  for  Granting  to  their  M/^'efiiei  cer- 
tain Duties  Ufon  Sait^  and  upon  Beer^  Ale  and  other 
Liquors'^  Another  for  Belief  of  the  Orphans  y  and  o^ 
ther  Creditors  of  the  City  of  London ;   Another  for 
the  more  effeBual  Relief  of  poor  Prifoncrs  ;  and  to  ft- 
veral  other  publick  and  private  Bills;  after  which 
his  Majefty  made  a  Speech  to  both  Houfes,  £tfr. 
tieftly  recommending  to  them  the  dif patch  of  tbofe  bn^ 
portantAffairs  which  they  bad  under  their  Deliberation  ; 
and  the  difcharging  of  the   Debt  for  the  Tranfport^ 
Ships. 

Befides  the  foremention'd  Funds,  the  Commons  other 
laid  a  Duty  upon  *  Leather,  tSoap,  *  Wine,  znAf^apamd 
the  *  Tunnagc  of  all  Ships  and  Veflels ;  and  becaufe  ^«?*w  ^ 
even  all  theft  Impofitions  came  {hort  of  anrwering^'^'y*^** 


Coaches;  andlaftly  iipon  Paper  t  an3  Parchment,  j. 

On  the  1 6th  of  Afril  the  King  being  come  tof  March 
the  Houfe  of  Lords,  gave  his  Aflent  to  an  AS  for\s. 
raijinfr  Money  by  a  Foil*^  Another /or  fstni/hing  Muti^*  March 
neers  in  the  Army,  &c.  Another ^r  the  Exportation^^- 
of  Irony  Copper  and  Mundick^  Metal ;  another  for  the't  ^P^il  u 
hnpcrtation  o/Salt-Petrc ;  and  to  Five  private  ASts.  *  ^P^^  7- 
Thc  ayth  of  the  fime  Month  his  Majefty  confirm*^  '  .f *^'» 
cd  an  AGtfor  enabling  their  MaieHies  to  make  ^^^t^^^j^AU 
and  Leafes  in  the  Dutchy  0/Comwal;  another /or  ^-^      P'** 
raifing  the  Militia   of  this  Kingdom  ;  another .  for 
granting  to  their  M^efties fever al  Duties  ufon  Tttnnage 
of  Ships f  Sec  BDOlher  for  granting  a  Tax  upon  Vetum^ 
Parchment  and  Paper  ;  another  for  Licenftng  and  i{e- 
guiating  Hackp^  and  Stage  Coaches ;  another  for  ap" 
fo  intingCammifRoners    to    take  and  ft  ate  the  publick, 
Aceompti  j  anomer  for  building  good  and  defenfibU 

Ships  i 


384  the  Ijt&ign  ir/  /fh^ 

A.   C.  Sbifs  *  another  f^  the  hner  Difcifline  €f^  their  hUk 

'^93*  y^'^^  Nir«7»  and  feveratl  private  Bills ;  atter  whidl 

^O^i  his  Majefty  th<ink'd  both  Houfes  for  the  great  Proob 

they  had  given  him  of  their  Affe£kions  this  ScA 

iions;  and  having  acquainted  them  with  the  ne- 

cdiiry  of  hts  being  abfent  for  fbme  timeout  of  the 

pi«r//jwMiiKtnffdom,  he  put  an  end  to  this  long  SelCon  ck 

fnr^gittiii  Parliament, 

Bi/h  left       Befides  the  fi>rementidn*d  Bills  (everal  others  were 

wifkififd.  left  unfinifll'd,  to  wit,  a  Bill  to  regulate  Tridls  in 
Cdfes  ef  Higb-TrMjen^  which  the   Commons   had 
lent  to  die  Lords  for  their  Concurrence ;   a  Bill 
fir  the  Naturalis[ing  of  all  fuch  Prcteftdnts  as  Jhoutd 
takf  the  Oaths  to  their  hiaj^ies^  and  the  Teft  againji 
Fefery :  a  Bill  eoncernint  the  Fwfeitures  both  iiiEng- 
land  and  Ireland ;  a  l^mfor  Hegiftring  of  ff^lsj  &c* 
another  ogMinft  Stockjobbers ;  and  another  for  the 
Bacowragement  of  Privateers. 
!•-  6er-       Whilil  the  grave  Politicians  were  bufie  aboat 
tntin  ^r§m  the  weighty  Amurs  of  State,  the  Town  was  enter- 
fic»ii€d  for  tainM  with  a  lufcious  Trial  in  iVeftminfter^HatThe 
jiddtirj    Dulce  of  Norfolk,  bearing  wiih  Impatience  the  un« 
^h^f    ^^^  Commerce,  which,  for  many  Years  pad, 
Narfo^    Mr.  Germain  had  maintained  with  his  Dutchefi,  had 
*  Tn^    feme  time  ♦  before  lodged  a  Bill  of  Divorce  in  the 
1691        Houft  of  Peers :  but  their  Lordfhips  beinj  unwil* 
^^*       ling  to  proceed  in  that  Affiiir^  before  there  were 
feme  Proofs  of  the  Fa£^  in  the  Common  Law,  his 
Grace  did  thereupon  bring  an  Adloh  of  Adultery 
againft  Mr.  Qsrmain  before  the  Court  ofj^ng^s* 
Bench,    The  Caufe  was  try*d  on  the  x4tb  of  No* 
vember^  and  upon  a  full  Hearing  of  many  oUcene 
Evidences  the  Jury  found  for  the  Plaintiff,  and 
allow'd  his  Grace  One  Hundred  Marks  Damages^  with 
Cofirf  Court. 
Towards  the  middle  of  Noifember  Captain  Beml 
SI.  Mate    bow  bombarded  St.  Malo  four  Days  fecceffively; 
kmh0-dd^  tho'  without  any  great  Succefi  ^  Having  only  dc- 
Nov.  16,  ftro/d  fome  few  Houfes,  and  thrown  down  part  of 
Ih  Iq     the  Town  Wall*   On  the  oaA  of  the  fame  Month 
tUeesdil*  the  Lord  Vifcount  Syine:^^  Matter  of  the  Ordinance 
tofd  •/•    ^^  Q^^dc  Colonel  of  the  firft  Regiment  of  die, 
FootCuards  in   the  Place  of  the  late  Duke  oC 


W  1  L  L  I  A  M  /fe  TbirJ,  38^: 

Schoniherg ;  and  at  the  lame  time  the  Lord  Vilcount  A.   C 
GAltoway  was  appointed  to  command  his  Majefties    1693* 
Forces  in  Piedmont y  in  the  Quality  of  Lieutenant  ^^^V^ 
General ;  being  likewife  nam'd  to  be  his  Majeftv's 
Envoy  Extraordtnarjr  to  the  Dyke. oi^  Savoy,    As  tor 
the  Place  *  of  Capvain  of  their  Majefties  Band  of*  fj  ^  ,0 
Penfioners,  vacant  by  the  Death  of  the  Lord  Love-  ^ 

lac^n  it  was  beftowd  on  the  Duke  of  Sl  Albans. 

On  the  ^j[th  of  November  died  Dr.  W(///4i»  54»-i>.  San* 
crofiy  the  deprived  Arehbiftiop  of  Canterbury-^    acrofc 
Prelate  whole  great  Abilities,  Learning,  Wiiaom,^''tfi>^//bi7^ 
Courage  and  Sincerity   abundantly  qualified  him  •f  Canter- 
to  fill  the  high  and  important  Station  he  held  ah^'X^'" 


long  time  in  the  Church  of  England ;  and  which  ^?^1^^ 

sdly  refign'd,  rather  than  to  violate  his  ^' «^ 
Conlcience,  or  fwerve  from  thole  Principles  he  had*^^  ^'^ 


he  contentedly  refig 
Conlcience,  or  fwerv 
always  maintained.    As  tor  his   Condu6l  in   the 


always  mamtain  a.  as  lor  nis  i^onauct  in  tne 
Dilctarge  of  his  Epilcopal  Office^  he  eartieftly  en- 
deavoured to  prelerve  the  Church  of  England  in  its 
Rights  and  Eftablilbments,  and  to  lecure  the  Pu- 
rity  of  her  Do6lrine,  Worlhip  and  Difcipline,  ii> 
far  as  his  Power  and  Authority  extended.  He  was 
a  very  wile,  but  withal  a  very  plain  and  finccre 
Man  \  and  uncapable  of  any  politick  Arts  to  curry 
Favour  with  Princes.  Laftly,  he  wanted  not  Ten- 
derncls  towards  the  Dlffenters,  but  he  had  not  thit 
Latitude  of  Principle  to  break  down  what  he  con- 
fcientioufly  believM  to  be  the  Mounds  and  Fences 
of  the  Church,  in  order  to  let  in  the  ftraggling 
Sheep  ^  which .  he  thought,  might  as  well  have  en* 
ter'd  at  the  right  Door. 

On  the  laft  Day  of  the  Year  i6jj.  the  renown*dpr/w# 
Prince  Lewis  of  Baden  landed   at  Grave/end^  from  Lewis  •/ 
whence  he  went  to  WbitehaU^  where  an  Apartment  Badeii 
had  been  prepar'd  for  his  Reception*    His  High-  i'^ds  st 
nels  contiaucd  in  England  till  tne  i  Ath  of  February  ^"J^^ 
1694.  during  which  time  he  was  fplend idly  enter- '"^'^•^* 
tain'd  and  diverted,  not  only  by  his  Majefty,  but  ^^^  V^ 
by  leveral  Peers  of  the  Realm.  The  generous  Duke^^j^l* . 
of  Ormond  diftinguilh'd  himlelf  from  the  reft,  by  pgj,  * 
inviting  Prince   Lewis  to  a  magnificent  Banquet,  ,504. 
followed  by  a  B^U,  where  the  brighteft   Beauties 
of  the  Engli/h  CoUrt  were  prefent.  About  this  time 

Ccc  Mr. 


386  Thi  Reig§  •f  King 

A.  C*  Mr.  Chiles  Butler.  Brother  to  the  &id  Duke,  was 
1 6g^    *  created  Baron  dF  Engldnd^  and  Earl  of  Arran  in 
\^^^^  Ireldnd.    Three  Weeks  after  Peregrine^  Bertie^  E% 
*Jto.  I7.  wasmade  Vice-ChambcrlaintohisMajefty,  in  the 
place  of  Sir  JolmLowthcr^  who  refign'd  the  (aoie; 
and  on  the  4th  of  ^Urch^  the  Earl   of  Shrtwsbur/ 
was,  once  more,  made  one  of  the  Principal  Secre- 
taries of  State. 
Psrt  rftbt     Towards  the  end  of  February  arrived  a  melan- 
ftiit  miiiir^^^y  News:  A  Fleet  of  Merchant-Ships,  under  a 
Sir  l^rtncifConvoy  of  Men  of  War,  commanded  oy  Sir  Fra^u 
Wheeler  cis  H^neeler^  having  failed  on  the  1 7th  of  that  Monch 
iUBny^d    from  Gibraltar  towards  the  Screights;  met  the  next 

Kafierm,D2iy  with  a  moft  violent  Storm,  which  continued 
*•  '••    all  that  Day,  and  the  following  Night;  infomuch 
that  on  the  1 9th,  about  Five  in  the  Mornine,  Sir 
Francis  fVveeler^s  own  Ship,  the  Suffexj  was  foun- 
dered, and  himfelf,  with  all  his  Men,  except  two 
Moon,  drown'd ;  the  Cambridge  and  Lumlej  Cajile 
Men  of  War;  the  Serpsnt  Bomb -Ketch,    and  the 
Aigry  Ketch,  together  with  Aic  Italian- Merchant^  the 
Alcppo'Faiior^  the  Great  G:orge    and  the  Bzrljhire^ 
bound  for  Tm^ey  ;  the  ff^lUam  for  Venice  \  and  the 
Golden-Merchant  for  Leghorn^  all  Englijby  were  driven 
aftiore,  on  the  Eaft  fide  of  Gibraltar,  and  moft  of  the 
Men  loft.    The  fcme  Fate  attended  Three  Durc/j 
Ships  richly  laden,  but  Rear- Admiral  Neville^  with 
two  Dutch  Men  of  War,  had  the  good  Fortune  to 
de  blown  out  of  the  Screights,  and  put  (afe  into  C^s- 
rfiV;  as  did  the  reft  of  the  Fleet  on  the  19th  into 
Gibraltar.  ^  This  Lofi^  how  great  foever,  was  foon 
after  repaired,  his  Majefty  having  caus'd  the  Men 
of  War  upon  the  Stocks  to  be  finlfli'd  with  ex- 
trb'ardinary  Diligence. 
Titles  and     P^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^  Parliament  was  prorogued,  the 
Places  be-  ^^^8  beftow'd  the  Title  of  Duke  on  the  Earl  of 
fhm^d  fy    Shrewsbury^  atid  created  the  Earl  of  Mufgrave^  Mar- 
kii  MajeffyOms  of  Uotmanfy.  with  the  Gift  of  a  PenGon  of 
Three  ThouCind  Pounds  a  Year ;  to  make  hisJLord- 
flup  (bme  Amend^  for  the  Place  of  Lord  Chamber- 
.     lain,  which  he  enjoyd  in  the  fcMrmer  Reign.    About 
the  fame  time  die  Lord  Vifcount  Sydney  was  made 
fiarl  of  Bismm^^  and  Henry  Herbert  E%  Baron  Her- 
bert 


W  ILLIAM  the  Third.  38;. 

htrt  d(  Cherbury.  la  confideration  of  his  eminent    A.  C* 

Services  to  their  Majefties  Government.    Bdrt^ard    kJ^^^. 

l(tiffii  E(qj.  Sir  jfotJn  Lowher^  Hcn^y  Prieftman  Efq; 

fybert  Aujien  Elq,  Sir  Hfpl^ert  ^Jch.  Sir  Gt  '-rjre  /^^o4» 

and  Sir  John  Houblon^  were  api5ointi*d  (  ov^  iiilfio- 

tiers  for  executing  the  r)fficc  of  Lord  fi  g.  Admi- 

1^1  of  EngUnd  and  Ire/anU,    And  the  Ciuuiiilion 

of  the  Treafiiry,  was  given  to  the  LcrdGoiiJ.ijin^ 

bv 

Tr 

thus  ,  ^  _  ,.^  ^ 

g4^f  on  the  6rh  of  May^  and  i!ifciy  landed  in  ^oUand^iQii^^^ 
the  Day  following. 

On  tne  yth  of  June  his  Eleftoral  Highnefi  ipy-^^/ff-  ^  |f„,-gj^;, 
r/cjtlll.  Martjuis  o(  Brandenburg^  his  moft  Serene ^^/^^^G^r. 
Higbnefi  Gecr^eff^lUdm  Duke  of  Brunfmcl^  and  Lii-  rrr  inflaHU 
nenburg,  ahd  die  Duke  of  S/jr^wifair;,  Knights  ekiSlJunc  j. 
of  the  moft  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  were  In- 
ftall'd  in  St.  George't  Chappel  at  ^n4for  j  the  two 
former  by  their  Proxies,  and  his  Grace  m  Peribn. 
About  this  tittle  a  Draught  of  a.Cominiilion  for  ta- 
king Subfcriptions  for  the  Bank  of  EnjtUtid^  ^^S^" 
ther  with  a  Schedule  containing  the  I>aught  of  a 
Charter  for  the  Corporation  of  the  (aid  Bank,  Were  Bank  of 
*  firft  approved  ana  fign'd  by  Her  Majefty ;  and  England 
the  Charter  which  was  to  pats  under  the  Great  Seal/'^'»*''» 
of  tLngidnd,   after  the  firft  Day  of  Auguit^   if  the*  J"n«  ** 
Sum  of  I  aooboo  Pounds,  or  one  Moiety,  Or  more 
thereof,  fliould  be  fubfcribed  by  that  time :  or  (bon- 
er, if  the  whole  i  looooo  Pounds  fliould  oe  (boner 
~fubicribed,was  accordingly  granted  towards  the  mid- 
dle of  Juiy\  the  Commillloners  haVing  taken  Sub-, 
(criptions  amounting  to  that  full  Sum  by  ihe  yth  of 
that  Month. 

The  Confederate  Fleet  Was  out  pfetty  early  thij 
Year;  but  yet  they  were  neither  able  to.  block  up 
that  of  France^  in  £re/^,  nor  to  fight  them  at  Sea  ; 
than  which  the  Engli/h  ddQr'd  noming  more.    The 
French^  on  the  contrary,  induftrioufly  avoided  an 
Engagement,  and  were  no  (boner  out  of  Harbour,    *'t 
but  tfey  itiade  all  the*  Sail  they  could  towards  the  • 
Mediterranean^  having  formed  great  Deligns  againft 
Sftiin^  both  by  Sea  and  Land,  this  Campaign.    la 

C  c  C  St  order 


A.  C*  order  to  break  their  Mcalures,  and  prctrent  tlie  eil^ 

1^94.'  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^^  CataUnia.  King  ^TiV/iirw  thought  fit  to 

X^y^y^  fend  his  Fleet  into  thpfe  Seas ;  but  before  Admiral 

jfJmirsl    Kjijfel  left  the  Coaft  of  France^,  being  inform'd  that 

Ruflel,     there  was  a  Fleet  of  French  Merchant-Men  in  Ber^ 

with  the     theaume  Bay,  bound  to  the  £4^- ward  ;  he  detach'd 

jF/fff,/iii7x  Captain  Pickfrdy  and  the  Upe-buck.  Firefliip,  either 

ffr  Spain.  (Q^i^^  of  deftroy  them.     Theft  Orders  Captain 

Pick^rd  executed  with  (b  good  Succefs,  that  of  Fifty 

five  Sail  of  them,  he  burnt  or  funk  Thirty  five,  be- 

fides  the  Man  of  War  that  was  their  Convoy,  which 

ran  among  the  Rocks   and  (bon  after  blew  up,  with 

her  two  Sloops  of  between  i  o  or  i  $  Guns. 

The  fame  good  Fortune  did  not  attend  theDe- 
fien  the  BngU/h  and  Dutch  had  been  long  concerting, 
of  deftroy ing  the  Harbour  of  Bren ;  the  Executi- 
on of  which  delperate  Attempt  was  committed  to 
Lieutenant  General  T4/w4/fc,  as  fomc  pretend,  thro' 
tfnftrf^    the  means  of  his  Enviers.    On  the  fiho(  June  the 
)iZi  At^    Lord  Berkley-,  Admiral  of  the  Blue  Squadron,  part- 
timpt  upmtA  from  Admiral  i^tf/T^/ wich  Twenty  nine  Men  of 
Brcft.       War,  of  the  Line  of  Battle.  EngUflo  o^nd   Dutcb^ 
bcfides   (mall    Frigats,  Fire-ftiips,   Bomb  ketches, 
and  Tran^rt  (hips,  and  upon  the  7th  he  came 
to  an  Anchor  between  Cnmaret  Bay  and  the  Bay  of 
Bertheaume^   notwiihftanding  the  Enemies  Bombs 
from  Camaret  iVefiern  Point,  from   a  Cattle  on  a 
high  Rock  in  Bertheaum:  Bay,  and  from  two  Forts 
on  each  fide  of  the  Ifthmus,  going  into  Breit  Road. 

The  fime  Day  the  Lord  Cuts,  and  the  Marquis  of 
Carmarthen^  in  his  own  Galley,  ftood  in  a  confi- 
derable  way  into  the  Bay,  and  having  taken  a  good 
view  of  it,  amidft  the  Enemies  Fire,  they  returnM 
and  gave  the  Lord  Berkley  an  account  of  the  Pofture 
of  the  Bay,  and  the  Situation  of  the  Cattle,  which 
they  found  verv  advantageous  to  defend  theLand- 
ing-Places.    Tnereupon  it  was  thought  convenient 
that  the  Monk-^  a  Ship  of  Sixtv  Guns,  and  the  /)/- 
dtnetenj  of  equal  Force,  fhould  go  in ;  but  the  Mar- 
quis not  believing  that  thofe  two  Men  of  War  would 
befiifficicntto  cover  the  Boats  at  their  Landing,  nor 
to  aflift  the  LandForces  by  playing  upon  the  Ene- 
my,  who  were  better  prepared  and  more  numerous 

than 


W  ILLl  A  M  the  Third.  389 

Aan  was  cxpe6led,  and  ready  to  be  ^conded,  on  A.  C. 
all  occafions,  by  Fourteen  Squadrons  of  Horfe;  KJ94. 
therefore,  on  the  8rh,  after  a  Confolration  of  the 
Englijh  and  Dutch  Flags,  and  the  General  Officer^ 
of  the  Land  Forces,  it  was  relbl^sr^d,  That  Six  o- 
ther  Men  of  War  mould  be  added  to  the  two  for* 
mer,  to  wit,  the  Grffww/c/j  of  Fifty  four,  t\it  Charles 
Galley  of  Thirty  two,  the  Shorehum  of  Thirty  two, 
the  Darkenfieyn  of  Forty  four,  the  J4^efep  of  Thirty, 
and  ihe  i4^olf  of  Thirty  Guns ;  all  which  the  Mar- 
quis undertook  to  poft,  (b  as  to  bear  upon  the  Caftle 
to  the  beft  Advantage,  and  to  perform  dioft  other 
Services  for  which  they  were  defign*d.  This  wa^ 
a  Work  of  great  Difficulty  and  Lhmger;  for  no 
fooner  was  the  Monk  come  within  reach  of  the  E- 
nemics  Mortars,  but  they  began  to  play  at  her  from 
Point  des  Filienesy  and  the  fVeflern  Point  of  Canuwit 
Bay.  So  (bon  as  the  reft  or  the  Ships  Were  soc 
pretty  well  into  the  Bay,  they  were  (iirpri^'d  with 
three  Batteries  more,  which  they  never  perceived 
till  they  felt  their  (hot  \  but  ndtwithftanding  all 
thefe  Difficulties,  the  Marquis  made  a  fliift  to  poft 
the  Ships  in  (uch  a  manner,  as  gave  great  Succouv 
to  the  Land  Forces,  and  did  the  Enemy  confidera- 
bleMi^hief:  For.  thefe  Ships  fo  fbon  as  they  had 
dropt  their  Anchors  in  the  Bay,  fir*d  continually 
upon  the  French^  and  forc'd  them  to  run  twice  ouc 
of  Camaret  Fort. 

On  the  other  hand.  Lieutenant  General  Tdlnuifh^ 
with  a  fmall  number  of  Well  Boats,  and  about 
Nine  hundred  Men,  went  alhore  in  a  confus'd  man- 
ner,  under  a  little  Rock,  on  the  Soutb-fide  of  the 
finall  Bay ;  Whereupon  a  Detachment  of  French 
Marines  charged  the  En^liJh  fo  vigoroufly,  that  thefe 
were  forcM  to  retire  to  their  Boats  in  great  Diibr- 
der.  It  happenitij;,  at  the  fame  time,  to  be  Ebbing 
Warter,  moft  ot  thefe  Boats  ftuck  faft,  fb  that  the 
Men  on  Board  them  were  either  miferahly  flaugh- 
fcr'd,  or  forc'd  to  beg  Quarter.  Thc^  reft  of  ftws 
Boats  retreated  under  the  Prote&ion  of  the 
Men  of  War;'  which  with  Incredible  Labour 
and  Hazard  the  Marquefi  pf  Camutrthen  brought 
all  clca^gff,  except  the^c/J/1    Qf  tl^e  {.and-Fof- 

Ccc  5     '     '     "       *^^ 


590  7^^  Reign  0/  King 

A.  C    CCS  abcAit  Four  hundred  were  taken  Prlfoncrs,  and 

1691.   asraany  kill'd  or  dcfpcrately  Woundv.'d  :  And  as 

}^y/y^  for  the  lofe  ftfta'n'd  at  Sea,  Four  hundred  Men  were 

loft  in  the  three  EngUJh  and  four  Dutch  Ships  under 

th  Marquis's  Comnand.    This  Expedition,  which 

coft  the  brave  Talmajh  his  Life,  could  not  but  prove 

unliicafiful  ;    the    French    having   had    time    to 

provide  thetnlclves  againft  ic ;  for  it  is  to  be  ob- 

ferv'd,  that  the  Defign  was  becotne  Town-talk  in 

London^  fbme  Months  before  ic  was  put  in  Execu- 

tion. 

Diep  »nd    j'q  m^de  (brae  amends  for  this  Di(appointment, 

Hm«-de-fhg  Lord  BfrA/erfail'dto  wards  Diep, md  on  the  ixth 

Bcntblrd'  ^^  ^"^^   threw  One  thoufand  one  hundred  Bomhi 

tdiy  thi  and  Carcaffcs  into  the  Town,  which  (et  it  on  Fire 

Engliik.'   "*  feveral  places     The  Townfinen  delpairing  to 

2uench  the  Fi^m^'^,  began  to  run  away  in  great 
lonfternation,  whereupon  two  Regiments  or  the 
Militia  of  Britany  were  fcnt  to  encourage  them  j 
but  the  Disorder  was  fo  great   and  the  Fire  fo  dread- 
ful, that  the  Soldiers  thenifelves  ilcd  with  the  reft: 
H<id  the   Bnglijh  known  wh^t  had  pals'd,  they 
might  in  all  prpbabiiity,  have  pi.fleft  themfelves  of 
the  place,  f-lowever  ihey  fb  rirn'd  't^that  the  greateft 
part  of  the  Houfes  were  reduced  to  A&es,   and 
Icarce  any  left  unQiatcer'd.    From  Dief  the  Fleet, 
allarming  all  the  Coaft  ot    France^  (aiPd  towards 
Havre  de^Grnce,   and-  on   the  i^th  they    began  to 
bombard  the  Town,  under  the  dire£lion  of  Captaiq 
Bemhov^f  which  they  continued  to  do  till  the  next 
Morning,  when  the  Wind  blowing  hard   they  gave 
over  (hooring.    The  1 8;h  towards  the  Evening,  the 
Weather  being  c:im     the  following  Night  was 
fpent  in  throwing  in  'jf  wo  hundred  and  fifty  Bombs 
more  into  the  Town  ,  but  the  Wind  growing  high^ 
the  Bomb-Ketches  ftood  off  again,  and  on  the  24th 
my  Lord  Berkley  (ail'd  from  ^avre-de-Gractj  leaving 
,     -.it  conGder  ibly  damagM. 
flTBiflip     The  Death  of  the  Bifhop  and  Prince  of  Uejre^ 
0ni  />r/w^^Q^.'rds  the  beginning  of  this  Year,  gave  the  Erench 
9f  Liege,  ^  f^''"  Profpe£l  to  embroil  the  Affurs  of  the  Con* 
and  choice  federates;  on  that  fide  ;  for  as  the  Death  of  the  E- 
•/  tfWd/^.T.  leftqr  of  Colagn  iq  ^688.  l^ad  divided  the  Empim- 

an4 


WILLIAM  thethirJ,  391 

and  Trdnce  on  Accoanc  of  the  two  Candidates,  the  A«  C« 
prince  Clement  of  BavarU  on  the  one  fide^  and  1^94^ 
Cardinal  Furftemberg  on  the  other  ;  and  kindled  IVYVI 
the  U'ar  which,  fbon  after,  fpread  it  felf  over  the 
FaceoFalmoft  -AX Europe:  So,  if  the  French cocHii 
have  got  the  Cardinal  de  Bouillon  to  have  been  ad* 
vanc'd  tothe  Principality  of  L/fgf,  they  had  great 
hopes,  at  leafl  to  buml^le  the  Allies  lb  far,  as  to 
make  them  accept  the  Conditions  of  Peace  hb 
mofl  Chriftian  Majcftyhad  already  offered  them. 
Bur  notwitl  iflanding  the  private  endeavours  of  the 
French  Fa£bion,  and  Cardinal  de  Bouilhn^s  opeot 
Proteftations,  the  major  part  of  the  Chapter  c«t 
l-iege^  made  choice  of  the  ElecSior  of  Colcpt^ 
and  the  reft  of  the  grand  Mafter  of  the  Teutonici( 
Order,  to  be  their  Prince  and  Biihop  ;  ))otlv  which 
fent  to  the  Emperor  and  Court  of  ^ome^  to  have 
their  refpeftiye  Eleftion  confirmed.  This  d^hle 
Return  was  like  to  be  ancnded  with  fatjit  iCome- 

?uenccs ;  (or  as  the  Grand  Mailer  of  the  Teutonic^ 
)rder,   was  no  Icfi  than  Brother-in-Law  jo  the 
Einpcror,   who  in  all  probability  would  have'  c- 
(poiis'd  his  Caufe ;  fo  his  Competitor  was  Brother 
to  the  Eleftor  of  BdvarU  ;  whole  Intereft  was  liip- 
ported  by  that  of  his  Britannick^  Majeftjr,  and  of 
the  States  of  Holland.    Whilft  bqth  Parties  impa- 
tiently exp^fted  the  Decifion  ot  the  See  of  Rgme^  ^ 
Heaven  determin'd  the  Conteft  by  the  Death  ot  the 
Grand  Mafter,  who  was  carried  off  by  ^  contagbus 
Diftempef ,  then  reigning  in  the  City  of  Liege  ^  vo 
that  the  Ele(^or  of  Cologn^  in  (bme  time  after,  ob- 
tained the  peaceful  Pofldlion  of  that  Bilhoprick  and 
Principality  ;  which,  tqgether  with  the  great  Power 
0f  th  e  Allies  in  Flanders;  f  his  Campaign  made  things  .    . 
look  with  an  ill  afpeft  pn  tjie  Afl&iri;  of  Prance,:  The^  ^^T 
Confederate  Army,   under*  the  King's  Comn^arid,^|!^^ 
was  now  *  Encamped  at  Monf  St.  Andri^  conftfting  #  ^^v  *g^ 
of  Thirty  ojie  thoufind  Hoifeand  Owpoons,  andjj/s,* 
Fifty  one  thoufind  Foot,  all  the  fineft  Ttoots  f hat 
ever  had  beeh  in  the  Field ;  t>efides  a  Body  of  about 
Seven  thouiah^jMenjuhder the  comn^af^oF  Count 
Thian  qeat  GhenK '  The  J^rench  y^ere  not  muc)^  io- 
ferbr  to  Kumber.  but  the  Dauphin f  who  catOfBomr 
^  -  '  '  '     •    Ccc  4    "•  ill 


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I      4 


J5X  Th^  Reign  of  King 

A.  C.  cdthetnin  Perfon,  declar'd,  He  had  receivM  Or- 
I  <^94*  ders  from  his  Father  not  to  ftir  froin  his  Camp  near 
'  HirjF,  as  long  as  the  G>n(ederates  continued  in  theirs 
at  Mont  St,  Andrd.  However,  not  being  able  to  fiibfift 
there  any  longer,  herefblv'd  to  dfcampfirfti  and 
though  he  thought  to  have  conceaFd  his  Defign,  by 
fending  out  feveral  Detachments  of  Horfe,  under 
pretence  of  Forraging,  to  rciqforce  the  Marquis  of 
Harcowris  Bodjr,  (on  the  other  fide  of  the  Mcufe) 
who  was  to  (cize  the  advantageous  Poft  ot  Picton ; 
yet  the  Kine,  who  was  apprehenfive  of  it^ 
decamp'd  before  him  on  the  i8th  of  AwuSt 
(N.S.  )  and  foon  gained  the  Poft  of  Pieton^  where 
there  was  not  Forrage  tor  above  four  Days ;  and 
being  informed  of  the  Enemies  March,  His  Maje- 
fty  mov'd  on  the  aoth  from  Sombref  to  Nlvclle  ^  on 
the  zift  to  Soign:s  \  on  the  aid  to  Chevrcy  on  the 
other  fide  of -^(rrA,  and  on  the  ajd  to  Gra77ics  ncdV 
Jieth.  On  the  Z4th  the  Eledlor  of  Bavnrta  was  de- 
tached with  a  confiderable  Body  of  Horfe  and  Foot, 
andfbme  pieces  of  Cannon,  to  poffefi  himfelfot  ^ 
Poft  upon  the  ScAfW,  and  the  Army  followed  with 
an  intention  to  have  pafi'd  that  River  at  Pont  Effe- 
ties\  but  though  the  Confcdcratej  made  great  dili* 
gence  to  get  thither,  yet  the  Frertch  made  more  to  pre- 
vent them  ;  for  on  the  afth  the  Eleilor  having  ad- 
vanc'd  towards  Pont,^  d'  Efcheuffe^  in  order  to lorcc 
the  Paffage  of  the  River,  he  found  the  French^  to 
the  number  of  Thirty  thoufand,  (bwell  entrenched 
on  the  other  fide,  that  he  did  not  think  it  Prudence 
to  purfuc  his  Enterprise.  This  hafty  March  coft 
the /Ttf«c/j  abundance  of  Men  and  Horfes:  bur  that 
lois  was  inconfiderable  in  comparifbn  ot  the  Ad- 
vantage they^  gain'd  by  hindering  the  Allies  froni 
penetrating  into  French-Flanders,  where,  confider- 
ing  their  ftrength,  they  woqld,  in  all  probability, 
have  made  feme  important  Conqueft,  or,  at  leal^ 
fecur'd  Winter- Quarters.  The  King  of  France 
was  (b  fenfible  of  it,  that  he  writ  a  Letter,  which 
he  ordered  to  be  read  at  the  Head  of  the  Army, 
wherein  he  returned  Thanks,  in  th^  firft  place,  to 
the  Princes  of  the  Blood,  next  tq  the  MarcfchalA 
Uixenibwg^^  as  haying  a  principal  (hare  in  t;he  Con- 


W  I  L  L  I  A  M  /iE^ir  Third.  39^ 

du6l,  then  to  the  reft  of  Marefchals  of  France^  and   A,   C 
all  the  General  Officers  ^  and  lafty  to  all  the  French    16^^. 
and  Smfs  Infantry,  Regiment  bV  Regiment,  ac-  vx-y^^ 
knowledging  how  much  he  was  ocholding  to  their 
Zeal  and  incredible  Diligence. 

Wbilft  the  French  were  deeply  intrenched  near 
Cournajy  from  whence  they  had  ftnt  ftrong  De- 
tachments to  cover  Ifres^    Memn^  Ber^  St.  fVinox^ 
Furnes^  and  Dunkjrk,-^  the  King  finding  it  impoffible 
to  attempt  any  thing  on  that  fide,  refolv'd  to  lay 
hold  on  this  occafion,  to   di(ix)flefs   the  Enemy 
of  the  Town  and  Caftle  of  Huy.    In  purfiiance  of 
this  Defign,  the  Prince  TfircUes  de  Tilly  pafi'd  the 
hkufe^  and  invefted  the  Place,  with  all  the  HorfJ 
and   Dragoons    of   the    Bifhoprick  of  Lic^Cj    a 
Party  of  Brandenburg  Horfe,  and  (bme  Battalions  of 
Foot.    The  next  Efev  arriv'd  Sixteen  Regiments  of 
Foot,     with    the    Eiuke  of  Holftein    Ploen^    who 
was  appointed  to   command  the  Siege,   and  ac 
whofe  approach  the  Town  immediately  lurrendred. 
By  the  1 9th  of  Seftembcr  (N.S.)  the  Batteries  were 
raised  againft  the  Caftle;    the  aift  the  Trenches 7^«  Tfvm 
were  open'd  ;  and  the  following  Davs  the  Attacks  ^«^  Cipil/« 
carried  on   with  (b  much  Vigor,   that   all  things '/^^y 
being  ready  for  an  Aflault  by  the  27th,  the  F''<?»<^A'f/"^t/ 
Governor  beat  a  Parley,  and  (iirrendred  that  For-  ' 

trcis  the  next  Day.  By  this  Conaueft  the  French 
were  totally  expelrd  out  of  the  Bimoprick  of  Uegei 
Dinant^  at  that  time,  being  a  part  of  France  ;  AnJ 
thus  ended  the  Campaign  in  Flanders. 

The  French  under  the  Command  of  the  Mar-  rt^P|.-nch 
e(chal  de  Noaiifes,  made  a  better  Figure  in  Catalonia  ;  pr^refs^ 
for  being  near  Thirty  thoufand  ftrong,  and  muclj  Ctuloni«, 
Superior  to  the  Spaniards^  they  arrived  on  thcaftn 
of  A^4r  on  the  Banks  of  the  River  Xrr,  which  they 
refolv'd  to  pafi,  not wlthftanding  they  found  the 
Spaniards  intrench'd  on  the  other  fide.   According- 
ly, having  (bunded  all  the  Fords  that  lame  Evening, 
they  valiantly  forc'd  their  way  through,  and,  after 
half  an  hour's  difpute,  conftrain'd  the  Spnni/h  Foot  to 
abandon  their  Retrenchments.    The  Cavalry  (hew- 
ed a  more  than  ordinary  Valour  and  Condufl  in 
coyering  the  Foot,  and  at  laft  ^^4e  their  own  Re^ 

trea; 


394  ^^^  Reign  of  King 

^  C.   treat  without  any  great  lofi,  except  that  of  their 
x6q±.  Baggage  i  the  French  not  thinking  it  fate  to  purfue 
^^^,„*y>^  them,  bccaufe  of  the   narrownefi  of   the  Ways, 
However  the  Marcichal  de  NoaiUcs  improv'd  thi$ 
Advantage,  by  laying  Siege  to  Palamos^  a  Town 
Fahmot  by  the  Sea  fide,  about  Twenty  two  Leagues  from 
9tfiStd.     Barcelond^  to  the  South-Ealf.     On  the  }oth  ol  May 
the  Place  was  invefted  ;  on  the  xd  of  S^une  the 
Trenches  were  open'd,  and  on  the  7th  all  things  in 
a  rcadinels  to  ftorm  the  Covcr'd  way.    This  the 
French  Grenadicn  performed  with  great  Vigor  and 
Fury,  and  without  lofmg  time  in  making  Lodge- 
ments, enrer'd  the  Town  at  two  narrow  Breaches, 


Wounded,  were  fent  to  Gironne  upon  their  Paroles 
Kot  only^  (aid  ^^  French  General  in  hh  Letter  to  the 
King  his  Matter,  becaufe  thtyfeenii  to  defire  h^  but 
becaufe  be  confider^d  the  Terror  that  it  would  ftrike  0» 
tnong  tljc^  Soldiers  and  People.     Monficur  de  Noailies 
judged  right  of  the  matter ;  for  the  Spaniards  imme- 
diately withdrew  their  Garrlfon  out  of  St.  Felix 
S^inola^   and  the  Cattle  of  St.  EUrie :  And  though 
they  pretended  tomalceaftout  ReQttaoce  atGwn- 
Gironne   ne^  a  well  fortified  Town,  which  the  French  had 
f0kifi^       befiegcd  by  the  1 9th  of  June^  yet  they  furrendred 
June  19.  1^  on  the  2jOth  of  the  fame  Month,  upon  very  igno- 
minious Terras.    From  Gironne  the  French  aavancM 
Oftalrtck  ^^  OSlahick,  a  little  Town  ujwn  the  Road  10  Barce- 
taken.       /^«^^  which  they  quickly  carried,  without  any  great 
Refiftance ;  and  thereby  enlarged,  their  Territories 
Twenty  Miles  in  extent.    But  the  Army,  becaufe 
of  the  excelFive  Heats,  beginning  now  to  be  fick- 
ly,  M*<refchal  de  Noaillcs  put  them  into  Quarters  of 
Refreftiment,  upon  the  fertile  Banks  of  the  River 
Terdera^   were  they  liv'd  as  undifturb'd  from  the 
Spaniards y   as  if  thev  had  been  in  the  middle  oE 
Ctftle-      Fance.    After  they  had  (ufliciently  refrefli'd  tbera^ 
Polec /^  felves,  thev  fonn'd  a  Defign  upon  CaJiUFolet^  a 
*^'  Town  a  little  to  die  fi^cll  of  Gironne,  wWch  ihey 

took,  having  routed  a  Body  of  Counay  Militia 

•  '^  tba( 


WILLIAM  the  ThirJ.  39^ 

that  came  to  relieve  it,  and  made  the  Garrilbn  Pri-  A*  C. 
loners  ot  Warf  ^  i  (J94. 

Whilft  the  French  were  bufieon  this  fide,  tfae^^y^ 
Spaniards  thought  to  improve  this  opportunity  by 
retaking  OJialrick.,  which  they  a<aually  befieg'd; 
^nd  had  carried  their  pmnt  fo  far,  th^t  the  Gover- 
nor was  upon  Articles  of  Surrender,  and  Hoftages 
were  already  exchanged ;  but  the  SpanUrds  infift- 
ing  that  the  Miquelets  (hould  be  made  Prilbners  of 
War,  the  Governor  in  the  mean  time,  had  notice 
that  Moniieur  de  Noailles  was  marching  to  his  Re- 
lief; whereupon  he  redemanded  his  Hoftages,  an4 
refiis'd  to  Ifand  to  the  Articles,  lb  that  the  Siege 
was  immediately  rai^'d. 

FlefhM  with  theft  pro^rous  SuccefTes  the  French  ne  Kng« 
threatened  no  lefi  than  the  befieging  of  Barceicna^VtOi  ftm 
die  Capital  City  of  CatalonU^  and  the  only  forti-»«  '*f 
fied  Town  of  that  Province  in  the  Hands  of  the'***^^*"^ 
Spaniards :    But  King  iVilliam  interposed  with  his'*****"*  ' 
Fleet,  which   by  this   time  was   arrived   in  the 
Streights  under  tne  Command  of  Admiral  t^jiffel. 
This  great  Man^  juftly  proud  of  the  Viftorv  he 
obtained  two  Years  before,  in  his  Matter  and  the 
Enzlifh  Nation's  Name,  challenged  now  the  Domi- 
nion of  the  Mediterraneany  as  he  had  lately  aflerted 
that  of  the  Narrow  Seas  ;  and   as  he  reviv'd  the 
drooping  Spirits  of  the  Spaniards,  fo  he  damp'd  the 
towring  Projcfts  of  the  French^    The  latter  were 
now  fenCble  of  their  Error  in  lending  their  Grand 
Fleet  into  thofe  Seas,  where  they  muft  be  cooped 
up  in  the  Harbour  of  Thoulon^  and  be  forcM  to  n&^Ffencii 
leave  all  their  Coafts,  both  on  the  Ocean  am}  the  Pteet  cm^ 
Mediterranean  ;  ^xpos'd  to  the  Infults  of  the  Confe-^*<^  <• 
dtrates.    And  tho'  Marefchal  de  Tourviile  once  ad-ThouIoiv 
ventur'd  out  to  Sea,  with  a  Defign  to  flip  by  the 
Englifh  Admiral,  yet  he  quickly  found  me  other 
had  lb  watchful  an  Eye  upon  him,  that  be  was 
fbrcM  to  return  to  his  Port  again.    Nothing  is  more 
remarkable  ii^  the  whole  Courft  of  King  fVillianf% 
]^eign,  than  his  Fleet  riding  triumphantly  and  ut^« 
controulPd  in  the  Akditerranean  j  for  thereby  not 
only  a  ftop  was  put  to  the  onqucriij^  Arms  oF 
France  in  Cat^ivnia  j  but  ^  ^e  baliar^  Pnnces  were 

kept 


J 


39^  The  Reign  cf  King 

A.  C  kept  in  aw ;  and  the  Venetians  began  now  to  tliink 
1(^94.   of  (ending  a  (blemn  Embafly  into  EngUnd^  to  couit 
^^XW-/  W«  Majelties  Friendfhlp. 

(UmpMitn  Lict[e  was  done  in  Pic<bnont  this  Summer :  For 
in  Pied-  tho'  the  Duke  of  Savoy  did  openly  rcjefi  the  Pro- 
mat,  po&ls  made  to  htm  from  France  alter  his  Defeat  ac 
Aiar/agiUj  yet  a  (ecret  Negotiation  was  carried  on, 
which  rendered  him  iiipmely  una£li\re«  and  the 
Frettch  carelefi  on  that  fide ;  and  when  it  was  ex- 
pe£^ed  on  all  Hands,  that  the  Confederate  Army 
would  form  the  Siege  of  Cafal :  (the  Succefs  of 
which  Enterprixe  was  as  little  doubted  of)  they 
Conteiued  themlelves  with  the  taking  the  Foa  of 
St.  George^  whereby  that  Place  was  more  clo^ly 
block'd  up.  Neither  is  it  worth  the  while  to  men- 
tion either  the  (mail  Succeiles  of  the  Vaudois  in  the 
Valley  of  Prageias^  their  routing  of  fbmc  Irijh  De- 
tachments lent  againft  them  in  the  Valley  of  St. 
Martin ,  or  their  faint  Irruption  into  Daufhine^  as 
far  as  Briancen. 

The  Imperialifts,  headed  by  Prince  Lewis  of  B/i- 

/» G^ma-  ^^^^  l^y»P8  encamp'd  near  Hailbron^  Marefchal  de 
,jy^  '  Lerge^  with  iS^t  French  Army  under  his  Command^ 
adventured  to  pafs  the  Hi}ine^  and  to  march  towards 
them  in  order  of  Battle.  The  Prince  believing  the 
Enemy  had  a  mind  to  Bght,  went  on  to  meet  them  ; 
But  the  French  (indihghim  lb  refolute,  retreated 
towards  pyifeiock.^  pafled  the  Neckdr^  burnt  the 
To^n  o{  Laxpdenbwg^  and  ruin'dthe  flat  Country. 
This  fi)  incenied  the  Prince  of  Baden^  that  tho*  he 
were  not  yet  reinforc'd  by  t\ie  Saxons^  yet  he  ad- 
vanc'd  to  iVifelock^  an  advantagioiis  Poft,  of  which 
he  pofleiTed  himfelf  after  a  (harp  Rencounter  with 
the  Enemy,  wherein  the  latfcr  lofl:  Three  Hundre4 
Men,  and  the  Germans  about  half  that  Number. 
Thereupon  Monfieur  de  L^rjjf  repaffcd  the  IQ}ine^ 
and  for  /bme  time  the  two  Armies  did  only  ob- 
fcrve  one  another.  At  length  the  Prince  oiBcden^ 
impatient  of  A&ion,  croft  the  I{hine  in  his  rum  j 
of  which  the  French  General  was  no  fboner  it^fbrni- 
ed,  but  he  marched  towards  Landau.  Op  the  other 
hand,-  the  Prince  advanced  and  made  himfelF  Ma« 
fier  of  Several  linall  Places,  and  of  all  the  Pafies  2f 

tat 


WILLIAM//;^  fhirJ.  397 

far  ^  Cro4n  H^eijfemburg-,  and 'twas  confidently  ex-  A.  C 
peiSled,  that  now  the  Germans -would  either  force    kJoa^ 
the  french  to  a  Battle,  or  lecure  Winter-Quarters  ^yy^ 
on  that  fide  the  Hhine  :  But  neither  of  thefe  hap- 
pened.   For  in  few  Days  the  Imverialifts  repafled 
the  FQnne^  bringing  away  wiih  tnem  1 4000  Head 
of  Cattle,  ^d  having  deftrov'd  a  vaft  quantity  of 
Forrage  in  trie  Country,  ana  feme  Magazines  of 
the  French,    \^'bich  put  an  end  to  the  Campaigti 
in  Germany. 

Let  uSTiow  attend  King  IViUiian,    His  Majcflyj;^^^. 
having  fpent  feme  Months  on  his    uiual  Diver-  i^f^  ^ 
fions  at  L»»,  and  then  fettled  the  pubiick  foreign  Af-  Englaod, 
fairs  at  the  Hafue^  embarked  the  8th  q(  November,  j^je  p^nl 
landed  in  Enj^Und  the  9th,  and  on  the  lath  the  PsuC'liamen$ 
liament  being  met,  according  to  their  laft  Proro-  w^'. 
gation,  his  Majcfty  told  rhcm,  *  That  he  was  clad  Nov.  la^, 
'  to  meet  them,  when  he  could  fiy  their  Anairs  ^'  ^V' 
were  in  a  better  Pofturc,  both  bv  Sea  and  Land,  ^^'^^^ 
than  when  they  parred  laft.    That  the  Enemy  ^^ A* 
had  not  been  in  a  Condition  to  oppo(e  the  Confe-     ^ 
derate  Fleet  in  thefe  Seas,  chat  the  (ending  fo  great 
a  Force  into  the  Mediteranean,  had  disappointed 
their  Defigns,  and  left  the  Nation  a  Pro(pe£l  oi 
further  Succeft.    And  that    with  refceft  to  the 
War  by  Land,  he  thought  he  might  uy,  that  this 
Year  a  flop  had  been  put  10  the  Progrefi  of  the 
French  Arms. 

Then  Addreffing  himfelf  to  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons,  '  Of  whole  good  Affe6iion  to  him,  and  o( 
whole  Zeal  for  the  Pubiick,  he /aid,  he  had  (b 
much  Experience,  that  he  could  not  doubt  of 
their  AfCftance  at  this  time  ;  he  eameftly  recom- 
mended to  them,  firil  to  provide  (iich  Supplies  as 
might  enable  him  to  prolecute  the  War  with 
Vigour  ;  which  was  the  only  means  to  procure 
Peace  to  Chriftendom  with  the  Safety  and  Ho* 
nour  of  England ;  Secondly^  To  continue  the  ASt 
of  Tunnage  and  Poundage,  which  expirM  at 
Chrifhnasy^nd  which  was  the  more  neceflary  at  this 
time,  in  regard  the  feveral  Branches  of  the  Re* 
*  venue  were  under  great  Anticipations ;  And  laftly, 
I  the  Debt  for  the  Transport  Ships,  imploy'd  in  the 

*  reducing 


398  the  Reifig  of  Kifig 

An    *  mlucini  of  Ireland^  which  was  a  die  oi  Coiri- 
;-.      •  paffion  anH  defcTv'd  Rfiiicf. 
^2tj     "«  cl^»'^  "^  Speech  by  telUne  both  Houte. 
^^^^^^ '  That  he  flioiild  be  glad  they  would  take  into  their 

*  Confideration  thepreparing  Ibme  good  Bill  for  the 
^  Encouragement  of  EngUjh  Seamen  j  which  Law, 
^  they  were  lenfible,  woiud  tend  to  the  Advance- 
^  ment  of  Trade,  and  of  the  NaVal  ftrength  of  the 

*  Kingdom,  which  was  their  common  great  Intereff, 

*  and  ought  to  be  their  Principal  Care. 

Bill  Uf  the  '^^  dual  Preliminaries  being  (ettled,  the  Coiif- 
UfJ^ff^  mons  adjoum'd  to  the  19th  of  that  Month ;  when 
muting  $f  {he  &ft  thing  they  did,  was  to  order  the  able  and 
Pjrii>  judicious  Mr.  Harley  to  prepare  and  bring  in  a  Bill 
tMJtf/*  for  the  frequent  Meeting  and  Calling  of  Parliaments^ 
which  they  had  been  (b  earned  upon  in  the  former 
Sedions,  and  which  they  were  reiblv'd  to  ftickle 
*Nov  ai  ^  ^^  ^^*  Tht  Bill  was  *  prefented  accor- 
fDeci  Js'.^S'^y'  ^^  ^  ^^^  ^y^  t  T^  the    third  tiitie, 

•  Dec*  18.  P^ftf   And  ^<^t  up  to  the  Lords ;   who  gave  *  it 

their  Concurrence  without  any  Amendments. 

Supplf  '^he  Commons  having  unanimoufly  t  voted  a 

t Nov' 2 1  Supply  to  their  Majefties,  and  examined  theEfti- 

'mate  for  the  next  Years  Service  for  the  War;  the 

Account  of  the  Moneys  paid  to  the  Fleec,  to  the 

Army,  to  the  Allies,  and  for  Forage ;  and  die  Sm- 

tah  tnat  the  Confederates  were  fevetalljr  to  famim, 

•Nov.  30.*  Rcfol^'dj  That  the  Sum  of  Two  Millions  three 

1382711   Hundred  eighty  two  Thoufind  (even  Hundred  and 

Pounds      twelve  Pounds  be  granted  for  the  Maintenance  of 

granted  fer  the  Navy ;  and  t  that  of  Two  Millions  five  huo- 

$be  Fteet,    dred  Thoufind  Pounds,  for  the  Support  of  the 

•-*'         Land  Forces,  fbf  the  Service  of  the  Year  1 69  f. 

i  jooooo       ^Q  raife  thofe  vaft  Sums  it  was  refolv'd,  *  Firft, 

oTtld  ^'^^  ^  ^^^  ^^  ^^"^  Shillings  in  the  Pound  be 
F^et  granted  to  their  Majefties,  to  be  laid  and  levied  in 
tDec.4.  uie  &me  nianner  as  formerly ;  and  Secondly,  That 
fVsjfand^^  Subfidies  of  Tunnageand  Poundage  be  conrf* 
ideans.  fiued  for  the  Temi  of  Five  Years  longer,  begin- 
ning on  the  a6th  of  that  Month  of  December.  Four 

•  Vk^  « -*  ^y  •  before  the  King  went  to  the  Houie  o!  Lords, 

t  eS.  14  ^  v^^  ^«  ^^y^^  ^^"^  ^^  *^  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^ 

been  Drought  in  and  paft,  according  to  this  Second 

Resolution 


a* 


VIILLIAU  the  ThirJ.  399 

Rclblution  ;  and  at  the  lame  time,  his  Majcfty  con-  A.  C 
firm'd  the  A&.  for  Triennial  Parliaments,  to  the  gene-  i  (Jp^ 
ral  Satisfaction  of  the  Commons,  The  fameUay,  V./VX4 
Mr.  Ojer,  a  News-Letter- Writer,  was  reprimanded  y^Bx  psfi. 
by  the  Speaker  of  the  Lower  Houfe,  for  prefiiming  Dec.  la. 
to  intermeddle  with  iheir  Proceedings. 

Juft  a  Month  before,  died  at  his  Palace  at  Lam-  Dr.Tilloi* 
bethy  Dr.  John  TiBotfon^  ArchblQlop  of  Canterbury^  fon  Arch^ 
in  the  6/ th  Year  of  his  Age.    He  was  promoted  to  ^Jj^^f  ^ 
that  eminent  Station  in  May    1691.    And  as  his^*^°' 
Piety,  Learning,    Charity   and  Moderation  hadS^"^^ 
^in'd  him  the  Efteem  of  (iich,  as  look^  upon  the  ^i/CU-* 
Toleration  of  the  Diflenters,  to  be  the  beftMeans^j^^^ 
to  fecure,  and  even  to  enlaige  the  Church  of  £«£- 
land^  io  his  Death  was  very  much  lamented  by  all 
fincere  Lovers  of  Unity  and  Peace  among  Chrifti- 
ans.    The  Excellency  of  his  ^^^als  that  (hin'd  in 
hb  eloquent  Sermons,  was  but  a  Copy  of  his  Life 
and  Converlation ;  and  as  the  latter  may  be  pio- 
posM  to  the  imitation  of  all  Prot eftant. Prelates,  (b 
the  Purity  of  his  Stile  wiU  ever  be  aftanding  Pat- 
tern to  aU  thofe  that  aim  at  Writing  true  EngUih. 
He  did  not  want  Enemies  who  endeavoured  to  uii- 
ly  his  Fame,  by  the  imputation  oiSocinianifm ,  but 
leveral  of  his  rieces  publifh'd  both  before  and  after 
his  Death,  are  (ufficientto  confute  that  Calumny. 
A  pregnant  inftance  of  his  juft,  generous,  and  pi^ 
ous  Principle  was  this :  Some  time  before  his  Death 
recolle£):ing  with  himfelf  what  Hard(hips  he  might 
have  put  upon  (bme  People,  in  the  hurry  and  tu ' 
mult  of  Bufinefi,    he   endeavoured  effeaually  to 
make  them  amends.    Among  the  reft  he  called  to 
mind,  that  Dr.  Chetwood  had  not  had  Juftice  done 
him  ;     his    Chara£ler    having    been    miirepre. 
fehted  to  the  Qpeen ;  who  upon  a  certain  occafion 
obftruiSted  King  H^iHi^mh  intentions  to  prefer  that 
Worthy  Divine.    Thereupon  the  Archbifliop  fent 
word  to  Dr.  Cbetvpoody  that  he  had  iet  all^  things 
right  with  the  Q^ieen^  and  dilfipated  the  Prejudices, 
tlut  had  been  (liggefted  to  Her  Majefty  about  him :    . 
But  Her  Majeftjrs  luJden  Death   prevented    the 
Efiefts  of  the  Aoibiihop's  Recommendatioo. 

On 


Dec  ji. 


400  The  Reign  of  Kin^ 

A.   C.       Ort  Vriit^  the  21th  of  December  the  Queen  Wat 
i(S94.   taken  ill  at  her  Palace  at  Ksnfington  \  and  thcDi- 
l.^^W->  ftcmper  which  appeared  to  be  the  SmallPox,  grew 
fiMf'wMa-in  a  few  Days  fb  violent,  and  was  accompanied 
tvdi$s^     with  fuch  mortal  Attendants,  that  all  the  help  of 
I5ec-  \%.  Phyfjck  beinc  baffled,  her  Majefty  expired  in   the 
Arms  of  a  dilconfblate  loving  Husband^  and  amidil 
a  Coun  drown'd  I'n  Tears. 
Thi  Uris       Upon  this  ftd  Occafion  the  Lords,  *  With  incx- 
Adiuff  vf  *  prdlible  Grief  did  humbly  afliire  his  Majefty,  of 
^^j.i       4^j^^  j^^p  ikviQt  they  had  of  the  Lofihis  Majeftv 
and  the  whole  Kingdom  did  fiiftaia  by  the  Dearn 
of  that  excellent  Princels,  the  Queen  :  befeechipg 
his  Majefly,  that  he  would  not  indulge  his  Grief 
to  the  Prejudice  of  the  Health  of  his  Royal  Per- 
fon  ;  in  whofe  Prefervation  not  onljr  the  v^'elfare 
of  his  own  Subjedls,  but  of  all  Chriftendom  was 
fo  nearly  concerned.    They  aljo  begg'd  leave  to  re- 
new to  his  Majefty,  the  hearty  and  fincere  Aflu- 
ranees  of  their  utmoft  Aftiftance  againft  all  bis 
Enemies  both  at  ^  Home  and  Abroad,  and  of  all 
other  Demonftrations  ot  the  greateft  Duty  and  Af- 
feftion  that  could  poffibl^  be  paid  bjr  the  moft 
faithful  Subjefts.    To  this  Addrefi  his  Majefty 
anfwer'dj  *  That  he  heartily  thank'd  them  for  their 
Kindne^  to  him  :  but  much  more  for  the  Senic 
they  fhew^'d  of  their  great  Lofs,    which  was  a- 
bove  what  he  could  exprefi. 
At  the  ftme  time  the  Commons,  *  With  unlpeak- 
able  Grief  of  Heart  condoled  the  irreparable  Lois  of 
that    moft   excellent  .Princefi,    to    innumeratc 
whofe  Vertues  were,  faid  they^  to  aggravate  our 
Sorrow.     . 

*  We  cannot,  adiei  they^  but  blefi  God  for  the 
Preferviiiion  of  your  Majefty  to  us.  on  whofe  Life 
the  Welfare  and  Happinefi  of  this  Kingdom,  and 
the  Liberties  of  Europe  do  in  fo  great  a  Meafurc 
depend  ;  humbly  befeeching  your  Majefty,  (b  ro 
moderate  your  Grief  under  this  Affliil^ion,  as  not 
to  prejudice  or  endanger  your  Health  j  and  that 
your  Majefty  would  pleafe  to  rake  (uch 
further  Care  of  your  Royal  Perfon,  that  we  may 
all  enjoy  the  Blcflin^  of  your  Majefty 's  long  IJfe. 

''ana 


The  Kin^s 
jhifwer. 


The  Cum* 
fftens  j4d» 
drefsf  Dec. 

31. 


W  IrL  L  I  A  M  the  ThirJ.  401 

*  afld'  happy  Reign.    We  do  alfo,  faid  they  in  the    A.    C. 

*  Conclttjkn,  look  upon  it  as  a  Duty  we  owe  to  your    i  (S94. 

*  Majefty  to  our  (elves,  and  to  thoft  we  reprcfent, 

*  to  take  this  Occafion  of  afluring  your  Majefty, 

*  That  we,  your  faithful  Commons,  will  always 

*  to  the  utmoft  of  our  Power,  ftand  by,  fiipport 

*  and  defend  your  Majefty  and  your  Government, 
'  againft  all  your  Enemies  both  at  Home  and  A- 

*  broad.    To  which  the  King  made  Anfwer,  '  ThatT)^^  Kihg^s 
*he  took  very  kindly  their  Care  of  him,  andthe/fu/wr. 

*  Publick ;  especially  at  this  time,  when  he  was  a- 

*  ble  to  think  of  nothing  but  their  great  Loft.  Thefe 
Addrefles  of  Condoleance  were  followed  by  0- 
thers  from  the  City  of  London,  and  moft  Corpo- 
rations throughout  his  Majefties  Dominions. 

To  juftifie  this  univerfal  Sorrow,  it  will  ftffice  Jl«*'»  Ma* 
to  draw  a  Sketch  of  Queen  Af/ir/s  Character.    Hry*/C/;j* 
perfenal  Accomplifliments  could  merit  a  Crown, ''''^*''' 
Ihc  might  with  Juftice  have  challenff'd  the  Royal 
Diadem,  even  iti  an  Ifland,  to  which  all  other  Coun- 
tries vield  the  Prize  of  Beauty  ;  And  if  Sublime  Ver-  fj^^  p^r^ 
tuc  aeferves  the  lupream  Command,  flie  feem'd  de-  „^/  yidnih^ 
ftin'd  for  the  Empire  of  the  World.    To  defccndp/i^tow,//. 
to  Particulars :  Her  Perlbn  was  tall  and  well  pro- 
portioned  ;    Her  Shape,  whilft  Princefs  of  Orange^ 
cafie  and  genteel ;  but  afterwards  Ibmewhat  clogg'd ; 
Her  Complexion  light»brown ;  Her  Vifage  a  perfeft 
round  Oval ;  her  Eyes  quick  and  lively,  the  reft 
of  her, Features  regular.   Herftately  Port  and  na- 
tive Air  of  Greatnels,  commanded  Refpcft  from  the 
woft  confident,  but  yet  her  fweet  and  graceful  Coun- 
tcmiKse  tempered  the  Awfulncls  of  Majefty;  and 
her  wonderful. affable  Temper  encou'rag'd  the  moft 
timorous  to  approach  Her. 

Her  Apprebenfion  was  clear  and  ready ;  Her  Me-  Qftshu'tt 
mory  exaa ;  Htt  Judgment  fteddy  and  folid  ;  Her  fF^    * 
Soul  free  from  all  the  weakneffes  of  her  own  Sex,  ^'^• 
Old  endowed  with  the  Courage  and  Strength  that 
•fcem  peculiar  to  ours.    She  was  neither  oufft  up 
with  Prolpcrity,  nor  dejeded  with  Adverhty :  and 

Ddd  It 


9 


4or  ^^'^  ^^^^«  ^ff^i^?. 

A.  C.  it  remains  undecided*  whedier  She  bore  with  mort? 

1 694,.    Temper  the  Smiles  or  the  Frmns-  ot  Fortune  ? 

V>VV^     When  the  neceii  ty  of  Aftairs  call  d  the  King  out 

UiT  p§tlts'  of  his  Dominions,  She  alone  was  (enfible  of  his  Abr- 

<#/ f7rriir/ fence,  which  She   fully   fuppiy'd   to   thefe   three 

Kingdoms,  by  Her  wife  and  prudent  Adminiftra- 

tion.    While  He  went  abroad,    as  the  Arbiter  of 

Eurofe,^  to  Wage  a  juft  War,  She  itay'd  at  home  to 

maintain  Peace  and  adminlder Jfudice,  He  was  to 

oppofe  and  conquer  Enemies,  bhe  to  maintain  and 

Sin  Friends,    in  all  this  there  was  nn  Union  of 
eir  Thoughts,  and  a  Concurrence  in  the  fdtnc 
Ends :  I  mean,  the  Safety  of  Europe^  the  Support  of 
the  Prcteftant  B^eligion^  and  the  Honour  and  Prolpe- 
rity  ot  England,    An  Eagemefs  of  Command  was 
{o  far  below  Her,  that  there  never  was  (b  great  a 
Capacity  for  Government  join'd  with  fb  little  Appe- 
tite to  it :  or  an  Authority  ib  unwillingly  afllimed, 
fb  modeltly  manac'd,  an(t  io  chearFuUy  laid  down. 
It  was  caue  for  ner  to  reward  ;  for  all  ions   of 
Bounty  flow'd  readilv  from  Her  j  but  it  wiS  much 
harder  for  Her  to  punifh,  except  when  the  Nature 
of  the  Crime  made  Mercy  become  a  Cruelty  ;  for 
then  She  was  inexorable. 
She  had  the  moft  aftive  Zeal  for  the  Publidc, 
K^  «"^'-and  the  moft  conftant  Defirc  of  doing  Good,  jom'd 
-^'  with  fiich  unaffefted  Humility,  that  the  (ecret  Flat- 

teries of  Vanity  or  Self  Love  had  no  Powec  o\i!er 
Her.    For  when  due  Acknowledgments  were  made, 
or  decent  Things  (aid,  upon  occaiions  that  well  de- 
fervM  them ;  the(e  (eem'd  fcarce  to  be  heard,  and 
She  prefendy  turn'd  off  the  Difcourie  to  other  Sub- 
je6b, 
fl^  Piity       '^^^  ^'^^^  ^^  Virtue  were  (b  real,  that  the  moft 
VirtuM  wCcnibrious  never  oflfcr'd  to  call  them  in  Qiieftioni 
Difmwunt^^  ^t  the  lame  time  Her  Charming  Behaviour,  and 
the  Sprigbtlinefi,  as  well  as  Freedom  of  Her  jgood 
Hiunour    Ibftned    all   tho(e    frightful    Notions , 
that  the  World  is  too  willing  to  entertain  of  the 
Severities  of  Vinue,  and  of  the  fbri^befi  of  true 
Religioii. 

She 


WILLI  AM  the  Third.  403 

She  was  not  content  to  be  Devout  Her  felf  She  in-  A.    C# 
fus'd  Piery  into  all  that  came  pear  Her;  chiefly  in-    \6o±. 
to  thoft    whom    She    took  into  Her  more  vm-\^ymfSsj 
mrdute  Care,  whom  She  ftudied  to  form  with  the 
Tcr^de-rmfi  und  Watchfulncls  of  a  Mother,    She 
charm  d  them  with  Her  Inftruftions,  as  She  over- 
came »hem  with  Her  Klndnc  fi.   Never  was  MIftrefi 
both  FcarM  ard  Lpv'd  fo  entirely  as  She  was.    She 
Icatterd  Books  of  Inflruftion  round  about  Her,  that 
fuch  as  waited   might  not  be  condemned  to  Idle- 
nefi  ;  but  might  enttrtain  themftlves  ulefully,  while 
;  they  were  in  their  Turns  of  Attendance. 
"^    She  had  a  fublime  Idea  of  the  Chriftian  Religion 
in  general,  and  a  particular  AfFeftion  to  the  Church  Her  opinio 
of  Englnnd  \  But  an  Aflfcftion  that  was  neither  Blind  w  cwcern^ 
nor  Partial.    She  had  a  true  Regard  to  Piety  wheri^  i^  Rdiii^ 
cvtr  She  (aw  it,  in  what  Form  or  Party  foever.*"* 
Her  Education  and  Judgment  tied  Her  to  the  Natio- 
nal Cominunion ,  but  Her  Charity  was  extended  to 
all.    Shelong'd  roleesjll  Protcftants,  both  at  home 
and  abroad,  in  a  cloft  and  brotherly  Conjunftion ; 
and  few  rhings  ever  griev'd  Her  more,  than  that 
the  Profpe<5l  of  (b  dehr^d  an  Union  vanilh'd  out  of 
fight. 

Accefs  toHer  was  never  obftructed  by  Self  Intereft •  HtrChsrU 
ed,Superciliotw  Domefticks:  She  made  thofe  H^r  Fa-  ty  said  Jb> 
vorites,  who  made  theDiftrefled  theirs.    She  won- ^ //ii^/«» 't 
dered  that  the  true  Pleafure  which  accompanied  do-  d9  Good. 
Ing  Good,  did  not  engv^ge  Princes  to  puruie  it  more 
effectually.  Without  this  She  thought  that  a  private 
Life  was  the  happier,as  well  as  the  lafer  State.  \^  hen 
Refleaions  were  once  made  before  Her,of  the  (harp- 
nefs  of  (ome  Hiftorians,who  had  left  heavy  IniputatU 
ons  on  the  Memory  of  fome  Princes,  She  Anfwcr'd  ; 

That  if  thofe  Princes  were  truly  fuch^  as  the  Hiftori/tns 
refrefented  them^  they  had  toel  defeit)d  that  Treatment ; 
And  others  who  tread  their  ft  eps  tnij^ht  look,  for  thefame^ 
for  Truth  would  be  told  at  laSt.  Her  Charity  was  not 
confln'd  to  Her  own  Subjects,  but  extended  in  a 
moft  particular  manner  to  Multitudes  of  French 

Dddz  Exiles 


A.  C.  Exiles  whom  the  Pcrftcution  fent  hither.  The 
1^94.'  icattcr'd  Vaudois  had  a  (hare  in  Her  BDunty;  atid 

\,,yy^  when  by  the  King's  Intcrccffion  reftor'd  to  their 
Valleys,  they  were  enabled  by  the  Queen  to  tranf^ 
inic  tneir  Faith  to  their  Pofterity.  She  likewife 
took  care  of  prcftrving  the  poor  Remnants  of  the 
Bohemian  Churches,  and  form'd  Nurferies  of  Reli- 
gion in  feme  of  the  Parts  of  Gervidn;^  whidi  were 
cxhaufted  by  War.  And  the  laft  great  PrdeAthat 
Her  Thoughts  were  working  on,  with  relation  to 
a  Noble  and  Royal  *  Provifion  for  dUabled  Sea- 

*  Green-  men,  was  particularly  defign'd  to  be  (b  conftinitec}, 

wich  H9-  as  to  put  them  in  a  probable  way  of  ending  their 

fpiral.       Days  in  the  Fear  of  God. 

-,     _  She  was  a  perfcfl:  Example  of  Onjugal  Love, 

V'^  PZ'  Chaftiry  and  Obedience     She  fet  Her  Husb.ind^s 

Admiration  of  Him  made  Her  Submijlion  not  only 
eafie,  but  delightful:  And  'tis  remarkable,  that 
when  Dr.  Tennifon^  nam'd  to  be  Archblfliop  of  C4>i» 
ferbury,  went  to  comfort  the  King,  His  Majefty  an- 
(vvcr'd,  Thnt  He  could  net  but  grieve^  fince  He  hnd 
fcfi  a  H^ifc  x»l)o  in  Seventeen  TearSj  had  never  teen 
guilty  of  ^n  hidifcretion. 

HfT  Hfftr-  "The  Opennefs  of  Her  Behaviour  was  fub]^£k  to 
nfiduifs.  univerfal  OWervation,  but  it  was  under  that  Regu- 
larity of  Conduft,  that  thofe  who  knew  her  beft, 
and  (aw  her  oken'rft,  could  never  difcover  her 
Thoughts  farther,  than  as  Ihe  herfelf  had  a  mind 
ro  reveal  them ;  and  ihis  (he  manag'd  fb,  that  na 
diftruft  wasflbcw'd  in  it,  nor  dillalte  given  by  it. 
H^r  sincc^  She  maintained  Sincerity  (o  entirely,  that  flie  ne- 
ritj*  vcr  once  needed  Explanations  to  jtwifie  either  her 
Words  or  A6lions.  As  (he  would  not  deceive 
others,  (b  (be  avoided  the  (aying  of  any  thing  that 
might  give  them  occaHon  to  deceive  tbemfelves:  And 
when  me  did  not  intend  to  promife,  /he  took  care 
to  explain  lier  meaning  fo  critically,  that  no  frutt- 
Icjs  Hopes  might  be  conceiv'd  Jfcon;!  general  Word$ 
of  Favour.  .. 

Het 


!: 


W  I  L  L I A  M  /A^  third.  40^ 

Her  Age  aod  her  Rank  had  denied  her  op{K)rtu^  A.  C» 
iiicies  for  mudi  Study ;  yet  (he  had  read  the  beft   1694. 
Books  in  JS»igUjh^  French  and  Dutch,  the  three  Lan*  l^xys/ 
guages  that  were  almofl:  equally  familiar  to  her.firr5/». 
bhe  gaye  the  moft  of  her  reciredf  Hours  to  the  per-  diis* 
ru£d  of  the  Scriptures^  and  of  Books  rela^ng  to 
them.     Next  to  die  beft  Subjeds  (he  beftow'd 
moft  of  her  time  on  Books  of  Hiftory ;  chiefly 
of    latter  Ages ,   and    particularly   of   her  own 
Kingdoms,  as  beine  the  moft  proper  to  give  her 
uiehil  Inftru£bion.  Sne  had  a  ereat  Reliffa,  as  well  as 
a  great  Love  for  Poetry ;  but  lov'd  it  beft  when 
tt  was  conversant  about  Dirine  and  Moral  Subjeds ; 
and  flie  would  often  expreis  hercoocem  in  tbe  de- 
filement of  the  Engliflj  Stage. 

She  bad  no  relilh  for    thoft  lazv   Divcrfiwis^'^'^^^ 
that  are  too  common   Confumers  ot   moft   Pco-^J^j^ 
pie's  Time,  and  which  make  as  great  Waftts  onJ^J^^ 
their  Minds  as  they  do  on  their  Fortunes.    If  flui 
us'd  them  fbmetimes,  it  was  only  in  compiianoe 
with  Forms ;  becauie  flic  was  unwilling  to  feem  to 
cenfurc  others  with  too   haHh  a  Severity.    She 

{;ave  heir  Minutes  of  Leifiire  with  the  greateft  de* 
ightto  Archite6ture  and  Gardening:  She  had  no 
other  Inclination  befides  this  to  any  Diveriions  tha^ 
were  cxpenceful;  and  (ince  this  emplOT'd  many 
Hands,  (he  was  pleas'd  to  &y.  That  (he  hofdh 
would  he  forgiven  her.  When  her  Eycs  wereendan* 
ger*d  by  Reading  too  much,  and  in  all  thofe  Hours 
that  were  not  given  to  better  Employments,  (h& 
wrought  with  her  own  Hands,  and  that  (bmetimes 
with  lo  conftant  a  Diligence,  as  if  flie  had  beeii  to 
get  her  Livelihood  by  it.  Ir  was  a  new  Sight  (  and 
fuch  a  one  as  was  made  by  Ibme  the  Subjeob  of  Ra* 
illery)  to  fee  a  C2ueen  Work  fi>  many  Hours  a 
Day.  Buc  flie  us'd  to  fay.  That  (he  looked  on  Idienofi 
4s  the  great  Corrupter  of  Humane  N4ture:  Thdt  if 
the  Mind  had  no  Emplofinent  given  it^  it  would 
create  feme  ef  the  wcrft  for^  to  it  feif.  Her  Exam- 
ple iboD  nrvought  on,  no(  miAj  tbofe  that  belonged 

to 


j^oS  TheRetgfi  of  King 

h.  C«  to  her,  but  the  whole  Kingdom  CO  fotloiRr  ic ;  (a  that 

x6^^   it  was. become  as  much  the  Fafliioa  among  Ladiei 

yy'^JsJ  ^  Qiialiry  to  Work,  as  it  had  been  formerly  to  be 

Idle. 

Btr  Avfrf    She  thought  It  a  barbarous  DiverGon  which  refiilt* 

ntfs  to      ed  from  the  Misfortunes,  Imperfc<^ions,  or  Follies  of 

.slmuUr.     othen;  and  (he  (carce  ever  expreft  a  more  iniire 

Satisfa^on  in  a  Sermon,  than  in  that  of  Archbi/hop 

7i//«r/9»  againfl:  EvilQxraking.    When  (he  bought 

fome  were  guilty  of  it,  ihe  would  ask  thera,  Ifthef 

bad  rcMd  that  Sermon  ?  which  was  underftood  to  be 

ft  Reprimand,   though  in  (he  ibfteft  manner.     She 

bad  mdeed  one  of  the  BleiUngs  of  Virtue,  that  does 

not  always  accompany  it ;  for  (he  was  a^  free  from 

Ccnfures,  as  (he  was  from  deferving  them. 

Whj  [he        Inthofeftepsof  her  latter  Years,  which,  at  fiift 

sectptcd    appearance,  (eem'd    capable  of  hard    Conftru<9i« 

t^  Crnwf.  ons,  (he  weighed  the  Rea(bns,  (he  went  on  with 

Sreat  Caution  and  Exa£hie(s.  Her  Inclinations  lay 
^rons  to  a  Duty  that  Nature  had  put  her  under, 
but  we  was  determined  to  accept  tne  Crown,  be- 
caufe  (he  was  periwaded,  that  there  was  no  other 
vifible  means  left  to  preicrve  the  Proteftant.  Religi- 
on,  not  only  here,  but  every  where  el(e.  And  when 
the  famous  Battle  of  the  Boyne  was  fought,  her  Con* 
cern  was  equally  divided  between  a  Father  and  a 
Husband.  ^ 
She  received  the  Intimations  of  approaching  Death 
JJfT  Djmg  ^j^j^  ^^  ^^j^g  Reficnation  to  the  Will  of  God ; 

W7f»r  "  *"^  ^'^^  *"  ^^^  dofelt  (Iruggle  with  that  Kin|  of 
Terrors,  (he  prelcrv'd  a  perfcft  Tranquihty. 
The  dilmal  Sighs  of  all  that  came  near  her, 
could  not  di(coinpo(e  her.  ^She  theiTdeclar'd,  Tba^ 
/he  felt  the  Joys  of  a  good  Confcience^  and  the  Bower  of 
^eiigion^  giving  her  Supports^  which  even  tJye  lafi  Ago^ 
nies  could  not  /knk?.  ^  She  received  the  Blefled  Sacra< 
ment  with  a  Devotion  that  inHam'd  as  well  as  it 
melted  all  tho(e  thatfaw  it  j  And  after  that  great  k& 
of  Piety,  (he  quietly  concluded  a  Life  that  nad  beea 
led  through  a  great  variety  oi  Acci^entt^  with  a 
Qpfiftant  equality  of  Temper. 

To 


WILLIAM  the  third.  4Q7 

To  film  up  all,  fhe  was  a  tender  and  rcfpe^lful  A,  C    ' 
ti^ife ;  a  kind  Friend'^  a  gentle  Miftris ;  a  Debonair    itfj^ 
Queen  j  a  good  ChrifiUn  ^  and  the  beft  of  H^omen.  L^V^ 
And  as  (he  was  the  Glory  and  Delight  of  this  hap- H^r  CiftiM 

{)y  Ifland,  fb  her  Memory  will  ever  be  Blefled,  and  ruttr 
ive  among  us.  f^^  ^ 


FINIS. 


w^mmm 


THE 


THE 

APPENDIX 

Die  Mercorii  13.  Martii  t62j. 

Adirefs  of  the  City  ^f  London  t^  tfjc 

Commons. 


WE  the  Ij^ti  Mayor,  Alderihcn,  and 
Common^  oi  the  City  of  London^  in 
Common-Council  Aflemblcd^  Prcfume 
to  Addrefi  our  Selves  to  this  Honou- 
rable Hdufe  with  our  moft  humble  Thanks,  for 
your  Excellent  Conduft  of  Affairs  in  tbc  time  of 
our  great  Emergency  and  Extremity,  when  our 
Religion,  our  Lives,  and  Efbtes  were  fo  ^eminent- 
ly^  threatened,  and  e(pecially  for  your  Addrefs  to 
His  Majefty  the  yth  Inftant,  Declaring  your  Re(b- 
lution  to  Affiftand  Stand  by  His  Majefty  in  Sup- 
porting  his  Allies  Abroad,  in  reducing  Ireland^  and 
in  Defence  of  the  Proteftant  Religion,  and  LaWs  of 
this  Kingdom, 

Dated  at  Guildhall  the  Sth  of  March  16SS,  1/ 
Order  of  the  CommonCounciL 

■         ■  K 

iVagftaff. 
A  »  S  Rcfolv'd, 


.    The  AppenJix. 

keiblv'd.  That  die  Thanks  of  this  Houie  be  f  ef- 
turnM  hj  Mr.  Speaker  in  the  Qiair.  The  Shc- 
ri^  were  calPd  in,  and  Mr.  Speaker  save  them  the 
Thahki  of  the  Houle  accordingly  in  thefe  Words; 

^TheHoufe  hath  conGder'd  ofche  Addrefi  you 

*  have  prefented  froob  the  City  of  Lmdon^  and 
I  have  Commanded  me  to  return  you  thb  Anfwer. 

•That  they  have  taken  Notice   of  the   moft 

*  eminent  Courage  and  Conftancy  the  City  hadi 

*  (bewM  in  this  late  Revolution,  and  the  Services 

*  they  have-  done  fo  the  whole  Kingdom  on  this 

*  C^cafion.  and  particularly  the  advancing  fiich  a 


I  Kingdom  did  lb  much  require  it. 

•  Izta  forcher  Commanded  to  tell  you,  that  this 
^  Houfe  doth  accept  of  your  Addreh  with  great 

•  Kindnefi,  and  do  give  you  hearty  Thanks  for  the 

*  Sime,  with  this  turther  Aflurance,  That  your 
^  Care  for  the  t^ublick  (hall  never  fiU  of  receiving 
I  fix>m  ttiem  the  like  Remms. 

Repwrt  ahout  the  Charges  of  the  Dutch 
towards  King  ViiUizmsBxpeJitio^. 

Die  Jovis   14.  Marcii  i68|. 

MR.  Hamden  Repbru  &om  the  Committee,  That 
they  had  taken  into  Confideration  His  Ma- 
jefty*s  Speech,  and  particularljr  touching  Holland^ 
and  had  dire^d  him  to  acquaint  the  Houle^  that 
there  has  been  an  Accompt  delivered  in  of  the 
Charge  laid  out  by  the  Dutch  in  the  Expedition  for 
UngUnd^  and  the  Accompt  was  Read,  and  is  as 
follows, 


AiMffi 


The  A^pendixl 

Accompt «/  the  Charge  Jfaij  0ut  in  the  £x- 
peditionjer  England. 

The  Charges  of  the  Fleet  according  to  the  femd 
Accompc  which  has  been  delivered  to  the  Starei 
General,  nit.  February  i  68|.  N.  ^.  No,  do  amount 
to  —  -      — —        *—     2x88464  Guilders. 

That  taofk  part  of  the  Fleet  having  hnce  been 
continu'd  in  Service,  fo  that  the  xtA  of  March  x6%^. 
N.  S,  Six  Ship  have  been  at  Sea  to  carry  back  fe- 
Veral  Goods  left  at  Exeter^  and  to  transport  Hi$ 
Majeily's  Baggage,  which  being  taken  for  half  a 
Monttis  Charge  of  the  whole  Fleet  do  amount 
to     — —  ■         '  —    1 89616  G. 

The  Lofi  of  Two  Ships,  the  BomeU  and  Aheu- 
hoon  with  42  Guns,  and  all  that  was  in  the  firfl  ex- 
cept (bme  few  Goods  i&ved  out  of  the  Aheuboon 
*  ■     -I'     ■  *      ■     ■  '   '   ■    royooG." 

Provifion,  Hay,  Oats,  Sadies,  making  of  Stable^ 
and  other  Charges  laid  out  at  Amfterdam^  and  upon 
the  Cpail  of  the  5outh-Seas,  where  the  Forces  havtf 
been  Imbarqued  till  their  Departure  from  the  BriS. 
—       — -—       —  ■  -  ■       186000  G. 

The  Freight  of  the  Merchant  Ships  that  carry'd 
the  Forces  over,  and  all  that  belonged  to  it  front 
the  loth  olOBober  1688.N.  S.  till  the  j-th  o^March^ 
being  hindred  to  return,  by  reaibn  of  the  great 
Froft,  to  the  Place  where  by  Agreement  they  Were 
to  be  Dilcharged,  amount  to 

For  AmfierJam  every  Month  i  /7000  Gi 

.        For  ^tterdam  eVery   Month     84000  G. 

And  in  all  for  6  Months,and  one  6th  part  i  a45'ooo  G. 

Some  of  them  accidentally  Caft  away  and  Da- 
tnag'd  in  the  River  oi  Exeter^  atid  alio  taken  by  the 
French  at  neareft  Guefi,  (for  about  this  an  Agree- 
ment muft  be  made  with  the  QwnersJ  will  com? 
to  —      '  ■         ■       *  '        ^        ■       60000  G. 

Provifion  bought  when  the  Fleet  by  Storm  was 
brought  back  and  odier  Charges  paid  at  F(pttirJam^ 
Derty   fVHemJUdty  Hchoetjluice     ■     -  »     l/^ocoG* 

A  a  a  &  For 


The  Appendix. 

For  Pilots,  befidcs  thofe  that  ferv'd  in  the  Thames^ 
and  lefler  Charges  of  Pilots,  taken  in  the  whole 

Voyage,  and  the  like    ■ '     ■   ' 44^00  Gtr 

The  Artillery,  Ammunition,  Small  Arms,  as  fhall 
not  be  brought  back,  as  alio  for  the  Deterioration 
of  therm,  and  other  Charges  laid  out  by  the  States 
oi  Holland. 

Freight  Co  the  Fiflier  Boats  that  Landed  the  For- 
ces from  the  I  oth  of  OSlober^  till  the  1  oth  of  Fe^ 
bruaryj  ^vih  the  Lois  of  Six  of  them  —  ^7888  G. 
Payment  of  the  General  Officers  of  the  Foot, 
Hor(e,and  Dragoons  and  Artillery  161  jpSjG.^j.  8  d. 
Charges  of  the  Artillery  Holpital  and  federal  o- 
thers         — —  ■'      8y(f IX  G.  19  /.  8  WL 

Payment  for  French  Proteflant  OfKcers  divided  a- 
mongft  the  Regiments  of  Horfe  and  Foot  77346  G. 
Freight  for  a  great  Number  of  Boats  taken  up  for 
the  bringing  of  Stores,  firft  to  the  General  Ren- 
dezvous, and  afterwards  on  Board  the  great  Ships, 
"  ■  '  66^60  G. 

Quartering  of  Horle,  Dragoons  and  Foot  Sol- 
diers,   .  -— -  — — -  85624  G.  \l  s. 

Stores  Bought  inftead  of  thole  Loft  by  the  Storm, 

'  ■■  81264  ^« 

The  Carts  and  Waggons  that  foUow'd  the  Army, 

16991 1  G, 


Several  Charges  to  thole  that  followed  His  Ma- 
jcfty,  arid  to  the  Forces  that  came  over^  and  alfo 
to  the  railing  of  thdf  Regiment  of  the  Right  Honou* 
rable  the  Lord  Mordant^  Sir  B^hert  Peyton^  Sir  John 
Quife^  and  others,  ■  aj'oooo  G. 

Payment  of  the  Horft  ScDragoons  29 1 450  G.  1 9/.8y, 
What  has  been  Paid  to  fcveral  rrinces  for  the 
Charges  of  railing  and  lending  their  Forces,  to- 
gether with  the   ordinary  Payment,   amount^  to 
1"  "    ' "  -  '  — —     II 00000  G. 

Summa  Totalis  7}oi  ^22  G.  i  /.  8  4/, 

^  And  a  Motion  being  made  for  a  Supply-  Co  be 

Jjiyen  to  enable  His  Msjefty  to  Defray  the  Charges 
aid  out  by  the  Dutch  in  the  Expedition  for  Eng- 
Und.    Relolv'd  to  ga  into  a    Cooimittee  of  the 

whole 


The  Appendix*  ^ 

whole  Houfe  to  Morrow  at  xo,  to  Confidcr  of  that 
Motion,  and  nothing  to  intervene. 

Die  Mercurii  %q.  Martii    i68|> 

♦Sir  Robert  Howard  Iraught  in  an  Account  relating 
to  the  Charge  of  the  Revenue, 

An  Extra£l  of  the  Expences  of  the  late  Jfing  James 
the  Second^  iy  Annual  Payments  in  Money  for 
Three  Tears,  f^om  Lady-Day  i6S$.  to  Lady- 
pay  1688.  (viz.; 

In  thefevjral  Tears  ended  at 
Lady-Day  I  (586,       Lady^Day  1687.  Lady-Day  1688; 


To  the^ 

Navy    J 

Total 

Ordinan, 

Totals 

Forces 

Total 

Hcujhold 

Total 

Treaf. 

of  the 

Qhamb. 

Total 

tVardrob. 

Total 

I{pbes 

Total 

iVorkf 

Total 

f(freign^ 

Minifl^ 

tofjtl 


L  /•      d. 

567150:00:00 
X25'^}87;i8;07 

70500;00;00 

a5'048c;07:09i- 
547124:07;  09 
i83i649;04;o4l 

5'2600;O0:OO 
I980l8:06;C04 

2g272;i5':oy 

Syjaziy.oS 
10000:00:00 

4jj7^:ii:io{ 

1786:04:05 

8050:04:05 

284x9:19:05 

75991:17:10 

;745  5:07:02 
97972:1^8:09: 


/.      /.    d, 

444801:04: 1  o 

Medium. 
86904:11:00] 

Medium. 
664259:06:10 

Medium. 
66156:15:085 

Medium. 

26527:02:07 

Medium. 
14600:00:00 
Medium. 
750:00:00 
edium. 
25285:00:00 
Medium. 

32447:18:08 
M.edium. 


13 


440452:00:0} 

417462:12:10 

95275:16:07 

83495:o9:o}-7 

621625:01:09/" 

61 0883:01  :o5i 

79621:10:10 

66oo6:02:02j 

3fS^9'iro8 

2.9443  ;O5;02 1. 

2.0775:1 1:1  of 

1/125:03:111 
2.500:00:00 
^676:14:09 

^0276:1.8:02, 

a4^63:i9io5^ 
28089:02:1 1 

32657:09:07 
Sundry 


Lady-Day.     i6%6. 
L    /.  d. 

Sundry  '^ 

Fees 

and 

ties       >  43479-09-07* 
faid  At 
the  Ex- 
chequer 

loul         I  $9486: 1 7. 09 
Fenji'd  y 

^^^'^Vii744}:i8to4i 

ties,     J 

Total        440111:11.004 

Bandof2 

Penfi'  r      3086:00:00 

cners,   ^ 

Total  18173-00:00 

Bounties 

ingrofs  1 

Sums       I   44J886:O0;06 

faid  at    ^^^ 

the  Ex- 
chequer J  , 
Total          8}04x:ia"*oo» 

Secret  '^ 

Service^^     02890:16:06,^ 

Guy   J 

Tttai        2.6990j':04:o8  £ 

SecrC'   7 

tary  of  r     yooo.oo:ox 

State    J 

Ta^tf/  i8i00;co:oo 

5/r  Ste- 7 

phen    r    10000:00:03 

Fox     ^ 

Total  zScco.-coioo 

pjivy  jp.  2.f95'o.co;oo 

Totat  792jo:oc:oo 


2rt&^  Appendix. 
LAdy-Dayi687. 


/.  /.   d. 


Lady*Dayi68a. 


60863 .06:0/1 


Mediqm. 
iy89io;oa:03i 

Medium. 

9087:00:00 

Medium. 

i49i3;ii:o6i 

Medium, 
8/941.13:03 

Medium. 

8  9/0:0 1:00 
Medium. 
9600:00:00 

Medium. 

27200:00.00 
Mediuit), 


6/144:01:09^ 


/649/:lZ;07 

m 

1637/7-11:01 

146703:17:0?! 
6000:00:00 

^ooo;oo:oa 


aj2.42;oo;oo 

%76&:io:ooi 

90072;  1 4:10}: 

89968:08.02^ 

V 
42/0:00:00 

6666:13:04 

/ 

8400:00:00 

9333:06.-08 
2^000:02:00 
j       26416:13:04 


Lady-Day  i6S6s 

idint  ^ 

fMid 

put  of 

Coitt" 

agCy      ^     3-io87?oo:oo 

Mmey   - 


The  Appendix. 


ILady-Dayitf87. 
/•  s.  d. 


40400:01:00 


772zO:io;ox 

96:I2.:00 

a89:i6:oo 


ijjfiirifioj 


Medium: 
96:iz:oo 

Mediuip« 


LadyDay  i<88 
/.  s.  4. 


iy7}j:i8:oi 


iyjl|.o:c6:o2j. 
96:12:00 
96:12.-00 


30o4j:i4:ofi 


67209:18:117 


Medium. 


21204:08:03 


a2403:o6:03]^ 


Totals       1513069:00:00;  I79»845:»8:®64       i78ai74-03:o7;- 

Tatii/;  •rXj^^8o88:i4:oii  Medium.  1699362:18:01 

I 

Notes  referring  to  the  Eftimatc  of  the  Expencca 
of  the  Crown, 

In  the  Four  laft  Years  of  King  Chd^des^  the  Second, 
the  Charge  of  the  Navy  was  never  Icfsthan  40000Q 
Pounds  t^  Annum.  Houftipld  in  King  Charles  the 
Second's  time  computed  at 1 07000  /. 

Ordinance  J 

The  Ordinance 
tnd  2000 /• 

5S  more  ii("the^A'w^  was  paid  by  pairticular 
^^^^  Aaa4  r.ces 


8  .The  Apftndix. 

In  the  laft  Six  Years  of  King  Qhnrlas  the  Second, 
the  Expenccs  of  the  Forces  amounted  to  jooooo  /• 
•ftr  Annum. 

TreaffirCT  of  the  Chdmber^ 

The  Annual  Expence  in  King  Charles  the  Se- 
cond's time^  was  computed  at  jocoo/:  fer  Am^ 

Iloteiy  . 

King  Charles  the  Second  when  all  Heads  were 
retrenched,  continu'd  the  Robes  at  the  Expence  of 
yoGO  /.  per  Annum, 

Petitions  and  Annuities.  By  the  Medium  it  appears 
one  Years  Payment 14670;/.  17/.  ^  </. 

In  tbefc  Years  was  joooo  /.  paid  to  the  Qjiecn^s 
Confort  every  Year. 

To  the  Queen  Dowager  18200  /.  Yearly. 

To  the  Prince  and  Princefi  of  Denmark  jxoco  /• 
fer  Annum^  but  their  Expences  have  exceeded  this 
above  8000  /.  fer  Annum^  which  has  been  paid  ouc 
of  the  Bounty  m  Grofs. 

Privy-Prnfe^ 

In  King  Charles  the  Second*s  time  the  Privy- 
Purfe  was  computed  at  30000  /.  fer  Annum. 

Impoft  Bills  in  King  Charles  the  Second's  time, 
5600  /.  fer  Annum, 

Contingencies,  C?c.  as  Clerlcfliips,  Repairing  of 
the  Highways,  Law-Suics,  Liberates  in  theExche- 
cheqqer,  and  other  Cafualties.  The  Charge  of 
ih^  Crown  by  the  Medium  prefented  Yearly  15 
• ^ —    "    •-  ' .    169936  /.  oxs.  09  d. 

1999363  ^oaj.  09  J. 

Charges  upon  the  I^vcnue, 

Mr.  Tho.  Fox  the  Security  of  his  Place  of  Re' 

cciver  of  the  Cuftoms  by  Tally -2.0000  / 

Mr.  Duncomb  for  the  fame  on  Excife aoooo  /. 

The  City  on  the  Excife  -^ '- 1  %SS^f  '• 

To  Mr.  tlornhy  on  the  Excile ^fooo  /. 

Tq  Mr.  lii^U  oa  Hearth-Mon^y 47000  /. 

There 


The  appendix'. 

There  b  m  Arrears  to  the  Army  and  Navy 
about ;ooooo  /. 

There  Is  alio  a  Yearly  Charge  of  79  jr66  /.  i^s.^d. 
for  perpetual  Intereil  to  the  Goldfmiths  and  their 
Affigns  which  is  ^ now  in  Arrears  at  Lady-Day  next 
6  .Years 4774^o  /.  y  /.  00  i 

Referred  to  the  Committee  of  the  whole  Houle. 

Mr.  Hamdtn  Reports  from  the  Committee  of  the 
whole  Houfey  that  they  had  re&lved  that  there  be  a  * 
Revenue  fetled  of  i  xooooo  /.  fer  Annum  upon  their 
Majefties  for  their  conftant  neceflary   Charge  of 
fiipponiog  the  Crown  in  time  of  Peiace, 

An  ExtraH  of  the  treaty  hetvoeen  Englan4 
and  Holland,  Concluded  at  Wcftminftcr 
the  3  d  Day  of  March,  1677,  Read  in 
the  Houfe  of  Commons  on  the  z^th  Day  of 
March,  16S9. 

A  R  T.  4.  1 F  His  Majcfty,  or  the  States-Gencral 
^  (hall  hereafter  be  attacked,  or  in  any 
fort  whatfbever  be  molefted  in  the  Poffeffion  or 
Enjoyment  of  the  States,  Lands,  Towns,  Places, 
Rights,  Immunities;  and  Liberties  of  Commerce, 
Navigation,  or  any  other  whatfbever,  which  His 
laid  Majefty,  or  the  faid  States  General  do,  or 
Iball  have  Right  to  Enjoy  by  the  Law  of  Nations, 
and  by  Treaties  already  made,  or  that  fhall  be  con- 
eluded.  His  Majefty,  and  the  (aid  States  General, 
upon  Notice  and  Demand  of  each  other,  (hall  joint- 
ly u(e  their  utraoft  Endeavours,  that  (iich  Molefta* 
tion  and  Hoftilitv  may  cea(e^  and  reparation  may  be 
given  for  the  Wrongs  or  Injuries  that  (hall  be  done 
to  either  o(  the  Allies. 

ART.  f .  And  in  ca(e  the  (aid  Attack,  or  Mole-' 
flation  (hall  be  followed  with  an  openRupture,  the 
Ally  who  (hall  not  be  attacked ,  fhall  be  obliged  to 
come  to  a  Rupture,  two  Months  after  the  firft  de« 
mand  made  by  the  Ally  alread  v  ingagM  in  a  Rup- 
ture, during  which  time  he  (hall  ufe  his  Endeavours 
by  his  EmbaiTadors,  or  otheir  Minifters,  to  mediate 

an 


lo  The  Appendix. 

anEqaitablc  Accommodation  between  the  Aggreflbr 
and  Drfturber,  and  the  Party  attack'dj  or  molefted  ; 
nocwithftandine  which  he  ihall,  dunng  that  time^ 
give  a  Powerrul  Succour  to  bis  Ally,  according  to 
what  fliall  be  agreed  upon  by  Separate  Articles  be- 
tween His  fiid  Majefty,  and  the  States  General  j 
which  Articles,  (altho'  not  mentioned  in  theprefent 
•  Anicle)  (hall  be  kept  and  oWerved  asff  they  were 
here  inferted  or  written,  and  after  the  Expiration  of 
which  Term  of  two  Months,  it  fliall,  however,  re- 
Biam  in  the  choice  of  the  Ally  ingag'd  in  a  Rupture, 
whether  he  will  continue  to  eproy  the  Benefit  of 
that  Succour  in  cafe  the  Conjunaure  of  Time,  and 
the  &a^  of  his  Afiairs  (hall  make  him  prefer  it  be* 
ipre  an  open  Rupture  of  bif  Allies. 

Setar^U  ARTICLES. 

I.  T  H  E  Cafe  mentiotied  in  the  yth  Article  hap- 
^    petting,  the  (aid  King  and  hisSucceflors,  and 
t^  (aid  States-General  fliall  be  obliged  to  afCft  ead^ 
qther  as  often  as  they  (hall  be  attacVd  or  molefted, 
and  is  more  at  large  exprelTed  in  the  (aid  Article  in 
the  manner  loUowing :  That  is  to  (ay.  His  Majeihr 
of  Great  Briuin  (hall  affift  the  States- General  wicl^ 
If  oooo  Foot,  and  the  Sjtates-Creneral  (l^all  aiCft  His 
Majefty  with  ^ooo  Foot  well  arm'd  under  (iich  Re- 
giments, Coqipanies,  Colonels,  and  Qcher  Officers, 
as  His  iaid  Majefty,  and  tlie  States-General  (half 
think  fit,  and  conceive  moft  proper  for  (uch  an  affil^^ 
ance;and  likewi(e  ol  2.9  Ships  of  War  well  Equipp'd 
ZXiA  Provfdcd,  which  Succours  (hall  be  fupplied 
zvkA,  maiotainM  at  h^s  Charge,  who  (ends  it  to  the 
^id  of*  the  Tarty  attacked. 

2..  When  the  Neceflity  of  Affairs  (hall  make  it 
appear,  that  the  Succours  prqtni(ed  and  (etled  aug- 
i:icnr,  the  (aid  King,  and  the  faid  Srates-Genera^ 
{^ail  endeavour  to  come  to  a^  agreccnent  about  Jr. 


Add/^fA 


7%e  AfpenJix.  I  % 

Addrefs  of  the  Commons  to  he  prefented  to 
His  Majefty  upon  the  Mejfage  touching  the 
Bill  of  Indemnity^  as  Reported  hy  Sir 
William  Williams »    on    the    %%th  of 
March,  i6%s* 

XX7E  Your  Majeftjr's  moft  Loyal  aod  Dutiful 
^  ^  Subjc6b,  the  Cominons  of  England  now  afl 
fcmbled  in  Parliaojeoi,  being  filled  with  Joy  and 
Gratitude,  by  Your  moft  (jracious  Meflage,  re« 
commending  to  Us  the  Confideration  of  an  A^  of 
Free  and  General  Pardon,  Indemnity  and  Obliiriony 
humbly  aflure  Your  Majefty,  That  we  now  direftly 
Zee  what  we  always  believed,  that  Juftice  and  Mer- 
cy are  to  be  equally  extended  and  diftributed  to  aH 
the  People,  in  Your  Adminiftration  of  the  Govern* 
ment.  This  doth  confirm  Our  intire  Confidence  in 
Your  Sacred  Majefty,  and  cannot  but  make  us  be- 
lieve, and  heanily  hope,  it  will  conduce  much  to  a 
perfe^  Union  amongft  Your  Subje£ls.  If  any  thing 
happen  amifs,  it  mu ft  proceed  from  our  Selves,  and 
not  fi-om  Your  Majefty:  Since  You  are  pleafed  to 
let  no  other  Bounds  tb  Your  Grace  and  Clemency^ 
than  (iich  as  to  the  Parliament  (hould  (eem  neceihry, 
it  is  our  Duty,  and  (hall  ever  be  our  principal  Care 
to  provide  for  Your  Majefty  "s  Safety,  as  well  in  this 
as  m  all  other  Proceedings,  with  Exceotions  agreeable 
with  Your  moft  merciful  purpofcs  only,  that  we  may 
manifeft  to  the  World  we  dcfire  to  comply  indrely 
with  Your  Majefty^s  Mercy,  as  hv  as  is  confiftenc 
with  the  Security  of  Your  Royal  Peiibn,  and  the 
Government.  As  Your  Majefty  has  been  plealed 
to  accept  the  Imperial  Crown  of  this  Realm,  lb  ^ 

You  are  refolved  all  Your  good  Subjeds  fliall  par- 
take of  the  BiefCngs  of  Your  Coronation,  which 
muft  oblige  and  diipofe  all  good  Men  to  join  and 
unite,  in  all  Ads  tnat  may  Secure  and  Support 
Your  Majefty 's  Crown  and  Government,  under  our 
preient  Conftitution  and  Eftablifiifflent,  and  never 
to  depart  farom  the  £uBiet 


m 

*  li  7he  Appendix. 

Mfjfage  in  favour  of  tbe  IRISH, 
Die  9  Aprilis,  1689. 

MR,  W7}arton^  one  of  His  Majeftjr's  moft  Hor' 
nourable  Privy^Council,  acquaints  the  Houfe 
from  His  Majefty,  That  he  is  commanded  by  the 
King  to  acquaint  the   Houfe,   that  there   arc  a 
great  many  poor  Protedants  come  out  of  Ireland^ 
who  are  now  in  leveral  Towns  and  Corporattona 
upon  thcCoafts  of  Chefter^  Briftol^  and  ftvcral  other 
places,  and  that  (everal  of  them  are  Tradefmen^ 
and  Artificers,  ^nd  that  they  haFe  made  ApplicacU 
ogi  to  the  King  to  this  Efiea. 
'   That  they  hope  they  (hall  not  (land  in  need  of  tb  e 
Afiiftance  and  Relief  of  the  Proteftants  here,  in  Cafe 
they  may  have  liberty  to  Work  in  the  Corporations 
vhere  they  come,  and  that  they  are  y^ry  defirous 
lb  to  do  ;  but  if  this  be  denied  them,  they  (hall  fall 
into  Diftreis,  and  at  laft  be  a  Charge  to  the  Publick. 
And  therefore  the  King  thinks  what  they  detire  is 
realbnable,  and  is  willing  to  give  them  all  the  Coun- 
tenance he  can  by  Law. :  Bur  then  on  the  other  fide 
he  is  tender  of  breaking  in  upon  any  Libercics  and 
Rights  of  the  Corporations,  and  therefore  deGrca 
to  know  what  this  Houfe  would  advife  him  in  this 
matter,  whether  to  ifliie  out  a  Proclamation,  or  to 
pais  any  Temporal  kOt  for  their  being  at  Liberty  ta 
Exercifi  Trades  in  Corporations  ? 

Ordered^  Hiat  a  Bill  be  brought  in  to  enable  the 
Irijh  Proteftants  to  Exercife  Trades  in  Corporations 
for  a  certain  time. 

WE  Your  Majefty's  moft  Loyal  and  Obedient 
Subje£bthe  ana  Commons 

in  Parliament  alTcmbled,  do  with  utmoil  Duty  and 
Aftedion  render  to  Your  Majefty  our  moft  humble 
and  hearty  Thanks  for  Your  Gracious  Declaration, 
and  repeated  Afliiranccs  that  you  will  mafntsMn  the 
Church  of  En^Und  Eftabliflicd  by  La^ ,.  which 

Your 


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The  AppeniiX.  ij 

Your  Majefty  has  been  pleaftd  to  rdfcue  from  the 
dangerous Confpiracy  that  was  laid  for  its  Deftrufti- 
on,  with  the  hazard  of  Your  Royal  Pcrfon.  The 
Do^ine  and  Pra6lice  of  the  Church  of  EnglMl 
have  evinced  their  Loyalty  beyond  the  Contradi<£li- 
on  of  the  mod  malicious  Enemies,  and  the  Misfor- 
tune of  former  Princes  can  be  attributed  to  nothing 
more  than  their  Endeavours  to  Subvert  and  Di&ble 
the  Members  thereof  for  contributing  to  their  Sup- 
port and  Defence. 

We  therefore  humbly  pray  Your  Majefty  will  be 
cracIouQy  pleafcd  to  continue  Your  Care  in  .the 
rrelervation  of  the  lame,  whereby  you  wjll  cBFe- 
^ally  Eftablifli  your  Throne .  by^  fecuriag  the 
Hearts  of  Your  Majefty's  Subjeas  within  this  lour 
Realm,  who  can  no  better  (hew  their  Zeal  for  Your 
Service,  than  by  a  firm  adherence  to  that  Churdi^ 
whole  Conftitution  is  bed:  (iiited  to  the  Support  oi 
this  Monarchy.  We  likefwifc  humbly  pray,  that 
according  to  the  Ancient  Pra£ltce  and  Uiage  oi^  the 
Kingdom  in  time  of  Parliament ,  Your  Majefty 
will  be  gracioufly  plealed  to  Iflue  forth  Your  Writs 
for  calling  a  Convocation  of  the  Clergy  of  this 
Kingdom^and  tobeadvi^d  with  in  Matters Eccle{ia<« 
ftical  ;aflijring  Your  Majefty,  that  it  is  our  intention 
£3rthwith  to  proceed  to  the  Confideration  of  giving 
eafe  to  Proteftant  Diffcnters. 

After  fbme  Amendments  made,  it  was  a- 
greed  to,  and  lent  to  the  Lords  for  their  Con* 
currence. 


Die 


t^  The  Afp€ndi^\ 

Die  Veneris  19  Aprilis  1^89. 

^fr.  Hamden  Reported  the  following  AJ^ 
drefs  to  he  prefented  to  the  King ,  a* 
loHt    entering    into    a    WAR    with 

FRANCE^ 

tX7E  Your  Majeft/t  moft  L^yal  Subje£b  the 
^^  Commons  of  EngUnd  in  Parliameot  aflem- 
bled,  baWnft  taken  into  our  moft  Serious  Confide- 
ration,  the  Condition  and  State  of  this  Nation  in 
ircf^efiof  Fr^ncr  and  Foreign  Alliances,  in  order  to 
which  we  have  examined  the  mifthieft  brought  up- 
on Cbrifiemhm  in  late  Years  by  the  Firencb  King, 
who  withbut  any  relped  to  Tuftice,  has  by  fraud  and 
ibrce  endeavoured  to  (ubjea  it  to  an  Amitrary  and 
Univerfid  Monardiy. 

tn  Proieqtition  of  thisDefign,  (b  pernicious  to  the 
Repofe  and  Safety  of  Buropey  he  h^  negle  Aed  none 
of  thoie  means ,  how  inoired:  (bevcr ,  which  his 
Ambition  or  Avarice  could  Higgeft  to  him.  The 
Faith  of  Treaties  among  all  Princes,  efpecially 
Chriftian  Princes,  ever  held  mod  inviolable,  has  ne- 
ver been  able  to  reftrain  lum,  nor  the  (olemneft 
Chxhi  to  bind  him,  when  any  occafion  prefented  it 
ftif  for  e^ttending  the  Limits  of  his  Kmgdom,  or 
oppreiling  thole  whom  his  Intered  indin'd  him  to 
qualify  by  the  Name  of  his  Enemies ;  witnefi  his 
Haughty  and  Groundlefs  Declaration  of  War  againft 
the  States-General  of  the  United  Provinces  in  the 
Year  1672,  in  which  he  afligned  no  other  Reafeti 
for  difturbing  that  profound  Peace  (which  by  God's 
mercy  all  Europe  enjoyed  at  that  time  )  but  bis  own 
Glory,  and  bis  Reroiution  ro  puniih  the  Diuch  for 
fome  imaginary  Slights  and  Dtirefpeds  which  he 
would  have  made  the  World  believe  they  had 
put  upon  him :  Whereas  the  true  occafion  was  no- 
thing elle  but  a  formM  defign  laid  down  and  agreed 
upon  by  that  King,  and  his  Accomplices  for  the 
Subveruon  of  the  Uberty  of  Burofe^  and  for  Abo- 

lifiunf 


the  Appentttx'i  jf 

lifliiog  the  Commonwealth  of  Holland^  u  beia^  too 
daticcrous  an  Esampk  of  Liberty  to  the  Subje^ 
bf  the  Neighbouring  Monarchs.  The  Zeal  ot  the 
Catholick  Religion,  which  was  pretended  by  him  in 
this,  and  the  toUowing  War,  did  afterward^  (uf- 
ficientlv  appear  to  the  World  to  be  no  other  than 
a  ClouK  for  his  unreafbnable  Ambition  \  For  ac  the 
&ne  time  when  the  Perfecution  grew  hottcft  agaicft 
the  PrOteftants  of  francc^  Letters  were  intcrccptei 
("and  publiflied)  from  him  to  Count  Teck^ly^  to 
give  him  the  greateft  Encouragement,  and  j^omife 
him^  the  utmoft  Afliftance  in  the  War,  Which,  in 
Conjunction  with  the  Turkey  he  theft  managed  againft 
the  firft  and  gfeateft  of  all  the  /((^m^iiCatholick 
Princes. 

Witncfe  alio  th<S  many  crpen  Infractions  of  the 
Treaties  both  of  AiX  la  Chapelle^  and  Nimeguttu 
(  whereof  Your  Majefty  is  the  ferongeft  Guarrancee) 
upon  the  moft  frivolous  pretence  imaginable ,  of 
^x^hich  the  moft  ufiial  was  that  ot  Dependencies ;  aa 
Invention  fet  on  foot  on  purpoft  to  ferve  for  a  pre* 
text  of  Rupture  with  all  his  Neighbours ,  umefi 
they  chofe  rather  to  fatisfy  his  endlefs  demands  b/ 
abandoning  one  place  after  another  to  his  infatiate 
Appetite  of  Empire ;  and  for  maintaining  whereoL 
the  two  Chambers  of  Met^  and  Brifacl^wcte  ExtSted 
to  find  out,  and  forge  Titles,  and  to  invent  equi-* 
Vocable  Conftru6tions  for  eluding  the  plain  meanms 
of  Treaties,  concluded  and  Sworn  with  the  greateS 
Solemnity,  and,^  than  which^  nothing  can  be  morQ 
Sacred  to  Mankind. 

From  hence  it  was  alfo.  That  Straslurj^h  was  ib 
infamoufly  (iirpriz'd  bv  rhe  French  King  in  a  time 
of  full  Peace ;  and  tho  Conditions  were  agreed  and 
promiied  to  the  Inhabitants  ofahat  City,  ^ct  no 
looner  was  he  in  pofTeflion  of  it,  but  all  Stipulati. 
ens  were  forgotten ,  and  that  ancient  City  doth 
groan  under  the  fame  Yoke  with  the  reft  of  that 
tCing'«  Subje6b. 

The  Building  of  the  Fort  at  Hunningcn^  contrary 
to  lb  many  fblemn  Affurances  given  to  the  SwiJJirs^ 
and  the  Afiairof  Luxcmburglj^  are  too  well  known 
to  need  a  particular  Deduaion,    In  a  Word,  the 

wl  ole 


1 6  The  AppenJixl 

whole  Series  of  the  French  King's  AiSJons  for  mafiy 
Years  laft  paft  has  been  lb  ordered,  as  if  it  were  his 
Intention  not  only  lo  render  his  own  People  cx- 
treamly  Miftrable  by  intolerable  impofitiohs  of 
Taxes  to  be  employM  in  Maintaining  an  incredi- 
ble Number  of  Dragoons,  and  other  Soldiers  to  be 
the  Inftruments  of  his  Cruelty  upon  fiich  of  them 
as  refufe  in  all  things  to  comply  with  his  unjufl: 
Demands ;  but  otherwife  to  hold  all  the  Neigh- 
bouring Powers  in  perpetual  Alarm  and  Expence, 
for  the  Maintaining  of  Armies  and  Fleets,  that 
they  may  be  in  a  rofture  to  defend  themfelves  a- 
'  gainft  the  Invader  of  their  common  Safety  and  Li- 
berties. 

Examples  of  this  fort  might  be  innumerable,  but 
this  Invafiod  of  Flanders  and  HoBand^  fince  the 
laft  Truce  of  1684,  and  the  Outrages  committed 
upon  the  Empire  by  atucking  the  Fort  of  PfciV/i//- 
burgh,  without  any  Declartion  oi  War,  at  the  fame 
time  that  his  Imperial  Majefty  was  employing  all 
his  Forces  againft  the  common  Enemy  of  the  Chri- 
fiian  Faith,  and  his  wafting  the  Palatinate  with 
Fire  and  Sword,  and  Murdering  an  infinite  Num- 
ber of  Innocent  Peribns,  for  no  otner  reafbn  as  him- 
felf  has  publickly  declared,  but  becaufe  he  thought 
the  Ele£lor  Palatine  faithful  to  the  Intereft  of  the 
Emj^ire,  and  an  Obftade  to  the  compafUng  of  his 
ambitious  Defigns,  are  (iifiicient  Inftances  ofthis. 

To  this  we  cannot  but  with  a  particular  Refent-* 
ment  add  the  Injuries  done  to  your  Majefty  in  the 
moft  unjuft  and  violent  Seizing  of  the  Principali- 
ty of  Oranzcy  and  the  utmoft  Infolencies  committed 
upon  the  rerfons  of  yourMajeftv'sSubjeds  there; 
and  how  to  facilitate  nis  Conqueu  upon  his  Neigh- 
bouring Princes,  he  engag'd  the  Tttrl^s  in  War  »> 
gainft  Chriftendom  at  the  lame  time.^ 
^  ^  And  as  if  the  violating  of  Treaties  and  rava- 
ging the  Countries  of  his  Neighbouring  States,  were 
not  fiifficient  Means  ot  advancing  his  exorbitant 
Power  and  Greatnefi,  he  has  conftantly  had  re- 
courfeto  the  vileft  and  meaneft  A&sfor  the  Ruin 
of  thole  whom  he  had  taken  upon  him  to  fubdue 
to  his  Will  and  Power,    infinuating   himfclf  by 

bis 


The  Appendix.  17 

bit  Emiilaries.  under  the  Sacred  Name  aDd  Chara- 
der  of  publick  Minifters  into  thofe  who  were  in- 
crufted  with  the  Government  of  Kingdoms  and 
States,  fiiboming  them  by  Gifts  and  renlions  to 
the  felling  their  Mafters  and  betraying  their  Truft, 
and  descending  even  to  Intrigues  by  Women,  who 
were  fen t  or  Marrjr'd  into  the  Countries  of  diverg 
Potent  Princes,  to  lye  as  Snakes  in  their  Bofbms 
to  eat  out  their  Bowels,*  or  to  inftill  that  Poifoa 
into  them  that  might  prove  Deilrudion  of  them 
and  their  Countries,  of  which  VoUnd^  Savoy^  and 
SfMn,  to  mention  no  more  at  prefent,  can  give  too 
ainple  Teftimonies. 

The  iniblent  Ufe  he  has  made  of  his  ill  gotten 
Greatnefs  has  been  as  Extravagant  as  the  Means 
of  procuring  of  it.  For  this,  the  {ingle  Inftance  of 
Genoa  may  fuffice,  which  without  the  leaft  No* 
tice,  or  any  ground  of  Quarrel  whaifoever,  was 
Bombarded  by  the  French  Fleet,  and  the  Doge  and 
Four  Principal  Senators  of  that  State,  conltrain'd 
to  humble  themfclves  at  that  Monarch's  Feet, 
which  in  the  Stile  of  prance  is  called,  Chaftifing 
Soveraigns  for  cading  Umbrage  upon  his  Great- 
nefi.  His  Practices  againft  England  have  been  of 
the  (ame  Nature,  and  by  corrupt  Means  he  has 
conftantly,  and  with  too  much  Succeis,  endeavour- 
ed to  get  iuch  Power  in  the  Court  of  England  in 
the  tine  of  King  Charles  the  Second,  and  the  late 
King  James^  as  might  by  degrees  undermine  the 
Government  and  true  Interefl:  oi  this  Flourifhing 
Kingdom. 

Another  Aft  which  he  has  ufed  to  weaken  Eng^ 
Und^  and  fiibjed  it  to  his  afpiring  Defigns,  was 
never  to  admit  an  equal  Ballance  of  Trade,  nor 
Content  to  any  juft  Treaty  of  Commerce,  by 
which  he  promoted  our  own  Ruin  at  our  own 
Charge. 

When  for  a  juft  Apprehenfion  of  this  formida- 
ble  growing  Power  of  france^  the  Nation  became 
Jealous  to  right  them/clvcs,  and  the  Hoi/fe  of  Com. 
monsin  the  Year  1677  being  aflur'd  ihat  the/  (hould 
have  an  aflual  War  againlt  France^  chcjrfu'ly  rai- 
led a  great  Sum  of  Money,  and  an  Arjny  us  rcadi- 

Bbb  ly 


18  the  Appitidix. 

ly  appeared  to  carry  on  ihc  War  :  Ttiat  tii 
tcrcft  of  Fr4«ey  had  ftill  Power  enough  to  render  all 
this  incffeftual,  and  to  fruftrate  the  Nation  of  all 
their  Hopes  and  Expectations. 

Nor  did  ^ance  only  render  this  dcfir'd  War  in- 
effe6hiall,  but  hdd  Power  enough  to  make  us  pra- 
edct  their  Iivjuftiee,  and  Barbarity  turning  our 
Force  againft  our  rtext  Ijleighbours  by  aflauhing 
their  Smyrna,  Fleet. 

Nor  were  they  more  Induftrious  by  corrupt 
Means  to  obtain  this  Power,  then  careful  by  the 
fime  vay^  to  ftpport  it,  and  knowing  that  fironn 
Parliaments  only  could  probably  proceed  an  obftriu 
aion  to  their  fecrct  Praftices,  they  attempted  to 
make  a  Bargain  that  they  ftiould  not  meet  at  fiich 
a  time,  in  which  they  might  Hope  to  perfcfl:  their 
DdSgns  of  inflavine  the  Nation. 

In  the  fame  Confidence  of  this  Power  they  vio- 
lintly  feiz'd  upon  part  of  Hudfons-Bay^  and  when 
the  Mattejr  was  complained  of  by  the  Company, 
and  the  Injuries  ofterM  to  be  proved,^  the  expedient 
Ftdfiit  could  find  to  cover  their  Injuftice  and  prevent 
Satisfa6lion,  \(ras,  to  make  ufe  oi  their  great  In- 
tereft  in  the  Court  of  England  to  keep  it  from  e- 
ver  coming  to  be  Heard.  The  French  King  in 
Purfiiance  ot  his  ufual  Methods  of  laying  hold  of 
an  opportanity  that  might  encrcafe  his  Power,  and 
give  difturbance  to  others,  ha^  now  carry'd  on  an 
adual  War  in  Ireland,  fending  thither  a  great  Num- 
ber ot  Officers  with  Money,  Arms,  and  Amnau- 
nition,  and  under  Pretence  ot  affifting  the  late  King 
Jatnes^  be  has  taken  the  Government  of  Afiairs  in- 
fo his  Hands,  by  putting  all  Officers  into  Coni- 
mands,  and  managing  the  whok  BuGneft  by  hrs 
Minifters,  and  has  already  begun  to  aft  the  feme 
Cruelties  and  Violences  upon  your  Majefty 's  Sub* 
lefts  there,  as  he  has  lately  pr afticed  in  his  awn 
Dominions,  and  in  all  other  jrfaces  where  he  has 
got  Power  enough  to  deftroy. 

^^M-^  The  French  King's  Declaration  of  War  a- 
gainft  the  Crown  of  Spain  is  wholly  grounded  up- 
on its  Friendfbip  to  your  Majeflies  Royal  Perfoa, 
and  no  other  cauie  of  denouncing  War  againft  i^ 

99 


The  Appendix.  19    ' 

18  therein  alledg'd,  than  the  Refolutions  taken  in 
jhat  G)urt  to  favour  your  Majefty  whom  he  moft 
injurioufly  terms  the  Ufiirper  of  England^  an  Info- 
lence  never  enough  to  be  relented  and  detefted  by 
your  Majefty 's  Subje6l-s. 

^  After  our  numblc  Reprefentation  of  all  thefe  Par- 
ticulars to  your  Majefty,  if  your  Majefty  (hall 
think  fit  to  enter  into  ,a  War  againft  France^  we 
humbly  dTure  your  Majefty,  that  we  will  give  you 
filch  Afliftance  in  a  Parliamentary  way,  as  (hall 
enable  your  Majefty  to  (upport,  and  go  thro'  the 
fame,  and  wc  (hall  not  doubt  but  by  the  BlelEng 
of  God  upon  your  Majefty 's  fpcedy  Conduft,  a 
ftop  may  be  put  to  that  growing  Greatne(s  of  the 
JFVwicAKing,  which  threatens  all  Chriftendom  with 
no  lefs  than  Abfoluce  Slavery,  the  incredible  guan* 
tity  of  Innocent  Blood  may  be  revenged,  his  op- 

fre(s*d  Neighbours  rcft:orM  to  their  juft  Rights  and 
.  'offeffions,  your  Majefty*s  Alliances,  and  the 
Treaty  oi  tlimegucn  (upported  to  that  Degree,  that 
all  Europe  in  general,  and  this  Nation  in  particu- 
lar, may  for  ever  have  occafion  to  celebrate  your 
Majefty,  as  the  great  Maintainer  of  Tufticc  and  Li- 
berty, and  the  Oppofer  and  Overthrower  of  all 
Violence,  Cruelty,  and  Arbitrary  Power. 

A  Debate  arifing  thereupon,  Order'd  to  be  rt* 
Committed. 

Report  ahout  the  PRISONERS  h  th^ 

TOWER. 

Die  J6vis  X3.  May^  1689. 

\Jik.lf^ildniiin  Reported  the  Cafifmrti  tbdCom- 
^^  mittce,  in  Relation  to  tbePrilbncrt  in  ihrf 
Tower.  /  ^  vJ 

.  That  the  Committee  deniinded  arid  received  of 
Mr.  Auditor  bone  the  ACconipts  bi  Mr.  GtahaM 
and  Mr.  Burton^  that  Were  in  his  Hands,  and  thaf 
thev  had  infpefted  and  examined  thelame,  whici 
laia  Accodipt  begari  in  the  Year  i6j^p,  aftd  c^rti 

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xo  ^^^  Appendix. 

tn  tVieYear  i6S3,  and  End  that  the  (aid  Mr.  Bwf- 
tm  has  diarged  himfelf  fevcrally  to  have  receiir'd 
out  of  the  Excheimer,  for  Profecucioh  of  Law- 
Suits,  and  other  Payn^ents  by  him  made,  the  Sum 
ofAi6i6/.  91.  6d.  Sp,  that  lAr,'Burton\  Charge 
of  nimfelf,  uUs  (hortof  Ae  Charge  in  the  Exche- 
quer, the  Sum  of  fooo  /i  ^  He  alfo  chirgeth  him- 
fclf  in  the  (aid  Accompt  t6^,  have  rcCeiv'd  of  Mr. 
Guy  for  the  likcUfes,  tne  Sum  <if  1458 /.  to  J,  fo, 
that  the  Total  ot  the  Receipts  ackiiowledged  by 
Mr.  Burton  in  the  (aid  Accompts  is  435^4  /.  10  /. 
4  d.  and  the  Total  of  the  (aid  Mr.  Burf(^\  Dif- 
,  charge  is  435ria/.  191.  x</.  whereby  it  a^>pears^ 
that  the  (aid  Mr.  Burton  is  Debtor  to  the  King  ja  1  /. 
II  /.  if  all  the  Payments  alledg'd  (hould  be  allow* 
ed  to  him. 

That  the  Committee  alio  Ends  by  the  faid  Ac- 
compts, That  the  (aid  Mr.  Burton  and^  Mr.  GrMbam 
Charge  them(elves  herein  jointly  with  Receipts 
from  the  Exchequer  4671  /.  4  j.  6d»  That  they 
do  al(b  find  that  the  faid  Mr.  Burton  and  Mr.  Grd- 
ham  do  jointly  Accompt  for  69  3  f/.  14/.  6  d. 
which  is  alledg'd  in  the  (aid  Accompts  to  be  paid 
by  the  (aid  Mr.  Burton^  to  Mr.  Graham^  out  oFthe 
Moneys  Charged  upon  the  (everal  Accounts  6f  Mr. 
Burton. 

And  that  they  further  Charge  themfelves  jointly 

to  have  received  of   Mr.  Guy   100  l.  and  oijohn 

Hambden^  Efq;   by  His  Majefty*s  Direftion  339/. 

a  /.  8.  and  in  like  mamier  of  Mr.  Comifh  346  /. 

11/.  10  d.   And  they  further  Charge  themfelves  to 

have  received  of  Mr.  ^^rJ,  the  Sum  of  yo/.  and 

of  Sir  ^bert^  Pey ton^^  Tensints  24  /.    fo  that  the 

Total  or  their  Joint-Receipts  amounts  to  12.4(6/. 

11  J.  6d.  And  that  bv  their  Joint  Accompt  they 

alledge  to  have  paid  about  Law- Suits,  the  did  tun 

Sumpf  12466  L  with  an  Overplus  of  1300 /.  and 

upwards,  but  thev  do  nor  acknowledge  the  600  /. 

Charged  upon  them  by  Sir  I^pbert  Howard,  to  be 

paid  to  them  the  jth  of  January  i6S6,  for  Pro(e- 

cuting  of  Colonel /f^iV/o',  and  the  Lord  Qfwaldjiony 

over  and  above  the  Salaries. 

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That  the  Committee  find  by  the  (aiJ  Accompts 
of  Mr.  Burton  and  Mr.  Gr*ham^  that  they  alledge 
to  have  paid  moft  of  the  faid  Moneys  (everalTy 
and  jointly  received  to  Witneflcs,  Jurors,  Solici- 
tors, C(Wincil,  and  to  themftlves  ana  other  Perfons 
in  their  Profecution  of  Indi£lments,  Informations, 
Tryals  of  Pcribns  in  Capital,  and  other  pretend- 
ed and  Criminal  Cafes,  and  in  Qt4o  fVarranto^s  a- 
fainft  Corporations,  and  other  Proceedings  in  the 
lame,  ana  oa  the  behajf  of  the  late  King. 
That  for  Inftance  in  Prolccuting,  (for  pretend- 
ed Conftruiftive  Treafbns)  William  late  Lord  Huf. 
fel^  Algernoon  Sidney^  Eftj;  Sir  The.  Armftrengy  Charles 
Lord  Brandon^  Lord  Delamere^  John  Hambden^  E(qj 
Alderman  Henry  Comijh^  and  divers  others,  and  in 
their  Prosecuting  upon^  Information  for  (upposM 
Mifdemeanours  and  Crimes  not  Capital,  Sir  5410^^/ 
Bamadifton^  Sir  Patience  fVard^  Sir  The,  Pilkington^ 
Slingsby  Bethel,  Sir  ff^tUiam  miliam,  Knight,  Sa^ 
muel  John/on,  Dr.  Titus  Oats^  and  many  others, 
wherein  the  Committee  thinks  (ie  to  acquaint  this 
Honourable  Houfe  with  fome  few  of  their  many 
cxhorbitant  Expences,  pretended  by  the  (aid  Gra- 
ham and  Burton^  in  their  (aid  Accompts  of  the 
(aid  Profccutions,  and  alfb  (bme  Enormities  ap- 
pearing therein. 

That  thev  do  pretend  to  have  Spent  in  Pro(ecu- 
ting  for  their  Lives,the  Lord  belamere  /jf  /.  i  i.  6  rf. 
of  Alderman  C()rwi/^  J4^  ^'  ^^  ^'  ^^  ?^^  Hambden^ 
Efq;  s^j  I.  I  s.6  d.  of  Mr.  John  Hays,  for  pretend- 
ed Gorrefpondence  with  Sir  Tbo.  Armftrong,  aja  /. 
y  s.  4  rf.  and  they  pretend  to  have  Spent  in  Pro(e. 
cuting  for  pretended  Mi(demeanours  of  the  Earl 
oT Devonjhire^  xiS  Lxs,  f  d.  Sir  Samuel Samadiftm^ 
717  /.  ^s.  ^d.  Sir  Tho.  Pilkington,  x6^  L  J  s.  10  d. 
Mr.  Samuel  Jolmfon,  181/.  16  s.  ^  d.  Dr.  Gates 
30J4/.  9/.  6d.  AndintheProfecuting  theLords^ 
the  Bifhops,  that  refiisM  to  allow  of  the  King's  Di(- 
penfing  Power,  1 8}  /.  i  /.  They  do  al(b  pretend  to 
have  Spent  in  Pro(ecuting  a  ftuo  Pf^arranto  againft 
the  City  o(  London  1000  /.  i/[,s,xd.  And  in  Pro(e- 
cuting  at  one  time  Eighty  Corporations,  1 197  /. 
9  i.  9d.  be(ides  many  other  Confiiderable  Sums 

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xz  Tbe  Appetidix. 

faW  to  be  laid  out  by  them  for  ftjw  fVarranto^t  2r. 
gainft  many  other  Corporations. 

That  the  Commicrce  did  further  obfcrvc  from 
the  (aid  Accompts,  that  there  is  therein  alledged 
to  be  paid  feveral  Sums  of  Money  in  their  Pro- 
fecutions  of  pretended  Criminals  contrary  co^  the 
Laws  of  the  Land  :  The  (aid  Accompcs  (bmetimes 
alledging.  Three,  (bmetimes  Five  Guineas  a  piece 
given  to  Middle/ex  Juries,  and  to  be  fpent  upon 
them,  (ometimes  Twenty  Five,  (bmetimes  Forty, 
and  lomecimcs  Fifty  ;  befides  unwarrantable  Fee^ 
to  Sheriffs  and  Mafters  ot  Offices  about  Juries. 

That  the  Committee  did  alio  further  ob(erve|| 
That  there  is  pretended  in  the  (aid  Accompts,  to 
be  retained  in  the  Profecuting  of  Subjeds,  an  un- 
rea(bnable  Number  of  Councell,  there  being  great 
Fees  (et  down  in  fjme  Cafes  for  Eight,  ana  in  o- 
Chers  for  Ten  or  Eleven  Councel. 

That  the  Committee  did  hirther  oblerve  in  the 
(aid  Accompts,  that  there  is  great  Expences 
Charged  therein,  for  Defence  of  (cveral  Per(bnsa- 
gainit  the  Suits  and  Adlions  of  their  Fellow  Sub- 
je6ls  for  Wrongs  and  Damaees  done  to  them  in 
Favour  of  the  Defigns  of  the  late  King  for  Arbitra- 
ry Power  and  Popery,  particularly  in  the  Cafe 
of  Sir  John  MooT^  when  many  Adiions  were  brought 
againft  him  by  the  Citizens  of  London^  for  the 
wrong  done  them  in  the  Ele3ion  of  their  Sheriff. 
As  al(o  when  Actions  were  broqght  againft  him  by 
Mr.  PafUhn  and  Dubois^  for  refufmg  to  Swear 
;hem  Sheriffs. 

And  in  like  manner,  that  there  is  charged  In  the 
(aid  Accompts,  the  Expences  of  defending  Sir  Tbo. 
GrofvenouTj  againft  the  Suit  of  the  Earl  oiM/tcchs^ 
fields  for  great  Scandals  and  Abuies  to  him ;  but 
the  Ceveral  Enormities  appearing  in  the  (aid  Ac^ 
compts,  are  too  many  to  be  particularixM. 

Tne  Committee  has  al(b  carefully  examined  di- 
vers Writings  concerning  the  (aid  Mr.  Burton  and 
Mr.  Grj$bam,  particularly  Mr.  Hdnft\  who  iiys, 
that  he  was  Recomnicnded  to  the  King,  by  Sir 
SS!^crVEflrange^io\>t  an  Affiftant  to  thefaidMr. 
Burton^  and  Mr.  Grabi^m^  xp.  Proiecy^ion  of  Dr, 


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0^«,  and  orderM  by  the  King  to  take  all  his  In- 
ftru(9tions,  and  follow  the  Advices  therein  of  the 
fold  Sir  B^itr  VEfirange.  And  he  (ays,  that  he  was 
injploy'd  to  attend  together  with  them  at  ftveraj 
Confults  with  Councel,  about  the  manner  of  Plro- 
ftcutiog  the  laid  Mr.  Oates.  The  (aid  Sir  l^eger 
V Eftrange giw\r\^'D\xt&\on%  for  (ending for  ftveral 
Witnefles,  and  farft  himfelf  Examining  them,  lave 
only,  that  the  Lord  Caftlefnain  procured  Six  St, 
Otners^s  Wimcffes  to  be  Examin'd  beyond  the  Seas, 
?ind  then  lent  over  into  EnfUnJ^  and  their  fcverai 
DepoGdons  flicwM  to  them  oy  Sir  HogerVEftrange  j 
and  he  the  fiid  Hanfes  further  (ays.  That  when  the 
Depofitions  of  one  of  the  /aid  Witnefles  was  Slew- 
ed to  him,  he  (aid  he  would  not  make  Oath  oF 
the  (aid  Matter  of  Fa£t  again,  but  he  believed 
they  were  true,  becaufe  he  had  Sworn  to  them : 
And  it  was  further  teflified  in  the  Examination 
of  Mr.  Craggy  That  the  (aid  Mr.  'Runon  and  Mr. 
Graham^  did\endeavour  to  procui:e  Accufations  a- 
gainft  divers  of  the  Subje£^s,  and  fblicited  them  to 

S've  Accusations  againd  the  Earl  of  Macclesfield^ 
e  Lord  DeUmere^  and  Major  fi^ldman^ihcy  pro- 
mifing,  if  be  would  give  Information  againft  them^ 
he  would  receive  a  very  great  Reward,  that  he 
(hould  be  Releafed  and  Acquitted,  and  have  i  op  L 
Quarterly  paid  him,  but  he  refufing  to  Swear 
falfly  againft  them  ,  was  made  a  clofc  Prifoner 
in  Newgate ,  without  Fire  or  Candle ,  Forty 
Weeks.  It  was  further  Teftifijed  by  ^nrotfi 
Smithy  that  the  (aid  Mr.  Burton  and  Mr.  Graham^ 
Solicited  and  Profecuted  Mr.  Stephen  CoSeJge  at 
Oxford^  for  pretended  High-Treafon,  and  together 
with  the  Attorney  General,  deny'd  the  (aid  Mr. 
Coltedge  a  Copy  of  his  Jury,  with  rhreatning  Words 
to  the  feid  Smithy  for  deuring  the  (ame.  from  him, 
and  that  by  their  own  Profecution,  the  laid  O/- 
ledge  was  deny'd  the  ufe  of  his  own  Papers  in 
his  Tryal,  and  feveral  other  known  Benefits  iri 
the  Law,  and  was  Condemned  and  Executed. 
^  That  there  were  feveral  other  Witnefles  concur- 
ring with  the  Accompts  of  the  (aid  Graham  and 
^rfwi,  to  ma^l^e  ic  manifeft,  That;  they  fevcrally 
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and  jointly  were  Inftrumental  in  moft,  or  all  the 
L^gal Profccutions,  for  takingaway  the  Lives  and 
Eftates  ol  moft  that  have  fuffer'd  lofe  of  Life  or 
Fortune  Within  Eight  Years  laft  paft.  And  that  it 
is  the  Opinion  of  the  Committee,  that  they  hare 
by  their  malicious  IndiSments,  Informations   and 

^il^Tu*  "r^"'  ^r^r'*'  °P«»'y  endeavour- 
ed the  Subverfion  of  the  Proteftant  Religion,  and 
the  Government  of  th,s  Realm,  and  wafFed  many 
Thoufind  Pounds  of  the  publick  Revenue  thereoH 
in  their  undue  Profecutions  and  Solicitations. 

I  hat  the  Committee  had  confider'd  of  the  Cafe 
of  the  late  Lord  Chancellor  Jwf^,^,,  whofe  Com, 
mitment  to  the  Tower,  is  as  follows, 

W  ^  .^tV^^^'s  of  this  Realm,  being  Aflembled 

Will  ,n!l  p   "•  °^  ^'^  P"7-Councir,  do  hereby 
Will  and  Require  you  to  take  into  the  Cuftodv 

?nL^^  °^  f^'^'  ^l^  ^'-C^'-"'  (herewith  feS 
unto  you)  and  him  to  keep  (afe  Prifcner  untill  fbr- 

Comdl  Chamber  in  Whitehall,  the  ixth 

of  December,  1688. 

H4//,/4jr,  AjU,bury,    ^pcbefter,    Snkler,   Vauzhau 

^ngkjh,  Carhfl.    Suffix,  Crew,  P.mnlhefier.  ^       ' 
To  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord 
Lucas  Chief  Go  vcmour  of 
the  Tower  oi London. 

A^uPr^'i?5«='^^5l»ere  is  no  Crime  exprefled  in 
ro  rl,l  M  ?  Commitment,  they  firft  had  Recourfc 
rutk?T"7  of  his  Crimes  known  almoftT 
RecoTj   f„^'r°™'-^'^  *"  f'i^^"'^^  of  thern  I? 

der  ?h.  r^^Tf^''^  ^""^  P^^«""  extant  un. 
%1     Y     t^alof£w/4„^. 

was  InftrJm Jn?1'^- "  1°  J^  Z'*"  Notorious,  that  he 
Tn  and  n. T^  V"  r'i?  P^^cution,  ConSeninati- 
S«.,  Efo  M  °f ^f^^""»  Lord  ^«/7?/,  ^Igemoon 
Sidney,  Efqj    Mr.  F«^W,V,  Mr.  Stephen  Colledge, 

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and  that  contrai^  to  Law,  he  awarded  and  procu- 
red the  Execution  of  Sir  Tho.  Amfironjt,  as  a  Trai- 
tor, without  a  Tryal  for  any  Crime  whatlbever 
('tho'  a  Legal  Tryal  was  demanded  of  him)  and 
it  is  expreily  declared  by  the  Accompts  of  Mr. 
Graham  and  Mr.  Bm$on^  betore  mentionM  in  this 
Report,  that  the  /aid  Lord  Jeffreys  undertook  the 
Management  of  the  Profecutions  in  the  H^efi  for 
High*Treaibn,  after  the  late  Duke  of  Monmouth'^s 
Invafion,  and  that  he  received  141 6/.  lox.  of  the 
(aid  Graham  and  Burton  for  that  Affair,  and  took 
out  a  Special  CommilCon  of  0;rr  znd  Terminer  for 
that  purpofe ;  yet  it  appears  the  &fd  Graham  and 
Burton  paid  unto  other  Commiilioners  about  find- 
ing the  Eftates  of  Perfbns  then  Attainted,  the  Sum 
011117  /.  18  /.  lorf. 

That  it  was  further  Evident,  that  the  laid  late 
Lord  Chancellor  pafTed  leveral  Grants  under  the 
Great  Seal,  to  many  Lords,  and  others,  to  DiQ>enfe 
with  their  Obedience  to  man;j^  of  the  known  Laws 
of  the  Realm,  and  to  Authorise  them  exprefly  to  ^ 
Tranfgrefs  the  fame,  and  to  Hold  and  Execute 
divers  Offices  and  Powei;^,  Military  and  Civil, 
which  they  were  difallow'd  by  die  known  Laws 
of  the  Realm,  toExercifc,  Hold,  and  Enjoy.  There 
is  come  into  the  Hands  of  the  Committee  amongft 
Patents  and  Papers^  one  Patent  under  the  Great 
Seal,  Dated  the  i  j-cn  of  Julj^  in  the  Third  Year  of 
the  late  King  James  the  Second,  for  Difpenfingin 
that  manner  with  PViBiam  Marquils  of  Poms^  Hen- 
ry  Lord  Arundel  of  fVardour^  Sir  Upbert  fVrighty 
Lord  Chief  Jufticc  of  the  KSn^s-Bench^  Sir  Robert 
AUibone^  one  of  the  fame  Court,  Sir  Chriftopher 
JMilton^  Baron  of  the  Exchetjuer,  Henry  Jermin,  Baron 
of  DaveTj  John  Lord  Bellafis^  Lord  Mul^rave^  Lord 
Thomas  HowSrd^  Sir  Edward  Hales^  Knignt,  Gover- 
nosr  of  the  Caftle  of  Dover,  and  Sixteen  of  lefler 
Quality.  ^ 

That  it  further  appeared,  that  the  fiid  late 
Lord  Jeffrejs  pafTed  under  the  Great  Seals  a  Com- 
miflion.  Dated  the  ifth  otjuiy,  in  the  Second  Year 
of  the  late  King  James  the  Second,  to  WiBiam  Lord 
Archbifhop    cf  Canterbury,    Gevrgf   Lord   Jeffreys 

Lord 


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Lord  Qiaocellor  of  Engianid^  L-rence  E-1  of  /(.; 
^•fier^  Lr-d  H — T—- rcr  of  EnglMiiy  Hobcrt 
Earl  of  Sund' — d.  Nathaniel  Lord  Bifliop  of  Dtir- 
tam^  Thnnas  Lord  Bifbop  ot  ^chefter^  and  Sir  £i- 
w4ri  JFftfri«'/,Knight,Lord  Chiet  juftice  of  theCom-r 
mon-Pleas  ;  and  by  the  Inlcripcion  of  the  Sealap- 
pointed  for  the  iaid^Commidioners,  U  was  ftHed 
a  Conuniilion  for  Ecclefiaftical  Caule;,  and  there- 
in it  IS  exprcls'd,  that  the  late  King  James  by  Vir- 
tue and  Forc^  ol  his  S'lpream  Authority  and  Pre- 
rogative Royal,  he  Grants  unto  the  &id  Commil- 
fioners  full  Power  and  Authority  to  enquire  of 

and   Punifli  all    their  Offences, 

Tran(grefIions,  and  Misdemeanors  whatfbevrr, 
done,  or  lo  be  done,  that  can  Lawfully  be  ...  : 
.:.;..  by  the  Spiritual  and  Ecclcfiaftical  Laws 
of  this  Realm,  which  comprehends  all  their  Sins 
wbatibever  a^atnft  God  or  Man, 

That  there  is  further  a  Special  Grant  of  Abfb- 
lute  Power  over  all  the  Marriages  of  all  the  Sub- 
je£l8,  whereypon  depends  the  Defcent  of  all  the 
inheritances  of  the  Kingdom  ;  There  is  alio  grant- 
ed to  them  Power  to  call  before  them,  all  that 
(ball  feem  by  themfclvcs  to  be  fufpefted  of  any 
Mi£]emetnours  whatlbever,  and  to  Examine  them 
againll  themfelves  about  their  whole  Lives  if  they 
ploaie,  and  to  cenlure  them  if  they  (hall  Judge  of 
ft.  And  all  the  (e\wral  Powers  graqted  tp  them 
vere  to  be  (b  Abfolute,  that  they  were  Audio- 
riz^d  to  Excommunicate,  and  thereby  cxpofc  to 

STpetual  Imprifonment  at  their  Wills,  all  that 
ould  not  Obey  any  of  their  Comn^andments  or 
Orders,  in  any  part  ot  their  Commifllons,  if  it 
were  only  for  rehiGng  to  Anfwer  their  Queftions 
when  tbev  Examined  rhem  againft  themfelves,  or 
for  negleaing  toafllft  in  the  Execution  of  any  of 
their  Commands. 

That  there  is  a  further  Special  Grant  to  enquire 
and  iearch  out  all  the  Offences  and  Mifdemeanoun 
of  all  Ecclefiaftical  Perfons  of  whatfoever  Dignity, 
and  Sulpcnd  pr  Deprive  them  of  their  Freeholds, 
and  of  all  their  Ecclcfiaftical  Funftions  at  their 
Will. 

And 


The  Appendix^  %j 

And  as  to  EccleGaftical  Perigns,  cbeir  Power  was 
to  Deprive  them  oi  their  Freeholds  gnd  their 
Fun6kions  too,  if  they  (hould  difobey  or  ncglefl:  to 
^ftccomplifli  the  lead  ot  their  Commands  or  Orders. 

That  fiirther  Power  is  alio  granted  to  them  over 
the  Eftates  of  ail  the  Subjcfts,  to  give  at  their 
Discretion  to  all  Informers  and  Profecutors  againft 
them,  for  any  pretended  Mifdemeanours  or  O&n- 
ces  whatlbever,  what  Expences  and  Cofts  of  Suic 
they  (hould  think  fit. 

That  there  is  further  granted  to  the  faid  Com- 
miiConers,  an  Ablblute  Power  over  the  llniverfi- 
ties  ot  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  Cathedral  and 
Collegiate  Churches,  CoUedges  and  Grammar 
Schools,  and  other  Eccledadical  Incorporations,  as 
to  all  their  Lands,  Rents  and  Revenues,  and  as  to  all 
their  Statutes,  Rules,  and  Ordinances,  made  by 
their  Founders,  or  any  otherwife,  tho*  fettled  and 
confirmed  by  AS  of  Parliament,  or  any  Grants  of 
former  Kings. 

That  there  is  a  Second  CommifHon  pafled  by 
the  Lord  9^ffireys  of  th?  fame  Nature  to  the  &mo 
Perlbns,  excepting  only  PViUiam  Lord  Archbifliop 
of  Canterbury^  and  with  the  addition  of  John  E-1 
of  Af— ..w.  Dated  the  x%ii  Day  o( November^  in 
the  Second  Year  of  the  late  King  James  the  Sc-? 
cond. 

That  there  is  a  Third  CommiiGon  granted  by 
the  faid  Lord  Jeffreys^  of  the  lame  Nature  to  the 
feme  Perfons  in  the  Second,  except  the  Earl  of 
Upcbefter^  with  the  addition  ofTheofhilus  Earl  of 
Huntington^  Dated  the  lath  of  January^  in  the  Se-. 
cond  Year  of  the  late  King  James  the  Second. 

That  there  is  a  Fourth  Commiilion  to  the  fame 
Peribns  in  the  Third,  and  to  the  fame  ESe6):,  Da- 
ted the  /th  of  M(r,  in  the  Third  Year  of  the  late 
King  James  the  Second.. 

That  there  is  a  Fifth  Cotpmiffion  paffed  by  th^ 
&id  late  Lord  Chancellor  Jeffreys^  of  the  (ame  Na-^ 
ture,  to  the  lame  Perlbns  in  the  Fourth  ComniiC 
lion,  excepting  Sir  Edward  Herbert^  Knt.  and  with, 
the  addition  ot  the  Lord  Bilhop  of  Chefier^  Sir 
l^bext  fVrigbt^  Lord  Cbicf  ]uf(icc>  and  Sir  Thomas 

Jenncr 


aS  7be  Appendix, 

^enntr^  Knight,  one  of  the  Barons  ot-thc  Exche  - 
qucr. 

And  It  appearing  to  the  Committee,  that  the 
Powers  granted  by  thcfe  Com  millions,  were  an 
open  anqavowcd  Oppreflion  and  Contradi6iion  to 
all  the  I^ws  and  Government  of  England^  and  in- 
tended for  the  utter  SubverGon  of  the  Proteftant 
Religion,  and  the  Subjc6ls  Property  and  Liberty. 
They  enauir'd  whether  the  faid  Commillions  were 
executed  oy  the  faid  Pcrfons,  and  caufed  the  Book 
©r  the  Regifter  of  the  faid  Commiiiioners  to  be 
brought  before  them,  whereby  it  is  manifeft  that 
all  the  (aid  Commiflioners  named  in  the  fiid  Cojn- 
mifllon,  faving  only  fVilliam  Lord  Archbifhop  of 
Canterbwy,  afltially  (at  in  Execution  of  the  fame, 
and  affum'd  thefe  Powers  over  the  S«bje£b,  pre- 
tended t^  be  given  them. 

That  they  took  upon  them  to  Judge  Caufes,  and 
to  Tax  ana  to  give  Cofts,  and  Charges  at  their 
Discretion,  and  had  a£bually  Excommunicated  Sir 
Henry  Hudfon^  Baronet,  Mr.  Charles  Stepkjns^  and  o- 
thers,  for  Non-payment  of  Cofts  and  Charges  by 
them  given  \  And  decreed  His  Grace  the  IXike  of 
N(?rfb/][  to  pay  fiich  Moneys  as  they  pleas'd,  or  to 
be  Excommunicated. 

And  that  they  afliimed  and  Exercis'd  in  part 
en  Abfolutc  Power  over  the  Univerfities,  com- 
manding to  be  brought  to  them  all  Writings  what- 
foever  that  concern  the  Execution  and  Founda- 
tion of  their  Colleges,  and  all  their  Statutes,  Rules 
and  Ordinances,  as  they  did  to  Univerfity  College 
in  Oxford^  Sidney  SuJJex  ^  College  in  Cambridge^ 
smd  Cbrift'Church  College  in  Oxford^  and  the  faid 
Commiiiioners  took  upon  them  to  Change  the 
Foundation-Statutes  of  Sidney  Suffix  College  afbrc- 
iaid,  and  decreed  to  be  Abolilhy,  and  annihilated 
that  part  of  the  Chapter  of  their  Statutes  about 
the  Quality  of  a  new  Maftcr  to  be  chofen,  which 
appointed  that  he  fhould  deteft  and  abhor  Popery, 
Hercfi?^  and  Supcrftirioris,  snd  that  part  of  the 
E'evcnih  Chapter  that  requires  to  betootrary  to 
Popery,  and  prefer  the  Autiiority  of  the  Scriptures 
before  the  Judgment  even  of  the  beft  of  Mcd. 

And 


1 

The  Appendix*  xj 

And  the  fiiid  Commiiiloners  alio  decreed  to  be 
ftbolifti'd,  that  part  of  the  Seventeenth  Chapter^ 
concerning  the  Quality  of  the  Fellows  ol  the  fiid 
College,  which  requir'd  they  ftiould  be  oppofite 
toiPopery;.and  that  part  of  the  Nineteenth  dhap- 
ter,  that  forbid  all  Mandamus\  and  Letters,  and 
Meflengen,  to  be  cxpe£led  in  favour  of  any  to 
be  choien  Fellows  ok  that  College,  and  made  all 
Ele£^ions  by  fuch  Means  to  be  void  :  So,  that  the 
Committee  oMerv^d  thefe  to  be  Overt  avow'd  kSt^ 
to  fubvcrt  the  Proteftant  Religion,  the  Right  and 
Freedom  of  Elcdlions  eftabli(h'd  by  the  Founders 
of  the  College,  which  is  a  fiibverfion  to  Proper- 
ty. That  the  Committee  alio  obferves  that  in  all 
thefe  Commiflions,  the  faid  late  Lord  Chief  Juflice 
Jeffreys  was  appointed  to  be  the  Hiiorum^  and  &t 
accordingly  in  Execution  of  the  fame. 

That  the  Committee  proceeded  to  inquire  into 
the  Cafe  of  Sir  Robert  fVrigbt^  late  Lord  Chief 
|uftice,  and  the  Caufe  of  his  Commitment  not  be- 
ing exprefsM  in  the  Minimus^  they  had  RecpUrfe 
to  fuch  Matters  as  are  manifeft  by  Record  and 
publick  Writings,  and  to  fuch  of  his  A£lions  as  ^ 

slxc  notoriouQy  known  beyond  ContradicSlton. 

It  appearM  to  them,  that  the  faid  Sir  I{pbcrt  PVright^ 
was  one  of  the  Judges  in  the  Execution  of  all  the 
Cruelties  done  there,  after  the  Invalion  was  made 
by  the  faid  late  Duke  of  Monmouth. 

And  that  he  was  one  of  ihe  Judges  that  gave 
Judgment  in  the  Cafe  of  Sir  Edward  Hales^  that  the 
King  might   legally  Difpence   with  the   Statutes  ^ 

made  for  the  Defence  of  the  Kingdom.  , 

And  that  the  faid  Sir  B^bcrt  TVrighty  was  Com-  ,    ^ 

miflioner  in  the  Fifth  Commiffion'  for  Ecclefiafti-  * 

cal  Caufes,  andafled  notoriouQy  in  the  Execution 
of  the  fame,  as   well  jointly  with  all   the  other' 
Commiflioners    at  London^    as   particulary   with  % 

Sir  ^b:rt  Jenner^  and  the  Bifhop  of  Chefier^X  Ox* 
ford^oy  colour  of  a  Claufe  in  the  fiid  Fifrh  Com- 
mifhon,  that  gave  Power  to  any  too  of  them  to  ' 

vifit  St.  Mary  Mngdalens  College  in  Oxford^  and 
the  faid  Sir  l{pb^rt  committed  therein  great  Enor- 
mities, expelling  the  Prefidcnt  and  Fellows  of  the 

■  fiid 


3d  The  Appendix. 

fiid  College  from  their  Freehold,  and  entering  upott 
their  Pofltflions  by  open  Force,  and  aftcrwanlj  at 
twiJwjoin'd  wirh  the  other  Commiilioners  aforcfeid, 
to  Decree  the  faid  Prefidenc  and  Fellows  of  he  faid 
College,  to  be  incapable  of  enjoying  or  holding 
any  Spiritual  Preferment,  and  uhng  any  Spiritual 
Fun6hon.  All  which  doings  in  the  Committee's 
Opinion,  are  liich  manifeft  Oeert  A(Sb  as  /tibvert 
the  Laws  and  Ciirii  Government  of  the  Kiog- 
dom. 

That  the  Committee  alio  enquired  into  the  Cafe 
of  Sir  Tbo.  Jetmer^  Knight,  late  one  of  the  Juftices 
of  the  Common-Pleas,  and  having  as  yet  no  E- 
Vidence  before  them  of  any  of  his  Onences;,  6- 
Ving,  (iich  as  is  before  let  forth  in  the  Cafe  of  Sir 
Ifpbert  Wright  J  they  can  acquaint  this  Houfc,  Thai 
irs  manifeft  the  (aid  Sir  Tho.  Jemer  joinM  with  the 
Other  Judges  in  declaring  the  King's  Power  to 
DKpence  with  the  Laws  for  the  Kingdom's  Secu* 
rity,  and  that  he  was  a  CommilConer  in  the  Fifth 
CommiiHon,   and  a£led   in  Execution    of  thofe 
Powers,  and  took  upon  him  to  be  one  of  rhofe 
Three  that  were  Authorix'd  by  the   /aid  Fifth 
Commi^Eon,  to  vifit  St.  Marj  Magdalen's  College  in 
Oxfcrd^  and  in  contempt  of  the  known  Laws  of 
the  Realm,  committed  moft  notorious  Offences  in 
expelling  the  PreGdent  and  Fellows  of  the  (aid  Col* 
iedce  firom  their  Benefits,  and^  entering  upon  dbeir 
PoSeifions  by  open  and.  notorious  Force  and  Vio- 
lences, and  afterwards  join'd  in  a  Decree  at  Lm* 
don,  to  make  them  for  ever  incapable  of  having 
any  Preferments  or  Benefices  Spiritual,  and  ufing 
of  their  Fundion.    All  which  the  Committee  da 
Jiumbly  conceive  do  appearently  involve  the  (aid 
Sir  Tho.  jenncr  in  tbe^  lUDverfion  of  the  LaWs  and 
Government  of  this  Kingdom. 

Major  Pt^ldman  further  acquaints  the  Houie,  th^^ 
he  endeavoured  to  get  the  Committee  to  meer.  and 
Examine  the  Matter  relating  to  the  othfcr  Priso- 
ners, but  could  not,  and  therefore  he  coidd  not 
^ake  any  Report  at  pre(ent  to  them. 


Ut4 


Mr.  Johnfotfs  Caje,  reporteJljf  Mr.  Chrifty, 
the  %^th  of  JMnty  1688.  viz. 

THAT  in  Trinity-Term,  Stcundo  Jacebi  I^iii 
Information  was  exhibited  againft  die  laid  the 
Mr.  Johnjhn  in  the  Kjnfs-'Bcnch^  in  the  Name  of 
Sir  t(C'b^^  Simyef^  the  King's  Attorney  General,  for 
making.  Printing  and  a  Publifhing  a  ScatkiakHis 
and  Seditious  Libel,  Intituled,  An  Humble  • . .  .&c* 

That  the  fame  Term  they  forc'd  him  to 

Plead,  fHTocur'd  a  Jurv  to  find  him  Guilty,  Con- 
vifted  him,  and  gave  the  judgment  following,  which 
was  pronounced  by  Sir  Frnncis  Withens. 

I.  To  Pay  JOG  Marks  i^  the  King,  and  to  lye 
in  the  Prifon  of  the  Kin^f-Bench^  till  it  be  paid; 

a.  To  ftand  in  the  Pillory  Three  Days,  in  Three 
fcveral  Places,  (tj:^.)  The  Pallace-rnrd  H^efiminjler^ 
Temfle-Bar,  and  the  Old^Chahge: 

3,  To  be  Whipt  by  the  Common  Hangman* 

from  Newgate  ioTyburn. 

That  the  Judges  ohbe  Kjnf  s-Benchy  who  fat  in 
the  Court,  were  the  Lord  Chief  Juftice  Herbtre,,  Sit* 
B-an.  pyithensy  Sir  Robert  Wright^  and  Sit  £(^barJ 
HoBtmay. 

That  the  Sentence  was  to  be  Executed  in  Novem-^ 
beTy  in  the  next  Michaehnas^Term^  but  they  defir'd 
that  Mr.  Johnfon^  might  firft  be  degraded,  for^  k 
would  be  a  Scandal  to  the  Clergy  to  have  fo  in- 
famous iPunifhment  inflifted  upon  a  Miaifter« 
Whereupjon  he  being  a  Prilbncr  in  the  l^htfs'^Bencby 
which  is  in  Surrey ^  and  id  the  Diocefi  oftneBiihop 
of  ff^nchefterj  he  was  Summoi^'d  the  19th  of  Nuvem^ 
ber  16S6,  to  appear  the  next  Day,  the  adth  of  Nf- 
vember,  in  the  Convention-Houfe  of  St.  PauPs^  in  the 
Diocefi  of  theBilhop  of  London:  He  being  Rcftof 
of  Currtngham  in  Effex  within  that  Diooefs.  Upon 
the  aoth  ol  November^  a  Habeas  Cotfus  was  iKOUgfat 
to  carry  him  from  the  K}n£s*Bench  Prifon  to  the 
Convocation-Houfe^  where  he  fbtind  the  Bi{faops  ot 
Durham^  Rocbeftety  and  Peterborough^  to  Exercife 
the  Authority  andjurifltdlion  of  the  Bifliop  olLou^ 

don^ 


IX  The  Appendix. 

don^  during  his  Sufpenfion,  and  (bnie  ClergynaeiL 
and  many  Spei^ators,  and  a  Libel  exhibited  againit 
him,  by  one  Godfrey  Lee^^  a  Proftor,  Dated  that 
Day,  Charging  him  o|  being  Guilty  of  great  Mif^ 
demeanours;  but  ipecified  none,  nor  proved  any, 
'  only  referred  to  the  Record  before  the  King's  Tem- 
poral Judges. 

That  Mr.  Johnfon  demanded  a  Copy  of  the  li- 
bel, and  an  Advocate,  both  which  the  Bifhop  de- 
nied him,  which  was, 

I.  That  he  (hould  be  Dedar'd  an  Infamous 
Peribn. 

&•  That  he  {hould  be  depriv'd  of  his  Re£bry 
of  Curringham  in  Ejfex, 

3.  Tliat  he  (hould  be  a  meer  Layman  and  no 
Clerk,  and  depriv'd  of  all  Right  and  Priviledge 
of  Priefthood. 

.  4*  That  he  (hould  be  depriv'd  thereof,  and  of  all 
Veftments  and  Habits  pf  Priedhood. 

y.  That  he  (hould  undergo  the  Punifhment  a- 
fore&id:  ^  ^  / 

Againft  which  proceeding  Mr.  'Johnfm  Procefted, 
as  being  againft  Law,  and  the  131  Cannon,  not 
being  done  by  the  BiQiop  of  Undcn^^  his  own  Dio* 
cefian,  but  they  refus'd  his  Proteftation. 

That  he  appealed  to  the  King  in  Chancery^  but 
they  re&is'd  to  admit  his  Appeal. 

And  immediately  they  procur'd  to  Execute  the 
(aid  Sentence,  and  to  Degrade  him  by  putting  on 
a  Square  Cap,  and  then  taking  it  off  again  j  then 
tney  puU'd  ofi  his  Gown,  then  his  Girdle,  whidi 
he  demanded  as  his  proper  Goods  bought  with 
bis  own  Money,  which  cbey  promis'd  him  to  (enck 
but  they  Coft  him  xo  /.  to  have  them  again.  Af- 
ter all,  they  put  a  Bible  into  his  Hand,  which  he 
would  not  part  with,  but  they  took  it  from  him 
by  Force.  AH  this  was  done,  the  Libel,  Sentence, 
and  Execution  oi:  it,  in  Three  Hours  (pace,  on 
SaturJajf  the  xQXh  oi  November  having  decreed  lum- 
marily  as  they  did. 

That  on  Mandaji  the  aath  of  November^  the  Judg- 
ment in  the  Kjn^s^Bench  was  executed  with  Rigour 
and  Cruelty,  the  Whipping  being  with  a  Whip 


The  Appendix.  yy 

of  Nine  Cords  fliew'd  to  rije  Committee,  and  Mr. 
f^ufe  i\it  Under  ShcrifF,  tore  off  his  Caflbck  upon 
the  Pillory,  and  put  a  Frieze  Coat  upon  him. 

That  Mr.  JehnforCs  Wife  had  alCi  an  Informati- 
on exhibited  aguinft  her,  in  the  I^in/j.Benchy  for 
the  like  Matter  as  that  againft  her  Husband. 

Oi'dcr'd,That  an  Inftrutlion  be  given  to  theCom- 
mittee  in  drawing  the  Bill  for  reverting  the  Judgment 
to  Declare  the  Proceeding  in  the  Ecclefiaftical  Court 
againft  Mr.  lohnfon^  as  to  his  Degradation,  void. 
,That  the  (aid  Mr.  Johnfon  be  Recommended  to  the 
King  for  Preferment* 

Report  relating  to  the  CuJlorHs  and  Excife^ 
Die  Lunac  ii  Julii  1689. 

"\/|R.  PapilUon  reported  from  the  Committee  to 
^^  whom  it  was  referred  to  Colle£l  out  of  the 
Books  and  Proclamations  touching  the  Cuftoms  and 
Excife,  what  they  conceived  neceffary  relating  to 
the  Collecting  of  the(ame,  between   the  Death  of 
King  Charles  the  Second,  and  the  Parliament  that 
was  held  in  the  time  of  King  'James  the  Seconds 
That  the  Committee   have  done  the  lame   accor- 
dingly, and  he  Read  the  fimein  his  Place,  and  at 
tcrwards  dcliver'd  the  fame  at  the  Clerks  Table, 
where  the  ^me  was  Read,  and  is  as  follows, 

Relating  to  the  Cuftoms,  they  find  that  the  Cam- 
miflioncrs  that  appeared  at  the  Cuftdnl-Houle  to 
Sit  and  kSt  for  the  CoUedling  thefe  Duties  from  thd 
(Jth  Day  of  FebruaYy  1684.  to  the  i9th  of  Ma^ 
168^,  when  the  Parliament  calfd  by  King  James 
the  Second  met ;  were  as  follows, 

The  Lord  Cheyne^  Sir  Nicholas  Buttlcr^  Sir  Johti 
Buckjvorth^  Sir  kVilliam  Dlcken/hn^  Sir  John  fVordcn^ 
Sir  Dudlc/  Norths  Mr.  Tho.  Chudlcy, 

That  the  Lord  Cheyne  continued  his  Atrendafic^ 
to  the  22.^  Day  of  Mmchy  fomc  few  Days  e* 
cepted. 

C  c  6  tTisf 


^4  ^^^  Appendix. 

That  a  Pattent  for  Eftublilhing  Commiflloiiera, 
came  the  ad  of  March,  and  then  Sir  John  Wmdmi 
took  hisPlace. 

That  Sir  Dudley  Kortlh  firft  Appearance  at  the 
Cuftom-Hbufe^  as  a  Commiflloner,  wasthejid  of  ^^ 
friL  That  the  other  Commiiiioners  continued  the 
whole  time,  and  conftantl/  appeared,  except  now 
and  then  a  Day's  Intermiflion. 

That  the  6th  oi  February  1684,  a  Proclamation 
for  continuance  of  Officers,  notwithftanding  the 
Death  o[  K  ig  ChAtles  the  Second  was  publith^d. 

That  th'  Pioclamation  was,  by  the  CommiiCo- 
nen  ot  thr  Cuftoms,  fent  the  7th  of  February  to  the 
feveral  Ports,  and  the  Oificers  required  to  receive 
the  Duties  for  all  Goods  imported  before  his  Ma. 

jeftv's  Death. 

That  Sir  f^ichard  Temple  Sign'd  ihefe  Letters  with 

the  reft  of  the  CommiHioners  the  9th  of  Fehmar/, 

but  by  the  Books  it  doth  not  appear  that  he  came 

at  any  time  after. 

^  That  the  loth  of  February  Letters  were  fcnt, 

\  Signed  by  Sir  Nicholas  Battler^  Sir  John  Buckmrtb^ 

and  Mr.  Dickp^fon,  to  the  Officers  of  the  fevenJ 
Ports  with  Prodamarions  for  continuing  the  Levy- 
ing ot  the  Cuftoms  an(J  Sabfidies. 
That  the  laid  Proclamation  is  Dated  the  9th  Day 

of  February. 

That  in  thefe  Books  there  doth  not  appear  what 
Cbntcfts  were  made  with  any  Merchants  touching 
the  Payment  of  the  Duties,  nor  what  Prefeatments 
and  Reports  were  made  to,  or  what  EMreftions  re- 
ceived from  the  Lord  Trealurer,  only  the  7th  of  ji^ 
frilj  there  is  a  Mention  in  the  Minute  Book  of 
Three  Parcels  of  Crape,  and  the  8th  of  ^pril  about 
Calve-skins  at  Hyth  j  and  the  13th  of  j^pril  Orders 
given  to  Profecute  the  Mafter  of  the  Charity  of  Mar* 
cate^  for  putting  Goods  on  Shoar  the  2.9tb  and  joth 
o( March 'j  al(b  in  the  Book  of  Abftraft  of  Letters, 
it  appears  that  the  ixth  oi  March  1684.  Letters 
were  fent  to  feveral  ^Ports  with  Deputations  to  the 
Excift  Officers  to  Seize  Goods,  Thefe  Letters  were 
Sgn'd  by  the  Lord  Cheyncj  Sir  Nichila^  Bunl^y  and 

sir  John  Bucl^ortL  

Thai 


r 


\ 


The  Appendix.  ^j 

That  the  24th  oi  February  1684,  Letters  Signed  by 
theLrrd  Ch-ne,  Sir  Nicholas  But  tier,  and  iVilliam 
Dickenfon^  were  fentto  the  Officers  of  the  Cuftoms 
in  fcveral  Places,  with  Directions  for  the  Choice 
of  Parliament  Men,  fome  of  which  Letters  h.d  a 
Poftfcripc  to  Order  the' Officers  to  rake  Diredions 
from  the  Duke  of  Albemarle^  and  the  Earl  of  B^/A, 
another  Letter  recommended  Sir  Rpbert  Southwell 
for  Ptnryn^  and  the  reft  were  in  general  Terms. 

That  the  i4ih  oi March  1684.  Letters  Sign'dby 
Sir  Nicholas  Buttler^  Sir  John  Worden^  and  Sir  John 
Buckj^orthj  were  fent  to  the  Officers  in  Kfnt,  to  af- 
fift  at  the  Choice  of  Sir  IVilliam  Tmfden^  and  Ma- 
jor KnatchbuH. 

That  Mr.  Francis  Miller  informed  the  Committee, 
that  in  lefs  than  Fourteen  Days  after  the  Death 
of  King  Charles  the  Second,  he  went  down  to  the 
CuJiom^Houfe  to  di(cour(e  ihe  Commiilioners,  he 
told  them  he  was  not  free  to  pay  the  Cuftoms,  and 
had  his  Fear  what  might  come  hereafter.  And  Sir 
Nicholas  Buttler  told  him.  It  Was  Fears  brought  on 
-the  former  Rebellion.  That  there  was  about  Four  of 
the  Commiflioners  prefent.  He  does  not  well  re. 
member  their  Names,  but  ^id,  they  told  him  he 
could  not  have  his  Goods,  but  mull  pay  bis 
Cuftoms. 

That  Mr.  Nicholas  Buttler  affirm'd,  that  he  re- 
membred  Mr.  Miller^s  Application  to  the  Commif. 
fioners,  and  that  Sir. Nicholas  But tlerf Aid^  Fears  and 
JealouHes  were  the  (irft  fteps  to  the  laft  Rebellion. 

That  Mr.  WiUiam  Cockram  faid.  That  there  wa« 
a  Difcourfe  amongft  the  Merchants  concerning  the 
Cuftoms,  and  that  they  appointed  (bme  to  meet  at 
the  Cuftom-Houfe,  and  that  he  with  Mr.  Miller  and 
others  did  meet,  and  went  to  the  Commiffioners. 
He  femembred  Sir  John  Buckvporthy  Sir  Nicholas  But* 
tler^  and  Mr.  H^llam  Dickenfon  were  pre(ent.  That 
the  CommilConers  ask'd  the  Merchants,  what  Law- 
yers they  had  advifed  with?  To  which  the  Mer- 
diants  reply'd,  they  had  not  advis'd  with  any 
Lawyers.  Sir  Nicholas  Buttler  reply'd,  VVe  know 
,what  you  are,  and  faid,  if  they  Would  difpureir^  ^ 
They  were  ready  to  difpuie  it ;    and  Sir  John  Buck'^ 

Ccc  z  worth 


3  6  The  Appendix. 

worth  laid  to  them,  Do  not  Difpute  it,  it  muft  be 
paid.    And  relating  to  the  Excife  they  find, 

A  Printed  Proclamation  dated  the  i6rhot  Febra- 
Axy^  in  the  Firft  Year  of  King  jAmes  the  Second 
^tting  forth,  That  whereas  the  Commillioncrs  of 
the  Treaftir>,  vi\.  Lord  GoJolphin^Sir  John  Emlj.  Sir 
Stefben  Fox JSir  Dudley  North,2nd  FredericiiThjmn^Efq:^ 
had  for  th€  better  Improvement  of  the  Revenue  of 
Excifc,  on  the  yrh  Day  of  February^  contraiSed  with 
Sir  ?eter  Affley^  Sir  Ben/amin  Bctimrft^  and  3^meM 
Graham^  for  the  whole  Duty  of  the  Exciic  for 
Three  Years  from  that  Day,  atthcRentof/foooo 
Pounds  to  be  jjaid  by  Quarterly  Payments.  As 
aUo  that  His  Majefty  had  been  certified  by  the  O- 
pinion  of  the  Judges,  that  the  (aid  Contra£l  was 
valid  in  Law,  .and  had  continuance  durine  the  (aid 
Three  Years,  as  well  for  that  part  granted  to  King 
Charles  the  Second  for  Life,  as  others  granted  to 
him,  his  Heirs  and  Succeilbrs,  notwithftanding  the 
Death  of  the  (aid  King.  Therefore  the  faid  Pro- 
clamation requires  all  Commillioners,  and  Sut>- 
commiilloners  of  Excife,  and  all  Officers,  to  be  aid* 
ing  and  aflifting  in  the  Colleflin^  and  Levying  the 
&id  Duties  for  the  Terms  of  Three  Years. 

A  Copy  of  a  G)mmiflion  of  King  James  the  Se- 
cond, dated  theiithof  March^  in  the  firft  Year  of 
his  Reign,  to  Sir  Deuny  Ajhburnbam^  Baronet,  Fran- 
cis Farry^  E(qs;  Charles  Davenant^  Dr.  of  Law,  John 
Fricmiy  Falix  Calvert^  Nathaniel  Hornby^  and  l^chard 
Graham^  Efqsj  reciting  the  (everal  A£bs  of  Parliament 
for  Granting  the  Exci(e,  and  the  Contrafl  made 
by  the  Lords  Commiflioners  of  Treafury  with  Sir 
Feter  Affley^  Knight,    Sir  Benjamin  Batburft^    and 
James  Graham^  for  Three  Years  as  before  cxprefi'd, 
doth  Nominate  and   Appoint   the  (aid  Sir  Deuny 
Ajhburnh^m^  &c.  to  be  Chief  CommliSoners  and 
Governours  for  the  Receipt  of  the  Excife  to  Exe- 
cute all  Powers  made,  touching  Collefling  the  (aid 
Duties,   and    to  -CommliConate  Officers  in  (uch 
manner  as  the  Lord  Treaftirer,  (Sc.  by,  and  witli 
the  Approbation  of  the  (aid  Sir  Feter  AffUy^  £(c. 
fliould    dire£l:,    and  al(b  to  Levy  all  Fines  and 
t'orfeitures.   The  (aid  CommiiHon  doth  alfo  Im- 

powcr 


The  Appendix.  37 

oower  the  (aid  Perfbns  to  Collc<ft  the  Duty  on  Fire- 
Mearths,  £&. 

A  Copy  of  an  Indenture  made  the  30th  o{  March 
\6%Si  between  Sir  Peter  Apfley^  Sir  Benjamin  Bat^ 
hurfiy  and  3^4 wi«  Graham^  on  the  one  part,  and  Sir 
Deuny  Afkburnham^  Mr.  Francis  Parry ^  Charles  Dave* 
nant^  John  Friend^  Faiix  Calvert^  Nathaniel  Hornby^ 
and  ^chard  Graham^  on  the  other  Part,  reciting  the 
feveral  A^  ot  Excifc,  and  the  Contrads  at^^ve- 
mentioned.  And  the  (aid  Sir  Peter  Appy^  &c.  Confti- 
cute  Sir  Deuny  Afbburnbam^  &c.  their  true  and  lawful 
Attorney's,  and  do  Depute  them  in  their  Names  to 
Colleft,  Levy,  and  Receive,  and  Caufe  to  be  Col- 
le6):ed.  Levied,  and  ReceivM,  all  Impoiicions, 
(Sc.  and  to  apply  the  Money,  firft  to  the  Payment 
of  5-5-0000  Pounds  to  the  King,  then  to  the  Pay- 
ment of  the  Sallaries,  and  the  refidue  to  them  the 
iaid  Sir  Peter  Affley^  &c.  and  Sir  Deuny  Ajhbumbam^ 
&c.  Covenant  to  apply  the  Money  accordingly. 

Alio  a  Copy  of  the  King's  CommifTiotVi  dated  the 
lid  of  Afril^  in  the  firft  Year  of  bis  Reign,  confti- 
tuting  I{pbert  Spencer ^  Efq;  Charles  Fan/haw^  Efq; 
Sir  Paul  Neal  Knight,  George  Doddington^  £(q;  and 
Edward  Seymour^  £(q^  to  be  Commillioners  of  Ap- 
peals. 

That  all  the  aforementioned  Commiflioners  of 
the  Excife,  but  Fcelix  Calvert^  Subfcrib'd  a  Lift  of  the 
Sallaries  tor  the  Quarter,  beginning  the  xj'th  of 
December  1684.  and  ending  at  x$i\\q^  March  i68y. 
And  another  Lift  of  Sallaries  from  the  aj'th  of 
March  168/,  to  the  24ch  of  June  following,  was 
Sign'd  by  Francis  Parry^  Charles  Davenant^  John. 
Friend^  and  Nathaniel  Hornby^  both  which  Lifts  were 
prcfcnted  to  the  Lord  Trcafurer  for  his  Allow- 
ance, as  appears  by  the  Copies  of  the  &id  Lifts 
Regiftred  in  the  t^cife  Books  prefeqted  to  the 
Houle. 


C  c  c  3  Re* 


38  T'h^  Appendix, 

Report  touch hg  the  Mi/carriages  ^^  Ireland 


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s 


Die  Li)n£  IX.  Augudi,  1689. 

I 

I R  Thomas  Linleton  made  the  Report  from  the 
Committee,  whoexaminM  the  Matters  toucfaiog 
the  Miscarriages  relating  to  Ireland  and  Lmdan- 
deny. 

That  the  Committee  had  Examined  icveral  Wic- 
tieflcs,  but  carne  to  no  Refolutions  thereupon,^  but 
had  directed  him  to  Report  the  Matter,  especially 
to  the  Houfe,  how  theyiind  the  lame,  fw^J  That 
the  Lord  KjKifion  for  many  Months  had  Maintain- 
ed the  Town  of  Slho^  and  the  Country  thereabouts 
for  the  Proteftant  fntereft,  till  ^frU  1 3th,  Colonel 
Lundee  theGovernour  oi  Londonderry^  writ  to  him 
to  advance  from  thence  with  what  Forces  he  could 
to  join  the  reft  of  the  Proteftants,  and  oppole  the 
late  KiDg  James's  Army   from  pafiing  the  T/nff* 

PVater, 

That  hereupon  the  Lord  l^ingfton  came  with  a 
Hundred  Horfe  and  Foot,  as  far  as  Baify  Sbatmon^ 

I  where  he  ft^y'd  for  further  Orders,  but  could  get 

none  till  the  Enemy  got  between  that  Place  and 
Londonderry^  whereby  all  Communication  was  in* 
tcrcepted. 

»  That  by  this  Means  the  Lord  KjngJion\  Forces 

were  difpers'd,  and  the  beft  Regiment  of  Horfe,the 
Proteftants  had,  broken,  befidesthe  Town  of  y/ijf*, 
and  all  that  Country  Pofleflcd  by  the  Enemy, 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Swan  inform'd  the  Commit- 
tee, That  he  and  Mr.  JVaiker  and  others,  perfwa- 
ded  Captain  iVilliams  and  others  to  keep  tne  Fort 
at  Dungannen^  wh'jre  they  raifed  a  Company  of  Foot 
and  two  Troops  of  Horfe. 
That  Mr.  fVall^er  went  from  thence  to  London-- 

*  <fcr?7,  to  Confult  Colonel  Lundee^  who  promised  tQ 

►  fend  Forces  and  Suns  thither  to  make  the  Town 

their  Frontier  Garrifbn  again  ft  the  Enemy,  who 
held  Cbarlemonp  within  Five  Miles.  > 

Thaf 


The  Appendix .  39 

That  upon  the  Encouragement  from  Colonel  Lun* 
decj  the  Country  People  fortified  Dungannon^  and 
brought  in  great  ftore  of  Provifions,  particularly 
Two  Thouland  Pounds  worth  of  Oat-meal,  and 
other  Grain.  That  the  i6th  of  March  Colonel 
Lundec  wrote  a  Letter  to  Colonel  Siewa^d^  the  Go- 
vernor of  DungAtmon^  in  which  he  gave  him  Or- 
ders to  quit  the  Town,  and  that  Mr.  fVall^er  and 
others  (aw  this  Letter. 

That  the  Town  was  defertcd  purfuant  to  thefe 
Orders,  and  all  the  Proviliqns  left  in  It,  which  the 
Enemy  from  Charlemonf  pofiefled  themfelves  of,  be- 
ing at  that  very  time  ready  to  ftarve,  and  could  not 
have  held  their  own  Garrilbn  much  longer  for 
want  of  Provifions,  if  this  had  not  I^een. 

Mr.  Jatnej  Hamilton^  / 

The  Committee  fiid  that  Mr.  7^«»^^  Hamilton 
who  was  cmploy'd  with  Arms,  Money  and  Am- 
munition from  England  to  Londonderrjy  arriv'd  there 
the  aiftof  Ai4rci&,  and  immediately  wrote  to  Co- 
lonel Lundee  to  com^  a  Board  his  3hip,  who  came 
accordingly,  and  brought  divers  Gentlemen  along 
1»ritb  htm. 

That  Colonel  Lundec  took  the  Oaths  to  he  true 
to  Kiiig  fPiOiam^  before  his  Commillion  was  de- 
livered to  him,  but  the  Mayor  of  Londonderry  wa? 
pot  ^eient,  being  gone  into  the  Irifl)  Army,  and 
the  Deputy  Mayor  wa$  iuppos'd  a  Papift  at  that 
time. 

That  Cqlqnel  ^tevQurd^  Captain  Merwin^  and 
Captain  Corrn  were  all  prefenc  when  Colonel  Lww- 
dee  took  the  Oaths. 

A«  to  this  paniculaip  Matter,  Sir  Arthur  hoyden 
informed  the  Con^ittee  upon  his  Examination,  that 
bimfelf  atid  Captain  Beverley^  who  commanded  the 
Jerjey-Frijgkt^  and  diven  others  were  put  out  o£ 
the  Cabin  at  that  time,  under  pretence  that  Colo- 
nel Lundee  ai\d  ^r.  James  Hamilton  had  private 
^ufinefi. 

That  Mr.  Hamilton  told  them  afterwards,  that 
fae  had  Swo^o  Colonel  Lundee^  buc  the  Mayor  an^ 
/^Idermen  were  not  prefent. 

Ccc.4  "Vm 


^0  T*h^  Appendix. 

That  the  next  Day  he  and  naoft  of  the  Officers 
and  Gentry  did  take  the  Oaths,  and  that  they  de- 
lir'd  for  their  Satisfaft ion  that  Colonel  Lundce  might 
be  Sworn  again,but  it  wasrefusM. 

Mr.  James  Hamilton  (aid,  that  Colonel  Lundee^xA 
aflift  at  the  Swearing  at  the  Garrifon,  and  likewlfe 
at  the  Proclaiming  ot  King  fyiiUam,  which  was 
done  March  aad. 

That  Mr,  Hamilton  deliver'd  all  the  Arms  and 
Ammunition  which  he  had  in  Charge,  and  whereas 
he  had  Orders  to  receive  a  Thoufand  Pounds  from 
Mr.  Anderton  at  Cbefier^  he  could  get  but  595  /. 
16  s,  2d.  which  he  paid  to  Colonel  Lundee.puriii- 
ant  to  his  Inftrud  ions,  and  produced  his  Receipt 
for  it. 

And  upon  the  whole,  the  Committee  fecm'd  li- 
tisfied  that  Mr.  Hamilton  had  given  a  good  Account 
for  himfelf. 

The  Committee  finds  that  the  i  jth  of  A/nril  the 
Enemy  firft  appeared  before  Londonderry^  marching 
within  fight  of  the  Town  with  the  Vanfguard  of 
their  Horfc,  whereupon  a  Council  of  War  was  caU 
led  that  Afternoon ;  and  a  Refolutipn  taken  to 
march  (the  Monday  following)  out,  and  fight  the 
Enemy*  the  People  being  very  willing  and  DeQ- 
reus  K)  to  do.        \ 

Daniel  Sherrard  inform'd  the  Committee  that  at 
this  time  when  the  Enemy  appeared  near  the  Town, 
the  Gunner  had  no  Ammunition  to  fire  at  them, 
as  the  Gunner  himfelf  then  told  him. 

There  were  Three  Pafles  call'd  Claddyford,  Sifi- 
ford^  and  Lon^^Cawfey^  where  all  from  Sixteen  to  Six- 
ty were  order'd  to  Meet  on  Monday,  April  1  yth,  to 
flop  the  Enemy  from  advancing   further  towards 

Londonderry, 

Tliac  Colonel. Lundee   march'^d  out  with   great 
part  of  the  Garrifon,  and  likcwile  great  Numbers 
of  other  Pro teftants  did  meet  thereabouts. 
LiOrd  Blaney,  ."* 

Thar  upo\i  the  Enemies  coming  near  the  Paffes, 
the  Proceihints  ran  in  great  ConfuGon,  no  Order 
was  either  given  or  obft  r.v'd» 

Thr.< 


77;^  Appendix.  41 

That  Colonel  Lundee  was  look'd  upon  to  be  ttio 
Commander  in  Chief,  but  there  was  no  Ibrt  of  care 
taken,  few  of  the  Men  having  Powder,  nor  was 
there  Three  Guns  fir'd  before  they  were  all  routed. 
Mr.  Bennett 

That  Colonel  Lundee  himfelf,  was  one  of  the 
firft  that  fled,  bidding  the  Men  fliifr  for  themfelves, 
and  fiying  all  was  Loft.  Colonel  Chichefter  met  Co- 
lonel Lundee  running  from  the  Pais,  and  told  him 
he  muft  tarry  and  give  Ibme  Orders,  or  all  would  be 
Loft.  To  which.  Colonel  Lundee  reply'd.  That 
Londonderry  was  his  Poft,  and  (b  he  made  the  beft 
of  his  way  ihither. 

That  Colonel  Lundee^  when  he  came  to  London* 
derryy  let  in  only  fame  few,  as  he  pleas'd,  and  (hue 
the  Gates  againft  the  reft,  who  were  Four  or  Five 
ThouCind  that  lay  without  the  Walls,  all  that 
Night  expos'd  to  the  Enemy. 

Mr,  David  Comes  believes  the  Enemy  had  Notice 
ibme  way  or  other  of  the  Reiblution  taken  on  s^- 
turday  April  1 8th,  at  the  Councel  of  War,  becaufe 
they  marched  immediately  to  the  very  place  where 
the  Proteftants  were  to  meet,  upon  which  he  went  to 
Colonel  Lundee^  and  acquainted  him  wich  it,  and 
preffed  him  to  march  prefently,  that  the  Enemv 
might  not  firft  get  thither,  but  he  flighted  his  Ad- 
vice, and  faid  he  had  taken  fufficient  care,  but  vet 
never  march'd  till  Monday  Morning  Ten  a  Clock. 

Major  Jo/efh  Strovod  faid,  that  he  had  advifed 
fbme  Harrows  might  be  thrown  into  Claddyford,  but 
he  took  no  care  about  it ;  that  when  he  drew  up 
with  what  Men  he  could  to  make  Oppofition  a- 
gainft  the  Enemy,  they  cry'd  out  they  wanted  Pow-. 
der,  and  inoft  of  them  wanted  Arms. 

Mr.  Bennet^  That  there  was  no  Breaft  work  or 
other  Defence  whatfbcver,  at  any  of  thcfe  Pafles 
to  fave  the  Men,  or  hinder  the  Enemy  from  com- 
ing over. 

it  appeared  to  the  Committee,  that  the  fame  Day 
the  Fight  was  at  Claddyford^  Colonel  Cunningham 
and  Colonel  Hichards  arrived  in  Londonderry  KWct 
with  two  Regiment^  under  their  Command  (vi:^.) 
Afril  ijth. 

That 


4jz  Thf^  Appendix. 

That  Colonel  Cwmin^am  wrote  two  Letten 
prelently  to  Lundee^  the  Import  of  which  Letters 
was  to  acquaint  him  with  his  Arrivral  with  two 
Regiments,  and  to  know  in  what  Conditioa 
the  Town  flood,  and  that  he  ftay'd  for  further  Or- 
ders, but  receiving  no  Anfvver  to  thefe  Letters,  a- 
bout  Nine  a  Clock  at  Night,^  he  lent  Major  ^iff^ny 
up  to  the  Governor  wich  a  third  Letter  to  the  ume 
purpofe. 

That  Major  Tiffany^  as  he  went,  met  Colonel 
Lundeeh  Meflenger  carrying  an  An(wer  to  the  two 
former  Letters,  and  took  him  back  with  him  to  Lon- 
donderrj^  where  Colonel  Lundce  opened  his  own 
Letter  again  which  he  had  fent,  and  inferted  a  Pofl-- 
fcript  in  It.  The  Purport  of  this  Letter  was,  th^ 
Colonel  Cunningham  (hould  land  the  two  Regiments 
aflbon  as  he  could,  and  that  he  would  give  them 
the  befl:  Accommodation  the  Town  afforded.  In  the 
Pofticript  he  confirms  the  iame  Orders  as  to  Land- 
ing the  Men,  but  intimates  that  when  they  (hould 
dilcourfe  together,  the  Place  would  be  found  not 
tenable,  and  fo  refers  him  farther  to  the  Bearer, 
which  was  Major  Tiffany  that  carried  the  Letter. 

That  the  next  Morning,  Tuefday^  Colonel  Cun- 
ningham  fent  to  Colonel  B^cbnrds^  to  bring  three  or 
four  of  his  Officers  along  with  him,  and  he  having 
the  like  Number  of  his  own  ;  they  went  all  up  to 
Londonderry^  leaving  the  Men  on  Board  the  Ships. 

That  they  went  direftly  to  the  Governor's  Houfe, 
where  they  met  great  Numbers  of  Gentry  and 
Officers  that  were  in  Town,  and  Colonel  l(icbards 
laid,  that  Colonel  Cunningham  and  the  Governor 
whi^r'd  together  at  the  Window,  but'  know^  not 
what  thejr  (aid. 

That  m  a  (hort  time  after  their  Arrival,  Colonel 
Lundee  propo$''d  to  go  to  a  Councel  of  War  in  the 
Councel-Cnamber,  whither  they  went  accordingly. 

That  Colonel  Lundee  did  refiile  to  admit  divers 
oF  the  Officers,  who  did  u(e  to  come  to  former 
Councels,  particularly  Colonel  Hamilton^  Colonel 
Chichcflcr,  Major  Walker.^  and  Major  Bal^r^  and  that 
Col.  chicheficr^  and  Major  Walksr  endeavouring  to 
thruft  into  the  Room,  Colonel  Lundee  ordered  tncm. 

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to  be  kept  out,  %ing,  they  were  to  be  a  SeleS; 
Company* 

Colonel  Lundee  was  the  firft  Man  that  fpake  at 
this  Councel  of  War,  and  made  a  Propoution  ta 
quit  the  Town,  and  (end  the  two  Regiments  back 
again,  alledging  for  this  Reafbn  that  there  was  not 
above  a, Week  or  Ten  DaysProvifion  left  in  the 
Town,  and  that  the  Enemy  was  2.yooo  ftrong,  anct 
within  Four  or  Five  Miles. 

That  this  Propofition  was  contented  to  by  ail* 
prelent  without  any  Contradi^ion,  laving  Colo- 
nel i^chdrJsj  iays  he,  oppofed  it  by  laying,  Quit- 
ting the  Town  was  quitting  of  a  Kingdom,  where- 
upon one  role  up  and  Swore  he  would  not  be  hang- 
ed for  no  Man's  Plealiire,  which  he  thinks  was 
Major  Tiffany :  and  another  laid,he  would  go  Homo* 
let  who  would  be  dilpleas'd.  whid^  he  thinks 
might  be  Colonel  Cunningham^  but  he  is  not  pofitive, 
Tbit  all  prelent  Sublcnb'd  a  Paper  of  their  Con- 
fent  to  quit  the  Town,  which  Paper  began  in  theft 
Words.  Finding  upon  Enquiry  that  there  was  not 
above  a  Week  or  Ten  Days  Provifion,  &c.  Where- 
as, in  Truth,  there  was  no  Enquiry  made  at  the 
Councel  of  War,  but  all  prefent  took  the  Gover- 
nor's Word  for  it,  who  aid  inform  them  that  he 
had  fearch'd  the  Stores. 

That  they  did  all  agree  upon  their  Honour,  not 
to  dilcover  what  Resolution  they  had  taken,  Co- 
lonel lUabards  lays,  the  Governor  did  propofe  an     # 
Oath  of  Secrecy,  which  the  firft  refufing  was  re- 
]cStcd. 

The  Lord  BUney  laid  there  was  a  Propofition 
made  to  deftroy  all  the  Ammunition  left  in  the 
Town,  which  the  Governor  approved,  laying  it 
was  better  to  do  lb,  than  to  k\l  into  the  Ene- 
mies Hands,  but  nothing  was  relblv'd  as  to  this 
Matter. 

Comet  Niehplfon  laid,  that  there  was  at  this  time 
great  ftore  of  Provifions  in  the  Town,  every  Houfe 
having  great  Plenty.  That  Provifions  came  daily 
into  the  Town  in  Boats  liifficient  at  this  time  tor 
Three. Months  for  3000  Meni   as  Colonel  Lun- 

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4|4  Tfjc  AppenJix. 

ike  hlmfelf  told  the  Lord  Biane;^^  but  a  rerv  tittle 
while  before  this  Councel  rf  War  was  held. 

That  after  this  Councel  of  War  was  up,  the 
People  was  very  defirous  of  knowing  what  Refolu- 
ttonshad  been  taken,  and  themoretoamufechem^ 
ic  was  generally  reported,  that  ihey  had  refolv'd 
to  Land  the  Men  immediately,  ard  march  them 
into  the  Town. 

Colonel  Chichefter  fiid,  that  Afternoon  Colonel 
Ctmmnghamj  and  Colonel  Richards^  and  moft  of  the 
Gentry,  and  Officers  that  were  prefent  at  the  Coun^ 
eel  or  War  went  down  to  iheir  Ships,  as  the  Peo- 
>le  tbou^  to  bring  up  the  Men  ;  but  when  chey 
iw  the  Ships  fall  down  lower  from  the  Town, 
they  firft  took  the  Alarm,  and  cry'd  they  were  be- 
trayed. 

That  the  Governor  Lwidec  (aid,  that  the  Coun- 
cel rf  War  had  refolv'd  the  Men,  (hould  be  land- 
cdy  and  to  make  it  the  more  credible,  pretended  to 
give  fome  Orders  for  Quarters,  and  when  lb  many 
Gentlemen  going  down  to  the  Ships,  frighted  the 
Town's  People,  he  fiid  they  went  only  to  fee  the 
Men  Land. 

The  Committee  finds  that  when  the  Ships  fell  {d 
far  down,  that  it  appeared  plainly  that  there  was 
no  intention  of  Landing  of  Men,  the  People  then 
went  and  befet  Colonel  Lundee*s  Houfe,and  from  that 
time  watch'd  him  (a  clofe  chat  he  could  not  make 
his  elcape  to  the  Ships,  which  ftay'd  for  him  ;  yer, 
that  he  fent  to  Colonel  Cunningham^  not  to  go  away 
without  him,  leaft  he  became  a  SacriHce  to  the 
Rabble. 

That  the  Ships  came  back  to  Leverpoole  with  moA 
of  the  Officers  and  Gentry  belonging  to  the  Town, 
but  Colonel  Lundee  was  left  behind  at  Londonderry^ 
from  whence  he^  afterwards  made  his  elcape  into 
Scotland^  in  a  private  Soldier's  Habit. 

Upon  Tucfd/ty  April  \  6ch,  there  came  one  Whit^ 
lo€^  the  Minifter  oi^ffoe^  to  Londonderry^  from  Lieu- 
tenant General  Hamilton  to  propofe  a  Treaty  for 
the  Surrender  of  the  Town.  The  next  Day  ano- 
ther Councel  of  War  waa  held  where  this  Wbiiioc 
W4J  prefent  and  6t  near  the  Governor, 

That 


The  Appefidis.  4J 

That  Arch-Deacon  Hamiltm^  Captain  K^n^on^ 
and  Mr.  Francis  Nevill  were  (enc  out  of  the  Town 
to  Lieutenac  General  Hamilton^  to  fee  what  Terms 
they  could  get. 

They  receiv'd  but  one  Article  {vij^.)  To  Surren- 
der the  Tcwn,  their  Serviceable  horfes,  and  Arms, 
and  they  might  live  peaceably  ;  which  Article 
they  had  under  the  Hand  of  Lieutenant  General 
Hamilton^  and  likewife  of  General  i^^^y^^i  who  com- 
manded in  Chief. 

When  Mr.  Francis  'Nevill  Came  back  to  London- 
derrj^  he  was  denied  Entrance  into  the  Town  by 
one  Captain  Whitney  that  commanded  that  Night, 
who  pretended  from  the  Walls  that  he  did  not  know 
him,  by  T^hich  means  he  lay  in  a  little  Hut  that 
Night,  and  was  there  taken  by  the  Enemy ,where  he 
has  undergone  great  Hardfliips  lince,till  he  made  his 
Efcape  from  Dublin^  and  brought  his  Bail  along 
with  biro. 

The  Committee  were  informed  by  Cmut  NichoU 
foHj  that  he  ask'd  Mr.  Moitloc  the  Minifter,  with 
whom  he  had  been  formerly  acquainted,  upon  the 
1 6th  of  /ifril2t  Londonderry^  what  Colonel  Lundc$ 
intended  to  do  concerning  the  Delivery  of  the 
Town,  IV/jirloe  at  firft  feem'd  very  fliy  towards  him. 
but  at  lad,  told  him  the  Town  would  be  delivered 
before  Saturday  following,  and  that  he  was  to  re- 
ceive his  Letters,  next  Morning,  from  Colonel  Lun^ 
dee^  and  he  advis'd  him,  as  an  Old  Acquaintance,  to 
flilft  torhimfelf. 

Cornet  Uicholfon  lays  further,  That  he  told  the 
very  lame  Paffage  the  fame  Day  to  Mr.  Henry  N«- 
choljon,  and  one  Mr.  La/ly^  which  Henrv  Nicho{fon  was 
examined  before  the  Committee,  ana  Confefled  he 
was  told  of  it  at  that  time,  and  they  both  believing 
the  Town  would  be  betrayed,  left  it  for  that 
Reafon. 

Mr.  Bennet,  That  there  was  a  Stack  of  Hay,  and 
150  or  aoo  Barrels  o(  Salmon  belonging  to  the 
Lord  Ma:{arine^  within  a  quarter  o(  a  Mile  of  Lou- 
donderry ,  which  might  have  been  had  into  the 
Town,. for  fetching,  but  the  Governor  took  no  care 
about  it,  but  Colonel  I.»»i/^e  iaid^  it  was  got  in,  and 

Mr. 


4<5  The  Appendix. 

Mr.  Nm/  ^id  the  fame  thing.  That  Mr.  ^emmit 
oi K^mwre-fcrt  did  get  ic  ui. 

Sir  Arthur  Royden  informM  the  Committee,  diac 
he  often  defir'd  Q>ionel  Luniee^  that  his  Man  might 
be  employM  to  fetch  in  Provihons,  but  he  would 
never  give  him  Orders  for  ic,  6n\y  one  Day  his 
Men  brought  in  300  Horle  Load  of  Meal  without 
Order. 

He  (ays  further,  That  Colonel  Lundee  Cold  him 
but  Three  Days  bdbre  Cumingbam  and  ^icbMrdi 
came  to  LandonJeriyy  that  there  was  then  m  the 
Town  Three  Months  Proviiions  for  600  Men. 

Daniel  ShcrrarJ  informed  the  Committee,^  That 
Colonel  Lundee  had  preferr'd  a  Captain  in  his  own 
Regiment,  who  had  Sworn  he  would  nor  ferve 
King  ff^HUm,  nor  receive  pav  againft  King  Jdmes^ 

That  Colonel  Lundee  admitted  one  Mr.  hUtervUU 
to  the  CounceU  who  was  fiilpeded  to  hold  Cor- 
refpondence  with  King  Jamcs^  and  afterwards  a6hj- 
allywent  to  him. 

That  at  the  Councel  of  War,  Wbitlde  that  came 
about  the  Surrender  of  the  Town,  was  prcfcnr,  and 
iat  near  the  Governor,  and  that  Colonel  Lundee 
^here  (aid,  the  Town  could  not  hold  out,  but  muf^ 
Surrender. 

Daniel  S/jcrrard^  That  one  Bllis.  that  was  thtt 
Lord  TyrconneCt  Secretary,  held  conftant  Correfpon- 
dence  with  Colonel  Lundee  by  Letters,  till  the  Ar- 
iny  came  down,and  the  Poft  was  ftopp'd,and  fratik*d 
them  with  his  own  Name  upon  the  Superlcriptibo, 
and  Colonel  Lundee  wrote  to  him  again. 

Colonel  Lundee  being  feveral  times  examined, 
&ys,  as  to  the  Fight  at  the  Pa(s,  the  Men  would 
not  ftand,  but  ran  away,  fo  he  fled  among  the  reft, 
but  denies  that  he  bid  tnem  fhift  for  themfelves. 

He  fays,  when  he  came  to  Londonderry^  he  (hut 
the  Gates  againft  the  Rabble,  knowing  it  would 
quickly  make  ^at  (c'arcity  of  Provi(ions. 

He  fays,  Major  Tiffany  when  he  brought  Colo- 
nel Cunningbam  s  Letter,  told  him,  they  had  brought 
him  no  Provifions  for  the  Town,  and  propos'dl 
Colonel  Cunningham  might  come  up  and  Difcourfe 

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The  /ipptnJix.  '.*    ^^ 

Svithhim  before  the  Meniere  Landed,  and  t W  . 
he  did  conftnt  to  it. 

Colonel  Cunniyighnm  (ays,  he  gave  Tiffany  no  fiich 
Orders.  ^  •. 

He  owns  the  Proceedings  at  the  Council  of  War, 
and  fays,  he  did  not  know  but  Provifions  were,  as      » 
fcarce  as  he  bad  reprefented  them.    He  denies  the 
ftveral  Difcourfes  and  Confeflions  wjiich  the  Wit- 
neffes  have  charg'd  him  with. 

Colonel  Ctmningham  being-  examined,  owna 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Council  of  War  as  is  men- 
tion'd,  but  denies  the  Words  he  ihould  lay.  He 
would  go  home  ag^n,  let  who  will  be  di(plea(ed 
with  it. 

Denies  his  Brother  ever  came  down  to  the  Ships, 
only  Captain  Cole  fkys^  He  having  a  good  Opinion 
of  Colonel  Lundeis  Loyalty,  bid  him  go  back  and 
obey  their  Governor. 

There  was  mention  made  of  Colonel  Cunning 
^nm  being  named  in  the  Dilpenfation  to  Popifh 
Officers  for  not  taking  the  Oaths  and  Tcfts,  To 
which  he  (aid,  he  knew  not  how  his  Name  came 
to  be  in(crted,  but  he  produced  a  Certificate  from 
the  Officer  in  the  Kju^s-Bench  Court,  whereby  it 
appeared,  that  he  did  take  the  Oaths  and  Tcft  at 
that  very  time,  which  fttisfied  the  Committee  a^ 
to  that  matter. 

Upon  Hichard^s  being  examined  it  appeared  to  the 
Committee,  that  Cunningham  was  his  Commander 
in  Chief,  and  that  he  had  afted  nothing  in  the 
whole  matter,  but  in  Obedience  to  his  Superior 
Officers. 

Collonel  Chichefter  informed  the  Committee,  that 
Captain  Comxvall,  Captain  of  the  Shallow  Frigat,  * 
which  carried  Collonel  Cunningham  to  Londonderry^ 
when  he  came  back  again  for  Englayid^  brought  a 
great  many  Proteltant  PalTengers  aboard  his  Ship, 
and  demanded  4/.  a  Head  fur  every  one,  and,  where 
the  Money  was  not  to  be  had,  plundered  them  of 
their  Swords,  Watches,  Cloaths,  or  any  thing  they 
had,  in  ^  very  barbarous  manner. 

I^efolvedn  That  an  Addrefi  be  prefcntcd  to  His 
Majefty,  That  Collonel  Lundce  be  lent  over  to 

London' 


4^         '  The  AppenJix. 

Lefubn-derry^  to  be  trycd  there  for  the  TreafonS  that 
are  laid  to  his  Charge. 

Papers  found  ahout  Mr.  A  S  H  T  O  N  and 
pro/tuced  againji  him^  and  the  Lord  P  R  Ei- 
ST  O  N,  Jf  their  RefpeHivc  trials. 

The  refult  of  a  Conference  hetwen  fame  Lords 
and  Gentlemen^  both  Tories  and  Whigs,  in 
which  it  was  undertaken  to  prove  the  poffihi^ 
lity  and  method  of  refloring  K.  James  iy  a 
fr.PowerjWithout  endangeringthe  Protejlant 
Religion  and  Civil  Adwinijiration^  accord- 
ding  to  the  Laws  of  this  Kingdom. 

•  France.  I.  C  *  *  Muft  either  Oblige  or  Conquer  us ;  If  the 
•■■  •  *  laft,  he  will  find  few  helps  here,  but  a 
bloodyer  Refiftance  than  ever  the  F^omam^  Saxons^ 
or  Normans  found  ;  It  being  inacdible,  how  una- 
nimous and  obftinate  that  very  Thought  renders 
the^  People,  fo  that  it  may  make  us  a  heap  of 
Ruin,  but  no  Nation  that  can  ever  help  or  im- 
port any  thing  to  F. 

*  II.  If  K.  L.  defires  to  oblige  Us,  and  make  the 
Work  eafie,  that  he  may  be  at  Lcifiire  to  ply 
the  Empire  or  ttalj^  or  to  have  an  advantagious 
Peace,  he  muft  take  off  the  frightful  Chara<ftef 
we  have  of  him,  and  (hew  us  he  has  no  fuch 
Defign,  as  returning  our  Offended  K.  a  Conque- 
ror upon  us,  but  that  he  can  and  will  be  our 
Friend  and  Mediator;  upon  which  Terms  he 
will  find  that  many  Lords  and  Gentlemen  will 
(peedily  (hew  themfelvcs  to  his  Satisfa6lion  ;  efl 
pecially,  If  he  makes  hafte,  and  looles  no  ap- 
proachmg  Opportunity. 

*  III.  If  he  incline  to  this  fort  of  Senfe,  he  muft 
over*rulethe  Bigotry  of  St.  G.  *  and  difpofe  their 
Minds  to  think  oi  thofe  Methods  that  are  more 
likely  to  Gain  the  Nation ;  for  there  is  ooe  filly 
thing  or  other  daily  done  there,  that  comes  to  ouf 

*  notice 


Lewis. 


*  St.  Ger. 
miaos. 


♦     t 

The  Appendix.  49 

notice  here,  which  prolongs  what  they  (b  paC 
Honately  defire.  The  Methods  thought  upon  are 
thefe, 

*  Firfty  To  prevent  dangerous  and  foolifli  Intel- 
ligence, by  forbidding  all  in  that  Court  to  write 
any  News  hither,  and  that  K.  /.  only  have  his 
Correipondence  by  whom  to  hear  trom,  and  fpealc 
to  People  here ;  fince  Letters  (o  often  mi  (carry, 
and  are  tiU'd  with  nothing  but  what  we  (hould  not 
hear  j  and  what  we  have  are  Arguments  for  the  moft 
part  againft  the  K's  Reftoration. 

*  Secondly^  Since  there  is  a  great  Body  of  Prote^ 
ftants  that  never  defcfted,  and  that  many  Thou- 
4nds  are  returning,  and  that  they  are  the  Natural 
Weight  and  Power  of  thefe  Kingdoms,  by  having 
the  Heads,  Hands  and  Wealth  of  their  fide,  to 
the  odds  and  advantage  of  at  leaft  two  Hundred 
Proteftants  to  one  Catholick ;  die  K.  may  think  of 
nothing  fliort  of  a  Proteftant  Adminiftration,  nor 
of  no£ing  more  for  the  Catholicks,  than  a  Legal 
Liberty  of  Conlcience  i  for  much  e  mutt  *  is  againft  •  ^^f]^ 
all  other  Notions,  to  which  all  private  Paliions,  ^atich. 
and  Artificial  Frames  in  Government  muft  yield 

or  break.  He  may  Reign  a  Catholick  in  Devotion, 
but  he  muft  Reign  a  Proteflant  in  Government. 
CromweB  could  not,  yet  on  a  broader  bottom,  with 
a  Vidorious  Army,  fubfift  or  keep  what  he  had 
got. 

*  Tbirdljj  He  muft  give  us  a  Model  of  this  at  Sr. 
G.  by  preferring  the  Proteftants  that  arc  with  him 
above  the  Catholicks ;  one  being  Loyal  upon  lefs 
tyesoflntereft,  and  to  tell  the  Nation  here  what 
tney  are  to  hope  for  when  he  comes. 

*  Fourthly y  He  Ciuft  give  Incouragement  to  Lords 
and  Gentlemen  here  to  come  to  him,  at  leaft  Se- 
ven or  Nine  for  a  ftandin^  Council,  which  will 
make  us  here  think  he  is  m  fbm'e  degree  ours  a- 
gain,  and  that  we  have  a  relation  to  him, 
and  fbmeintereft  and  (hare  in  him,  by  the  Men 
of  Qiiality  of  our  own  Religion  that  are  with 
him.  This  will  incomparably  facilitate  the  mat- 
ter here,  nor  will  they,  when  they  come,  come 

Ddd  'empty. 


50  Tlrf  JfpenJix^ 

*  empty y  and  in  their  own  Namei,  whkh  is  ftiU 

*  better,  and  will  be  more  facista^ory  there. 

•  Fiftblj,  To  induce  this ,    Wi/fc   Proteftanis 

*  (hould  be  encourag'd  by  an  Edia  of  Liberty  from 

*  the  K.  of  F.  to  have  Cbappels  at  their  own  Cofts^ 

*  in  which  to  Worfliip  God  after  their  rejfeedive 

*  ways,  by  which  that  K.  will  make  us  rcfleftup- 

*  on  his  Condud  towards  his  Hugwots^  rather  to 

*  flow  hrooi  the  hazard  he  thought  himfelf  in  by 

*  their  Antimonarchical  and  refitting  Principles,  than 

*  a  dcfire  of  Perfr cution.  ^ 

*Ld/ify,  All  other  requifite  Meafiues  depending 

*  upon  the  acceptance  this  finds,  an  An(wer  here- 

*  unto  is  impatiently  defir'd  by  thoie  that  have  Dil^ 
^  courfed  the  K's  Bufinefi  to  this  Maturity.    So 

*  ended  with  an  unanimous  Gmfent,  both  Tmts 

*  and  fmgs  upon  this  Occafion,  that  are  in  a  way 
f  of  clofing  in  his  Intereft. 

Heads  for  aDECLAKATlON  to  he 

prepared  in  Order  to  he  puhlijh^d  when  the 
French  have  had  Succefs  at  Sea. 

^HAT  theKin^  will  return  with  a  DeGgn  of 
'*'    making  an  Entire  Conaueft  of  his  People,  is  f> 
ridiculous  as  well  as  Difficult,  that  it  needs  not  be 
Qx>ken  to. 

That  the  King's  Declaration  be  worded  in  Gene- 
ral Terms,  That  he  will  Govern  by  the  Laws,  that 
they  Ihall  be  the  Rule  of  his  A^ons,  that  he  will 
Endeavour  to  fettle  Liberty  of  Confcience  by  Law, 
that  whatibever  things  were  formerly  done  by  him, 
whibh  occafion'd  Jealoufies  iir  the  KGnds  of  his 
People,  (hall  be  left  to  the  determination  of  a  Par- 
liament, to  be  formly  and  regularly  called  as  fixm 
as  is  poflible. 

That  he  has  ^ven  fufficient  Evidence  of  his  im- 
wiUinffneis  to  mng  an  Army  of  Stranaen  into  his 
Kingdonu  bv  refiiung  the  Skiccorscrf*  the  King  of 
Eranee  ofier'd  him,  and  which  were  even  ready  to 
be  EmUrkcd  upon  the  firft  Notice  of  the  P.  of  O- 
tanp^t  intended  Invafion. 

That 


The  Appendix.  51 

T^ac  be  brings  with  bim  fiich  aa  Army  only 
as  is  neceflary  for  his  own  Defence.,  and  for  the  Se- 
curicv  of  his  Loyal  Subje<Sb  as  (hall  refort  to  him; 
that  ne  will  di/mifi  chem  as  (bon  as  he  {h^U  have 
rid  the  Nation  of  thole  Foreigners  who  hgVe  Inva- 
ded  it,  and  trampled  upon  the  Laws  and  Liberties 
of  his  People. 

The  King's  large  exercifing  his  Difpenfing  Power 
gave  the  great  alarm  to  the  People,  and  contributed 
moft  of  alltoward  a  General  De(e£lion.  Yet  when 
that  Power  came  to  be  debated  in  the  lad  Conven- 
tion, there  appeared  (b  many  difficulties  in  the  li« 
mitin^  of  it,  ^^^JC  ^^  {t^^xi  the  prelent  fudges 
believing  it  neceUary,  that  a  DiQ)enfing  Power 
(bould  be  in  the  K.)  That  it  was  lee  fall,  and  that 
point  remains  as  it  was.  And  without  mentioning 
that,  or  any  other  particular,  the  K.  can  be  in  np 
Danger  by  leaving  all  things  which  have  been  the 
occaUons  of  Jealouiies  to  the  determinatioa  of  a  Par- 
liament, where  beiides  the  King's  profefled  Friends 
and  Servants,  there  will  not  want  others  who  will 
be  glad  of  opponunity  to  ingratiate  themlelves. 

A  Lifl  of  the  Englifh  Fleet  which  the  Lord 
Preflon  and  Mr.  Afhcon  were  carrying 
over  into  France. 

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Commons,  V>cccm^  24ih  Ninety  the  Fleet,  whereof 
Sixty  Dutch. 

Memorandum y  The  new  Ships  Building,arecxpe6l:- 
cd  will  be  ready  to  be  lanch'd  by  rhc  end  of  lAarch. 

Note,  That  the  /qI  I  owing  Uttin  sre  direthd  in  fs'fe  ^tmes^ 
mnd  tfire  tnofl  pftlxm  H^i  it  ten  under  dinjcrs  Cants^  as  under  the 
'C$l$Wt  efTradf^  Law-bnin,  Mof t/r age's ,  Marriaf^rs,  &C.  jei^tis 
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'T'  H  G'  the  Bearer  of  thb  will  do  us  the  Juftice, 
-*  to  affure  you,  wc  are  as  full  of  Duty,  as  an- 
fcignedly,  ana  unconcernedly  yours,  as  your  felf 
could  wi(h;  j[et  this  Gentleman  has  undenaken. 
You  will  forgive  the  Prefiimption,  if  I  do  my  felf 
the  Honour  to  give  you  this  frefli  Affurance  in  a 
ftw  Words;  which  I  hope  wc  do  by  our  Accounts  j 
I  (ball  omit  no  Occafions,  not  negie<9:ing  the  leal^^ 
and  making  Zealous  Withes  for  the  greateft,  to  (hew 
•  our  felvcs  fuch  as  we  ought  to  be. 

5*V,  I  Ipeak  in  the  Plural,  bccaufe  I  write  my 
Elder  Brother's  Sentiments  as  well  as  my  own,  and 
the  reft  of  the  Family,  though  IcflcnM  in  Number  ; 
yet  if  we  arc  1401  nilgh-ily  out  in  our  Accounts,  we 
are  growing  in  our  Inteicfi,  that  is  in  yours:  He 
that  delivers  this^  will  I  hope,  i^t"i\ly  to  your  fa- 
lisfaSion,  reprelent  us  and  nie  in  j\.rticular,  as 
with  all  the  Devotion  imaginable,  and  unchangea- 
ble Affe^lion,  Tours,  G^d grant  :U  hapfieft  NeW-Year. 

A  Letter  DireSled  to  Mrs.  Redding. 

A  S  'tis  iropoflible  for  me  to  exprefi  that  j^ra- 
■^^>  ordinary  great  Satisfaction  it  gave  me.  this*  tioie 
Twelve  Months,  when  1  had  the  Honour  to  re- 
ceive that  Mark  of  your  Favour  and  Goocjne^  u(i- 
der  your  own  Hand  ;  So  I  have  lived  in  fome  paia 
for  an  Opportunity  to  write  you  my  humbleit  ac- 
knowledgements and  trueft  Duty,  from  whicti  by 


Th  Appendix.  r^ 

the  Grace  of  God,  I  am  no  more  of  f^verving,  than 
of  renouncing  my  hopes  of  Heaven  ;   I  fty   this 
in  behalf  of  my  Elder  Brother  and  the  reft  of  my 
neareft  Relations,  as  well  as  for  my  felf :  You  may 
intirely  depend  upon  us,  not  only  Tor  a  conftant 
-adherence  to  lb  well  chofen  a  Principle,  but  for  our 
4icmoft  Aftivity  to  jifbmote  your  Tnrcrefts,  which 
-are  infeparable  frdrrl  <Sur  own  :  I  need  cotne  to  no 
fliirtlculars   by  this  Nearer,  who  can  and  will  tdl 
rypuour  whole  Hearts,  arid  I  wifli  you  could  fee 
ftjiepl,  Tiow  fincerely  rhcy  are  devoted  to  your  Ser- 
vice.   God  grant  yoi^  amoft  happy  New- Tear,  arfd 
ni^ny^  vtty  many,  and  very  nappy.'  Our  young 
Mafter  hath  all  our  beft  Wilhes,  he   daily  caitts 
'more  Friends,  and  we   get  ground  of  his  Advcr- 


}. 


v-'A  Letter  Dire£leJ  for  /T/rj.  Charlton, 
;  December  3 1.  1690. 

iTMLift  not  let  this  Bearer  depart.  Madam,  without 
?.  ^udqg  yoq  of  njy  b.cft  Refpecls  :  I  have  Wrir- 
ilei>  by  hiin  to  a  FHrknd  of  yours,  but  depend  upon 
you; to  give  my  l^ote breqit. 

yho*  my  Creditors  were  no  Friends'  to  the  Match 
Which  has  been  fo  long  in  treaty,  for  your  Relations 
have  been  very  hard  upon  me  this  laft  Summer  ; 
yet  as  foon  as  I  could  ^o  fafely  abroad,  I  pcrfiicd  the 
Biifioefi,  and  do  beg  vou  to  belicYe,  that  tio  En- 
deavours of  miRc  (hall  be  wanting  to  perfe<9:  the 
Setfkmcnt.    You  onec  i^ut  me  in  l^opes  of  fceing 

{qu..bffQretUis  Chr^/l^as .  Your  Friends^  are  fcrry 
)l:'ttc,Di(appointment,  Pray  loft  no  more  time 
than  is  of  abfolyte  qecelfity  :.  The 'Bearer  win  tell 
you  aU  rihlngs  may  ppw  be*  eafily  fectUd .  if  the 
rigqt.way  be  t^keih  ,'t  lon§' to  hear  how  your 
yquog  Daughter  dofs,'  flje  will  find  many  Friends. 
ftQ4  f  hopehqr  Portion  wttl  b^  well  ftcur'd.  God 
iea4  jp^  a  happy  New  Year,  and  that  I  may  be* 
merry  with  you  befojre  it  be  far  (pent,  an  J  I  befeech 

r'  oii  keep  me  in  the  good  Opinion  of  your  Friend, 
Will  always  make  good  what  I  promiied  to  you. 

Dddj  4 


-  -  the  AfpeMJix. 

A   tetter   DireSed  tp   Mr.  Jackfoo,^ 
December  31.  1690. 

TH  E  Bearer  can  give  you  fo  full  an  Account  of 
all  things  relating  to  your  Eftatc  here,  that  I 
need  not  liavc  troubled  vou  at  this  time,  but  th^l  I 
am  defirous  to  lay  hold  oF  any  Opporninity  I 
think  fafc  toaflurcyouofmv  Service,  and  that  I 
will  never  quit  your  Intereff  whatever  the  reft  of 
the  Freeholders  do :  Your  Adverlarv  has  been  fo 
hard  to  his  Neighbours,  that  he  has  extreamly 
difoblig'd  all  the  Old  Tenants,  and  a  little  matter 
would  redeem  the  whole  Eftate.  if  you  would  ap- 
pear in  fVcftminfier'HaUyovtt  felf,  the  heft  Council 
Gvc  a  good  Opinion  ot  your  Title,  and  will  xca* 
louQy  puriuc  your  Inftruaions :  I  only  beg  you 
would  haften  them  to  us,  and  that  you  will  apwar 
your  (eU  asfoon  as  is  polhble ;  no  time  fliould  be 
loft,  and  the  Caufe  may  be  brouj^ht  to  a  Goal 
Hearing  before  the  end  of  Eafter  Term,  it  it  be 
well  foEciicd.  I  heartily  wi(h  you  a  happy  New 
Year,  and  I  beg  you  to  tell  Mr.  Chdrlt^tt  that  I 
long  to  know  wherein  I  may  (erve  him,  and  that 
I  will  (bUow  his  Diredions  to  the  utmoft,  while  I 
tvc.  God  keep  you  and  yours. 

A  Letter  without  Dire^itm^  Decern.  31. 

TH E  Interruption  of  Ae  brmer  CorreipondefK 
cy  had  a  very  ill  Efivft  many  ways,  bur  fiir 
that  ResUbn,  no  Opportunity  ought  now  id  be  loft^ 
and  1  hope  this  will  prove  a  happy  one. 

In  Trade,  as  well  aa  in  Sovcmment,  Sdhenes 
mull  belaid,  for  there  is  no  living  from  Hand  rp 
Mouth  any  more  in  G>mmerce  than  in  the  PoU<* 
ticks.  Lay  therefore  your  Defigns  probably,  atul 
purfiie  them  diligently,  and  wim  Vigour,  tfaouih 
It  be  a  hazardous  time»  yet  bv  venturing  boIdiy» 
where  venturing  is  advileable,  jit  often  returns  gmc 
Profit. 

There 


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There  is  nothing  more  to  be  &id,  but  to  give 
the  Bearer  fit  and  mil  Seafbos  to  tell  what  he  knows, 
both  as  to  Goods  fit  for  our  Market,  and  when 
and  where  to  be  fent  \  the  Sea  will  quickly  grow 
fo  troubleibme,  that  ualefi  you  dilpatch  what  you 
intend  for  us,  you  will  lofe  a  great  opportunity  of 
advantage.  I  nope  the  Account  he  has  to  give  of 
our  Negotiations  here,  with  the  Merchano  tha( 
ideal  with  us,  efpecially  thole  that  have  lately 
brought  us  their  Cuftom,  will  both  encourage  a 
larser  Trade,  and  excite  the  utmoft  Diligence.  I 
win  (ay  nothing  ot  my  (elf :  It  (hall  be  enough 
that  I  can  live  m  the  good  Opinion  of  one  I  bear 
io  great  a  Reverence  and  Anedion  for ;  but  for 
this  honeft  Fa£tor,  I  mud  own  I  can  hardly  Uj 
enough.  Truth  and  Boldnefi  are  excellent  Qjiali- 
ties  in  a  Servant,  and  he  has  fliewn  both,  as  Oc« 
cafion  hat  requi^d  him  to  (hew  them. 

I  have  bqt  one  word  to  add.  and,  pray,  take  ic 
as  the  trueft  mark  of  unalterable  Relpea,  chufis 
Well,  but  have  to  do  but  widi  a  few.  Tor  a  multi<» 
tude  may  five,  but  can  never  keep  Counfel. 

I  (hall  with  more  Impatience  than  becomes  me, 
wait  the  Re(ult  of  this,  and  it  will  be  a  great  mark 
of  Goodne(s,  to  let  us  have  the  beft  and  (afeft 
way. 

Once  more,  let  not  the  Sea(bn  (pend  unproGta- 
bly,  for  a  more  likely  one  can  hardly  come  thaa 
between  this  and  the  i  ft  of  hUreh.    Interpret  this 


me  prevaricate,  nor  (iifier  tbo(e  I  Love  and  Ho- 
nour to  k)fe  (b  happy  and  prefling  an  Occafion  of 
advantage.  With  the  beft  Wi(he8  \  clo(e  up  thi^ 
and  am,  fSc 

A  Letter  mtbout  Direffion,  Decern.  31^ 

1 T  is  a  prelumption  incident  to  tho(e  that  are 
^  any  where  upon  the  fi>ot,  to  think  that  they 
know  better  tkui  tho(e  that  are  not,  what  is  fie* 
tcfttobedoneinanyOc^uirence;   Thi«  makes  me 

P44  4         ^y> 


■».■ 


y({  The  Appendix] 

lay.  That  now  is  the  time  to  make  large  advanta- 
ges by  Trading ;  the  Sea  being  freer  than  two 
Months  paft,  or  we  can  hope  it  will  be  two  Months 
hence.  This  Gentleman  is  well  inftrufted  in  our 
Markets,  and  what  the  Goods  are  we  want,  and 
when  and  where  they  (hall  be  fent :  It  is  moft 
earneftly  defir'd  that  this  happy  opportunity  may 
not  be  loft,  *  efpccially  by  the  late  Undenakerf, 
and  I  would  not  for  much,  they  (hould  receive 
the  leaft  dilguft.  They  are  ibmewhat  oofitivc  in 
their  Terms ;  but  they  aUb  fey,  they  will  be  good 
and  conftjnt  Cullomers;  and  I  have  more  than 
oncelcen  theMilchief  of  over-rating  and  over-ftay- 
ing  the  Market.  Opportunities  are  to  be  ufcd,  diey 
cannot  be  given  by  Men.^ 

The  Bearer  needs  nothing  from  me  to  recom* 
mend  him,  but  he  is  defcrving  in  our  Opinion  here, 
and  many  will  take  their  Meafures  by  the  ufige  he 
finds  there:  and  indeed  the  preffingPofturc  of  our 
Trading  Affairs  will  not  permit  more  Experiments. 
If  the  (everal  Parcels  arrive  not,  that  have  been 
promis'd,  before  the  loth  of  March  at  turtheft,  (eC 
pccially  the  Coffer  and  Limten^  of  which  the  Bearer 
will  be  more  particular)  I  am  (atisfied  we  fhall 
lo(e  this  Summer's  profit.  lam  the  moreprefCng^ 
becaufe^  I  am  well  afiur'd  of  what  I  write  ;  and  if 
ever  I  judged  right,  it  is  upon  this  Occafion* 

I  have  laid  nothing  of  another  Gentleman  t|iat 
takes  this  Opportunity  to  fee  thofe  parts,  but  he 
has  (hewn  a  zeal  and  a  fincerity  in  this  Affair  equal 
to  moft,  Jo.  is  not  yet  gone,  by  a  Misfortune,  but 
he  will  follow  with  a  goojd  Poftfcript  in  this  AC- 
lair.  Of  my  felf  I  will  (ay  nothing,  I  hope  I  need 
not,  fi>r  no  body  without  Vanity  can  be  more  fin- 
cerely  and  afie^ionately  a  Friend  and  Servant  to 
the  Company  than  my  felf.  1  writ  at  large  Yefter- 
day,  and  cannot  write  what  the  Hand  that  gives 
this  can  (ay ;  and  therefore  will  write  no  oaore^ 
but  that  with  the  greateft  RelpeS,  I  am,  &g. 


the  appendix.  ^  57 

A  Letter  without  Direllion. 

I  Vow  ro  70V,  I  do  not  repine  at  having  loft  al) 
for  your  fake  which  I  got  by  your  Favour,  but 
it  grieves  me  extreamly  that  there  5s  not  that  left 
which  can  fecure  me  from  being  troublelbmc  to 
you :  for  that  is  the  thing  in  the  World  I  would 
not  be.  I  have  told  my  Lord  my  Condition. 
What  I  defire  of  you  he  thinks  very  Moderate,  I 
hope  you  will.  Pray;  Sir,  be  not  backward  in  let-  n  ^ 
tlingmy  little  Affair,  for  I  have  deferv'd  your  Care. 
Your  Daughter  and  I  muft  ftarve,  if  this  Govern* 
ment  can  make  us.  I  hope  our  Inrerefts  are  not 
divided,  that  is,  you  have  an  equal  Tendemefi  at 
leaft*  for  both.  If  you  think  fit  to  (peak  what  I 
would  have  you  to  this  Bearer,  he  wUl  give  me  a 
juft  account  of  it.  You  know  he  is  obliged  to  be 
my  Friend,  and  I  believe  him  grateful,  fince  he  ven« 
cures  ib  boldly  for  you.  He  brings  with  him  (bme 
merry  Papers.  Adieu,  for  I  dare  write  no  more ; 
but  pray  lend  a  Meflenger  on  purpo(e  to  me,  chat 
I  may  know  exafbly  what  you  will  do,  and  would 
have  me  do.  If  you  (end  upon  no  other  BuGnefi 
there  will  be  no  danger.  Pray,  Sir,  dsk  my  Lord, 
and  he  will  tell  you  how  I  have  been  ufed,  ^and  up- 
upon  what  Account;  I  believe  jrou  know  it  not. 
Decern,  the  a9tfa.  Your  Daughter  is  very  well,  very 
tall,  and  very  pretty  as  I  am  told. 

A  Letter  without  DtreSioff^  Decern.  31* 

\AT  A  S  my  Condition  more  defperate  and  un-' 
^^  eafiethan  it  is,  I  defire  no  greater  (atisfadi- 
on  iban  to  have  done  my  Duty  to  fo  good  a  Ma- 
tter^ I  wlQi  it  was  of  more  ufe  to  him  ^  that  is  noc 
my  fault,  ner  of  thofe  I  have  a£led  with :  Let  ic 
be.,  look'd  into  what  has  been  foretold  both  as  to 
EngUnd^  Scotland^  and  Ireland^  and  fee  if  moft  of  ic 
IS  not  come  to  pais  already,  and  the  reft  will  fol« 
low  if  not  prevented*    I  wifh  it  may  alio  be  con* 

fider'd 


J  8  ^^^  Appendix. 

fider'd  what  ufage  we  hkve  met  with  from  Men 
impioy'd,   and    now  they  left  your  Bufinefi  and 
Fnends ;  how  they  manag'd  it,  you  will  know  firom 
all  Hands  \  Things  they  could  not  do,  nor  durft  not 
undertake  were  better  undone,  than  not  done  by 
them.    Men  in  this  Place,  and  in  rhefe  Tiroes,  mujt 
have  Ibme  Courage  as  well  as   Sence  to  4o  any 
^ing  with  the  People  here.    It  is  not  my  own  ill 
u(aae  makes  nie  (ay  this,  but  my  concern  for  one  I 
viin  the  heft  in  the  World,  and  will  give  my  proofs 
of  this  upon  all  OccaGons^    I  need   not  emarge, 
fince  all  our  Grievances  are  known,  to  htm  that 
brings  this.    For  my  own  part  I  will  (by  here,  (b 
long  as  I  can  be  (afe,  if  with  ne're  fo  great  trouble  ; 
but  it  would  be  (bme  Comfort  to  know  Men  (when 
driven  from  hence)  may  be  (b  \  therefore  the  Re* 
|)orts  of  the  People's  u&ge  are  terrible  \  as  well  as  of 
the  indi&retioii  of  St.  Qtrm.  Family^  we  feel  the 
finan  of  it  by  ridiculous  Letters  faulmg  daily  into 
the  Hands   of   the  Government    Their  Maimer 
and  Miftre(s  are  little  oblig'd  by  it  no  more  than 
we ;  It  there  is  any  thing.  Sir,  you  do  particularly 
command  me,  or  depend  upon  me  for,    let  me 
know4t,    I  cannot  undertake  much,  nor  fumj/h 
more.    I  have  ftill  helped  every  Body,  and  paid 
to  every  thing  I  could  \  and  if  a  Twelve  Month 
ago  my  Condition  was   what  I  then  reprefented, 
you  beft  know  if  it  has  been  mended .  lUe,  and  con(t« 
dering  that  of  others,  makes  me  grow  more  con- 
tented;   and  if  the  propel  of  Mtfery  to  os  all 
was  any  (atisfaSion,  that  is  now  plainly  feen. 

Pray  God  ble(s  us  all,  by  rcftoring  every  Man 
his  own,  and  you  with  long  Life. 

He  that  gives  you  this,  hath  fumifli'd  for  your 
u(e  to  me,  iic.  Two  Hundred  P^ninds,  which  I 
defire  may  be  repaid. 

I  only  beg  Madam,  no  ill  malacious  Report  may 
take  any  place  in  your  Thoughts,  in  r^rd  ta 
me.  I  value  your  good  Opinion,  and  will  endea- 
vour to  deierve  it.  I  can  do  little  towards,  bat 
wi(h  moft  heartily  for  your  Happinefs.  I  know 
no  Intereft,  Madam,  but  my  Matter's  and  yours, 
nor  do  I  think  they  are  to  be  made  pvo :  If  you 

Conv: 


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Command  me  in  any  thing,  I  will  fiuthfiilly  obqj;    , 
you.  as  I  ever  have  done  nim. 

We  all  here  depend  upon  this  Bearers  Acooontt 
o(  us  and  G)ndition.  Hu  Faidi  and  Courage  hadi 
been  enough  ezperienc'd. 

An  ALPHABET  of  Ifames  fp/r  earrj^ 
ing  on  the  CorrefpenJence. 

Vw  Mrs.  Anne  RufleU  u  he  left  with 
Mrs.  Richcfon  at  the  Blue-Boar  in  Ry^ 
der-Street,  near  St.  Jamss's 

the  King. 

the  Qyeen* 

the  Prmce  of  fKUes. 

the  Prince  of  OrMngCi 

Camn  and  the  Sc^cb  Offion*' 

iht  Duke  of  Bmricit 

Duke  TyreowHet. 

Major  General  S^AU. 

Lieutenant  Genenu  SheUinC 

King  of  ^mict. 

-  Marflial  iMxemhttrib. 

-  Marfhal  Belfmd. 
Duke  Fomi. 
Dtttcbefs  F0ms, 

'Jtmfitfidm Bre^i. 

t(ftterdsm — * — Diif. 

Hague • Havre  de  Gracel 

Brff DtmkM^ 

HarUm -— C#li/. 

tfafy --— fiH{/4»dL 

Gemanjf^ — '-^^ScetlanJ. 


Sfaim'"*         i'^treland. 


UK' 


(Jq  7he  Appendix. 


•    '  > 


ARTICLES  c»/ LIMERICK. 
Odober  the  ^J.  16^1. 

l.'T'HE  l(oin4n  CatKoHcksfof  this  Kingdom  fliall 
*  enjoy  fijch  PriViMges  in  the  ExcFcife  of  their 
Religion,  as  are  confiftent  with  tke  Laws  of  Jrr- 
l^hdi  or  w.  they  dW  ehjpjr  in  the  Jleign  of  King 
C^^Wc/II.*^  And  tbqrMajeftitrs,  as  foon  as  AflFairs 
will  pemiit  them  wfummoh  aParliamcnf  in  this 
Kingdom,  will  endeavour  to  procure  tlie  (aid  Hp^ 
fnan  Catholicks  fiich  farther  (ccurity  in  that  particu- 
lar, as  may  preienre  them  from  any  difturbance, 
upon  the  account  of  their  ^id  Religion. 

II.  All  the  Inhabkctnts,  or  Refidenta  of  Lim&ric( , 
or  any  other  GarrUQV  :i¥>w.  in  Po{Iefliaa^x:|f  the 
Irijh^  at\d  all  Officers^  md^  Soldiers  npw  ia  Anns, 
under  any  ConxmiiSpQ  pf  King  Jdmes^  or  /thofe 
Authorized  to  grant  the  lame  in  the  (eyeraL^oun- 
ties  of  Limeripl^y,  Cl4r^»  KF^y%  ^ork.  aad.JWfro,  or 
in  any  of  .tbem ;  and  W^^  Commilljoned  JDfficers 
in  their  Majefties  QparceKs,  ^hat  belong  to  the  Irifh 
Regiments,  now  ia  bdng^  that  are  treated  >iwith, 
andwho  are  iiot  PriCwacrs  di  War,  on  have  taken 
Protection,  and  who  ihall  returii^^nd  fubaiit  to 
their M^efties  Obedietice,  (l^^y  aadl  eiiei^  oi.  their 
Heirs,  (hall  hold,  po£fe(s  and  enjoy  all  and  every 
their  Eftates,  of  Freoiiold  aad  lojueritaace  :  and  all 
the  Ri§ht,  Title  ^  and  Intereft ,  Priviledges  and| 
Immunities,  which  they  and  every,  or  any  of  them 
.  held,  enjoyn'd,  or  •  wpfc  Rjghtmlly  or  .Lawfully 
Intituled  to  in  the  Reiga  oTKing  Ci4r&/  II.  and 
(hallbe  Dutin  PofTdl^Mj^  by  order  of  tha  Govern* 
ment,  ot  (iich  of  them  a  3.  are  in  the  King^s  Hands,  or 
the  Hands  of  theip  TenimU,  without  Dcing  put  to 
any  Suit  or  Trouble  therein  :  And  all  (iich  £fbtrs 
(hall  be  freed  and  di  (charged  from  all  Arrears  o£ 
Crown  Rents,  Quit  Rents,  and  all  other  publick 
Charges  incurred  and  become  due  fincc  Michaelnuu 

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!<88.  to  the  Day  of  the  date  hereof :  And  ill  Per- 
^ns  comprehended  in  this  Article  fliall  have,  hotd 
and  enjoy  all  their  Goods  and  Chattels,  Real  and 
Perfonal,  to  them,  or  any  of  them  belonging,  or 
remaining  cither  in  their  own  Hands,  or  the  Hands 
of  any  Perfon  or  Perfbns  whatfoever,  in  Truft  for, 
and  for  the  ufe  of  them,  or  any  of  them :  Atid  all 
and  every  the  faid  Perfons,  of  what  Trade,  Pro- 
feflion  or  Calling  (bever  they  be,  (hall  and  may 
uft,  exercife  and  pmftice  their  ftveral  and  rcfoeftirc 
Profeffions,  Trades  and  Callings,  asfreelvnfes  they 
did  ufe,  exercife  and  enjoy  the  (ame  in  the  Reign 
of  King  Jumes  II.  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this 
Artide  contained,  be  conftrued  to  extend  to,  or  re- 
ftore  any  forfeiting  Perfon  now  out  of  the  Kingdom, 
except  what  ai-e  hereafter  Compriz*d :  Provided  aU 
fo,  tltet  no  Perfon  whatfoever  fliall  have  and  enjoy 
the  benefit  of  this  Article,  that  fliall  negledt  or  re- 
fiifo  to  take  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  made  by  Ax9;  of 
Parliament  in  England^  in  the  Firft  Year  of  the 
Reign  of  their  prelent  Majcfties,  when  thereunto 
required.  • 

III.  All  Merchants,  or  reputed  Merchants,  of 
the  City  of  Liw-nVit.  or  of  any  other  Garr Hon  now 
poflefled  by  the  Iri/h^  or  of  any  other  Town  or 
Place  in  the  Counties  of  c/4rtf  or  K?rry^  who  are  ab- 
fent  beyond  the  Seas,  that  ha^c  not  born  Arras  fince 
their Majefties  Declaration  mFetruary  1 68^. fliall  have 
the  Benefit  of  the  Second  Article,in  the  (amc  manher 
as  if  they  were  prefent  provided  fuch  Merchants^and 
reputed  Merchants,  oo  repair  into  this  Kingdom 
within  the  (pace  of  Eight  Months  from  the  Date 
hereof. 

IV:  Thefe  following  Officers,  m:(.  Colonel  Spnm 
Lutterei^  Captain  I(pv»Und  rt^hite^  Morrice  Ett/iacht 
of  Gorfnonftowfiy  Cheevers  of  Maygftovm^  comti^only 
called  Mount  Leinfter^  now  bekinging  to  the  Regi- 
ments of  the.  afore  £iid  Garifocfs  and  Quarters  of  toe 
Irifl?  Army,  who  were  htyacA  the  Seas,  and  font 
thither  upon  Affairs  of  their  refoeftivc  Regiments, 
or  of  the  Army  in  General,  fliall  have  the  Re/iefic 
•and  Advansage  of  the  Secotid  Article «  provided 
they  return  hkbw  within  (he  %iaioeof  Eight.  Mimhs 

fjfom 


6%  The  Apptniix. 

fiom  the  Date  of  tkele  PrdcDts,  and  lubinic  to  dictf 
Kftijefties  Govenmiciity  and  take  the  above-mend- 
ooed  Oath. 

V.  Tluit  all,  and  fingular^  the  l^d  Perlbns  coin-> 
prized  m  the  Second  and  Third  Articles,  (hall  have 
a  General  Pardon  of  all  Attainders,  Outlawries^ 
TrcaAns,  Milprifioni  of  Treason,  Premuniret, 
Fdonies,  Trefpafles,  and  other  Crimes  and  MiCie« 
sncanours  whadbever,  ^  b}r  them  or  an^  of  them^ 
commited  fince  the  beffinning  of  the  Rcign  ol  King 
3mm$  II.  and  if  any  m  them  are  Attainted  by  Par- 
liament, die  Lords  Juftices,  and  the  Genend  will 
uie  their  beft  Endeavours  to  get  the  (ame  Repealed 
by  die  Parliament,  and  the  Oudawries  to  be  Re- 
verted Gr«^i/,  all  but  writing  Clerks  Fees. 

yi.  Whereas  the  prelent  Wars  have  drawn  great 
Violences  on  both  Parries,  and  that  if  leave  were 
given  for  bringing  all  Ibrts  of  private  A&ions.  the 
Animoiiries  wouU  probably  continue  that  nave 
been  (b  lona  on  Foot,  and  the  publick  Difturbance 
laft:  For  the  quieting  and  (ettiing  therefore  of  the 
Kingdom,  and  avoiding  thofe  Inconveniences  which 
Woiud  be  the  neceflaiy  Confequence  of  the  contra- 
rv,  no  Periba  or  Perions  whadbever,  comprized  in 
the  foregoing  Articles^  (hall  be  Sued,  Molefted,  or 
Impleaded  at  the  Suit  of  any  Parry  or  Parties  what- 
fbever,  for  any  Trelpafi  by  them  committed,  or 
for  any  Arms,  Horles,  Money,  Goods,  Chacrels, 
Merchandizes,  or  Provifions  whatlbever,  by  them 
ieized  or  taken  during  the  time  •  of  the  Wan  And 
no  Peribn  or  Perfbns  whatfbever,  in  the  Second  or 
Third  Article  comprized,  (hall  be  (ued,  impleaded 
or  made  accountable  for  the  Rents  or  mean  Rates 
of  any  LjUids,  Tenements,  or  Houles  by  him  or 
diem  received  or  enjoyed  in  this  Kingdom,  fince 
the  Date  hereof,  nor  for  any  Waffc  or  Trefpafs  by 
him  or  them  committed  in  any  fiich  Lands.  Tene- 
ments or  Houfes :  And  it  is  alfb  agreed:  That  this 
Article  fliall  be  mutual  and  redprocal  on  both 

Wes. 
VII.  Every  Nobleman  and  Gentleman,  conapn- 

2ed  in  die  &id  Second  and  Third  Arddes,  (hall 

h^ve  liberty  to  ride  with  a  Swor^  and  Cafe  of 

Piftols, 


The  Appendix.  C\ 

Piftols ,  if  they  thtok  & ;  and  keq>  a  Gun  ia 
their  Uoufes  vxt  the  defence  of  the  mie  or  Fow* 
ling« 

VIII.  The  Iflhablcants  and  Refidents  of  the  City 
of  LsTtterickf  and  other  Garrifbns,  Ihall  be  permlc* 
red  to  remove  their  Goods,  Chattels,  and  rroviii- 
onsyout  of  the  (ame  without  being  viewed  or  (^arch- 
cd,  or  paving  any  manner  of  Duty,  and  Ihail  not 
be  compefrd  to  leave  their  Houfe  or  Lodgings,  they 
now  are  in,  for  the  (pace  of  iix  Weeks  next  enfii- 
ingf  the  Date  hereof. 

IX.  The  Oath  to  be  adminiftred  to  (uch  I(ffium 
Cdthflickf  as  fubmit  to  their  Majefties  Government, 
(hall  be  the  Oath  above&id  and  no  other. 

X.  No  Perfbn  or  Perlbns,  who  fliall  at  any  time 
hereafter  break  thele  Articles,  or  any  of  them,  fliall 
thereby  make,  or  cauie  any  other  Per(bn,  or  Per- 
fbns  to  forfeit  or  lole  the  Benefit  of  the  lame. 

XI.  The  Lords  Juftices  and  General  do  propole 
to  ule  thejr  utmoft  Endeavours,  that  all  rer- 
ibns  comprehended  in  the  abovemention'd  Articles, 
fliall  be  Proce^ed  and  Defended  from  all  Arrefb  and 
Executions  for  Debt  or  Damage,  for  the  (pace  of 
Eight  Months,  next  endiing  the  Date  hereof! 

XII.  Ldftlyj  The  Lords  Judices  and  General  do 
tindertake,  that  their  Majefties  will  Ratifie  the(e  Ar* 
tides  within  the  (pace  of^  Eight  Months,  or  ^ner, 
and  u(e  their  utmoft  Endeavours  that  the  (ame  may 
be  Ratified  and  Confirmed  in  Parliament. 

XIIL  And  whereas  Colonel  7«ibii  Broxm  ftood  in- 
debted to  (everal  Protefbnts,  by  Judgments  of  Re- 
cord, which  appearing  to  the  late  Government,  the 
Lord  T^cmnel^  and  the  Lord  Lucdn^  took  away  the 
Efl^s  the  £ud  John  Br^wn  had  to  anfwer  the  iaid 
Debts,  and  promiied  to  clear  the  iaid  f^  Bramn<£ 
the  &id  Debts  \  which  E&ds  were  uken  for  the 
publick  uie  of  the  inyb,  and  their  Army :  For  the 
it^ing  the  laid  Lord  Lucan  of  the  iaid  Ennge* 
ment ,  jpaft  on  the  Publick  Account ,  for  rav* 
flient  of  the  iaid  Proteftants ;  for  preventins  tne 
Ruin  of  the  iaid  J^hn  Brown^  and  for  Satisbi^i- 
on  of  his  Creditors ,  at  the  tnibnoe  of  the  i»id 
Lord  LifC4if,and  the  reft  of  the  Perions  afoceiaid,  k  is 

agreedt 


({a  The  appendix] 

agrced,*That  the  faid  Lords  }ufticcs,and  Lieutenant 
General  Ginckle^  (hall  interpofe  with  the  King  and 
Parliament,  to  have  the  Eftates  fecur'd  to  the  I{o^ 
man  Catholicks,  by  Articles  and  Capitulations  m 
this  Kingdom,  charged  with  and  equally  liable 
to  the  Payment  of  fo  much  of  the  faid  Debt,  as 
the  4id  Lord  Lucan^  upon  ftating  Accompts  with 
the  fiiid  John  Brown^  fhall  certifie  under  his  Hand, 
that  the  IS&tGt  taken  hrom  the  (aid  John  Bromt^  a- 
mounts  unto  J  which  Accompts  are  to  be  ftated, 
and  the  BaUance  certified  by  the  faid  Lord  Lucan 
in  Twelve  Days  after  the  Date  hereof. 

For  the  Performance  whereof,  We  have  hereunto 
fet  our  Hands, 

Charles  Porter^  ^C^'  ^^^-f^^^f 


Bar.DeGinekley<J^heob.  Btutler^ 
Lucan^  K^Jjohn  Brmn^ 

Gallmayj  ^^Ger.  Diim. 

ScravttiVMTc^ 
Prefcnt    H.  Maccay^ 
T.  Talmnjh. 

The  ether  ARTICLES- 

L  'THAT  all  Perlbns,  without  any  Exceptions 
*  of  what  Quality  or  Omdition  foever,  that 
arc  willing  to  leave  the  Kingdom  ot  Ireland^  (hall 
have  free  leave  to  go  beyond  the  Seas  to  any  Coun- 
try {England  and  Scotland  excepted)  where  they 
tluok  fit  with  their  Families,  and  HouihoId*Snitt» 
Plate  and  Jewels. 
IL  That  all  the  General  Officers,  Colonels,  and 

{enerally  dl  other  Officers  of  Horfe,  Dragoons,  and 
oot  Guards,  Troops,  Dragoons,  Soldiers  of  all 
kind,  that  arc  in  any  Garrifoi,  Place  or  Port,  now 
in  the  Hands  of  the  Irijh^  or  encamped  in  the  Coun- 
ties of  Corit,  Clare  ox  Kerry ^  as  alio  thofe  called  Rap- 
parees,  or  Voluntiers,  that  arc  willing  to  go  be- 
yond  Seay  as  afordaid,  ihall  have  free  Ubcrty  to 


the  AppeHrlix.  6$ 

lEmbark  themselves  wberefoever  the  Ships  are,  that 
are  appointed  to  tranfport  them ;  and  to  ^orile  in 
whole  Bodies,a8  they  are  now  compos'd,orin  Parties, 
Companies  or  otherwise,  without  having  any  hor 
pediment  dirccSrly  or  indireftly. 

III.  That  all  Perfbn^  abovemcntion'd,  that  are 
willing  to  leave  Ireland^  and  go  into  France^  have 
leave  to  declare  it  at  the  Places  and  Times  here- 
after mention'd,  vt^.  The  Troops  in  Limericks  on 
iuefday  next  at  Um^r.ck^-^  the  Hor(e  at  their  Camg 
on  fVednefJajf ;  and  the  other  Forces  that  are  diu 
perfed  in  the  Counties  ofCUr^  Kpry^  and  C»rl^.  th<i 
1 8th  Day  of  thislnftant,  and  on  none  other,  before 
Monfieur  Turner otu  the  French  Intendant,  and  Co* 
lonel  yyitbcrs ;  ana^after  (uch  DeclariAtion  lb  made, 
the  Troops  that  will  go  into  France^  muft  remaiil 
under  the  Command  and  Difcipline  of  their  Offi- 
cers, that  are  to  conduA  them  thither :  And  De- 
ierters  of  each  Ude  (hall  be  given  up,  and  punifh'd 
accordingly. 

IV.  That  all  Engiijh  and  icotcb  Officers  that 
(erve  now  in  IrcUndy  QuU  be  included  m  this  ca- 
pitulation, as  well  for  the  feciirity  of  their  Eftates 
and  Goods  in  England,  icotland  and  treiand^  if  they 
are  willing  to  remain  here,  as  for  pafling  freely  in- 
to Franccj-ac  any  other  Country  to  (erve. 

V.  That  all  the  General  French  Officers,  the  In-  . 
tendantj  the  Engineers,  the  CommilTarie^  at  War, 
and  of  the  Artillery,  the  Treafarer,  and  other  French 
Officers,  and  Strangers,  and  others  whatfbevef, 
that  are  in  SJigo^  [{ofsy  Clare^  or  in  the  Army,  or 
that  do  trade  and  commerce,  or  are  otherwife  em- 
ployM  in  any  kind  of  Station,  or  Condition,  (hall 
nave  leave  to  pafs  into  France^  or  any  other  Country^ 
and  (ball  have  leave  to  Ship  themielves,  with  all 
their  Horfes,  Equipage,  Plate,  Papers,  and  all  o- 
ther  Effects  whatlbever ;  and  that  General  Ginfde 
will  Order  Patpons  for  them,  Convoys,  and  Car- 
riages, by  Land  and  Water,  to  carry  them  fafe  from 
Limerickjo  the  Ships,  where  they  (hall  be  eihbarkcd, 
without  paying  any  thing  for  the  (aid  Carriages, 
or  thofe  that  are  employed  therein,  with  their  Hor- 
feSj  Carts,  Boats  and  Shallops. 

E  e  ^  VI.  Thai 


66.  The  /IppenJ/x. 

VI.  That  5f  any  of  theaforefiid  Equipages,  Mer* 
chandixcs,  Hortes,  Money,  Plate,  or  other  Movea- 
bles, or  Houftiold  Stuff,  belonging  to  the  fiid  Iri/h 
Troops,  or  to  the  French  Officers,  or  other  particu- 
lar Perfons  whatfoever,  be  robbed,  deftroy'd,  or 
taken  away  by  the  Troops  of  the  (aid  General,  the 
lliid  General  will  order  it  to  be  reftored,  or  pay- 
ment be  made  according  to  the  Value  rhat  is  given 
in  upon  Oath  by  the  Perfon  fb  robbed  or  pl«n- 
dered.  And  the  (aid  Jr//^  Troops  1:0  be  tranfjx)rt- 
cd  as  afore(aid :  And  all  Perfons  belonging  ro  .them, 
arc  to  obftrve  good  Orders  in  their  March  and 
Quarters ;  and  mall  reftore  whatever  they  (hall  take 
from  the  Country,  or  make  Satisfaftion  for  the 

fame. 

VIL  That  to  facilitate  the  Tranfporting  of  the 
Troops,  the  General  will  furnilh  Fifty  Ships,  and 
each  Ship  Burthen  Two  Hundred  Tuns;  for  which 
the  Perfons  to  be  trai^fported,  (hall  not  be  obliged 
to  pay ;  and  Twenty  more  if  there  (ball  be  occa- 
Con,  without  their  paying  for  them  ;  and  that  if  any 
of  the  (aid  Ships  fliall  be  lefler  Burthen,  lie  will 
Furnifh  more  in  number  to  countervail ;  and  alio 
give  two  Men  of  War  to  Embark  the  Principal  Offi- 
cers, and  ferve  for  a  Convoy  to  the  Veflels  of  Bur- 
then. 

VIII.  That  a  Commiflary  be  immediately  fent 
to  Cork  to  vifit  the  Tranfport  Ships,  and  what  con- 
dition they  are  in  for  Sailing ;  and  that  as  foon  as 
they  are  ready  the  Troops  to  be  Tranfported  (hall 
march  with  all  convenient  fpeed  the  nearcft  way,  in 
order  to  be  embarked  there :  And  if  there  (hall  be 
any  more  Men  to  be  Tranlported  than  can  be  carri- 
cd  ofJ'  in  the  (aid  fo  Ships,  the  red  fhall  quit  the 
Englljh  Town  of  Limerick,^  and  march  to  ftch 
Quarters  as  (hall  be  appointed  for  them,  convenient 
for  their  Tran(portation  ;  where  they  (hall  remain 
till  the  other  %q  Ships  are  ready,  which  arc  to  be  in 
a  Months  time,  and^  may  Embark  in  any  French 
Ship  that  may  come  in  the  mean  time. 

IX.  That  the  faid  Ships  (hall  be  fiimifhM  with 
Torrage  for  Hor(es,  and  all  neceflary  Provi(ions  to 
&blift  the  Officers,  Troops,  Dragoons  and  Soldx- 


The  Appendix.  ^7 

ers,  and  all  other  Perlotis,  that  are  Shipped  to  b<? 
Tranfjjorted  into  France  ;  which  Provifions  fljall  be 
paid  for  as  foon  as  all  is  Difimbarked  at  Breit^  or 
Nants  ontheCoaft  of  Brittany^  or  any  other  Port  in 
Vrance  they  can  make. 

X.  And  to  (ccure  the  return  of  the  (aid  Ships, 
( the  Danger  of  the  Seas  excepted  /  and  for  the  Pay- 
ment of  the  laid  Provifions ,  fiifficient  Hoftages 
ftiall  be  ^ivcn. 

XI.  That  the  Gzrrlfons  ofCl/tre-Caftle^  I{pfs   and 
all  other  Foot  that  are  in  Garrifons.  in  th§  Counties 
of  Ciare^  C(?ri^  and  I^erry  (hall  have  the  advantage  of 
this  Capitulation ;  and  (uch  pirt  of  the  GarriloQs 
that  deligti  to  go  beyond   Seas,   (hall  march  out 
with  their  Arms,   Baggage,  Drums  beating.   Ball 
in  Mouth,  Match  lighted  at  both  ends.  Colours  fly- 
ing, with  all  their  Provifions,  and  half  the  Ammu- 
nition that  is  in  the  (aid  Garri(bn  Towns,  with  the 
Horfe  that  march  to  be  tranfported ;  or  if  then  there 
IS  not  Shipping  enough  for  the  Body  of  Foot  that 
is  to  be  tranfported  next  after  the  Hor(e,  General 
GJnl^ie  will  order,  that  they  be  fumi{hed  with  Car- 
riages for  that  purpo(e ;  and  what  Provifion  they 
fhall  want  for  their  March,  they  paying  for  the 
(aid  Provifions,  or  elfe  that  t)iey  may  take  it  out  of 
their  own  Magazines. 

XII.  That  all  the  Troops  of  Hor(c  and  Dra- 
goons that  are  in  the  Counties  of  Corkn  Ks^ry^  aad 
CUre^  (hall  have  the  Benefit  of  this  Capitulation, 
and  that  (uch  as  will  pa(s  into  France  fhall  have 
Quarters  given  them  in  the  Counties  of  Clare  and 
K^rry^  apart  from  the  Troops  commanded  by  Ge- 
neral Ginkel^  until  they  can  be  Shipped  ;  and  with- 
in their  Quarters  they  (hall  pay  for  all  things,  «x- 
cepting  Forrage  and  Pafture  for  their  Horfes,  which 
(hall  be  furni(hcd  Gratis. 

XIII.  Thofe  of  the  Garrifon  of.S//Vo,  that  Ire 
join'd  to  the  Irijh  Army,  (hall  have  the  Benefit  of 
the  Capitulation,  and  orders  (hall  be  font  to  them 
that  are  to  convoy  them  up,  to  bring  them  hither 
to  Limerick^xhi^  (horteft  way. 

XIV.  The  Li[h  may  have  Liberty  to  tranfport 
$00  Horfc,  including  Horfcs  for  the  OiTicers,  which 


■n 


<i8  The  Appendix. 

(hall  be  tranfponed  Gratis :  And  as  fof  the  Troops 
that  ftay  behind,  thejr  (hall  difpolc  of  hemfelves  as 
they  (hall  think  fit,  giving  up  their  Arms  and  Horfes 
to  fijch  Perfong  as  the  General  {hA\  appoint. 

XV.  Itlhallbe  permirrcd  for  tUo(e  that  are  ap- 
pointed to  take  care  for  the  Subfiftance  of  the  Horfe, 
that  are  willing  to  ^o  into  France^  to  buy  Hay  and 
Corn,  at  the  King  s  Rates,  where  thv^y  can  find  it, 
in  the  Quarters  that  are  ailigncd  for  them,  without 
any  Let  or  Moleftation  ;  and  to  carry  all  necefl&ry 
Provifions  out  of  the  City  of  Limerick :  And  for 
this  purpofe  the  G<  neral  will  furnlfh  convenient 
Carnages  (or  them,  to  the  place  where  they  ihall  be 
Embarked. 

XVI.  It  (hall  be  Lawful  to  make  ufe  of  the  Hay 
preferved  in  the  Stores  of  the  County  of  f^ny^  for 
ihe  Horfes  that  (hall  be  Emb:irked  ;  and  if  there  be 
notenough.it  (hall  be  Lawful  o  buy  t  lay  andOates, 
where  cVer  it  (h;illbc  found,  at  the  King's  Rates. 

XVII.  That  all  Priloners  of  War,  that  were  in 
Ireland  the  28th  of  SeptcnuK^r^  (hall  be  (ct  at  Liberty 
on  both  (ides ;  and  the  General  promWes  to  u/e  his 
Endeavours,  that  Prifbners  that  are  in  England  ^nd 
Flanders  may  be  (et  at  Liberty  alia 

XVIII.  The  General  will  caufe  Provi(jons  and 
Medicines  to  the  Sick  and  Wounded  Officers, 
Troops,  Dragoons,  and  Soldiers  of  the  Irifh  Army, 
that  cannot  pais  into  France  at  the  Embarkment ; 
and  after  they  are  cured  will  order  them  Ships  to 
pafs  into  France^if  they  are  willing. 

XIX.  That  at  the  Signing  hereof,  the  General 

will  (end  a  Ship  Exprefi  into  France ;  and  then,  be- 

fides,  will  hirni(h  two  finall  Ships,   of  thole  that 

are   now  in  the  River  of  Litnerick.-,  to  t  ran/port 

.  two  Perlbns  into  France^  that  are  to  be  lent  to  eive 

notice  of  this  Treaty  ;  and  that  the  Comnlanders 

bf  the  laid  Ships  (Kail  have  Orders  to  put  a  (hore 

at  the  next  place  of  France  where  they  (hall  make. 

XX.  That  all  thole  of  the  laid  Troops,  Officers, 
and  others,  of  whatCharafter  Ibever,  that  would 
pals  into  France^  (hall  not  be  ftppt  upon  the  account 
of  Debt,  or  any  other  pretence. 

XXI.  If  after  Signing  this  preieqt  Treaty,   and 

after 


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The  Appendix.  69 

after  the  arrival  of  the  Fleet,  a  French  Packet-B6ar» 
or  orher  Tranfport  Ship,  fhall  arrive  from  France ^ 
in  any  other  part  of  LeUnd^  the  Genenl  will  orcjer 
a  Pals  Port,  not  only  for  fuch  as  muft  go  aboard  the 
fiiid  Ship,  but  to  the  Ships  ro  come  to  the  nearefl 
Port  to  the  place  where  the  Troops  to  be  iranf.^ 
ported  (hall  be  quartered. 

XXII.  That  after  the  arrival  of  the  (aid  Fleet, 
there' (hall  be  a  free  Communication  and  Paflage 
between  it  and  the  abovefaid  Troops,  and  efpecial- 
ly  for  all  thofi*  that  have  Pafles  from  the  chief  Com- 
manders of  the  fdid  Fleet,  or  from  Monlieur  Tume* 
Ton  the  Intendant. 

XXIII.  In  conlideratlon  of  the  prefcnt  Capltula* 
tion,  the  Town  of  Limtrick  Oiall  be  deliver^  and 

ut  into  the  Hands  of  the  General,  or  any  orher/ 
erfon  he  (hall  appoint,  at  the  Time  and  Days 
hereafter  fpecilied,  v/^.  The  Irijh  Town,  except 
the  Magazines  and  Hofpitals,  on  the  Day  of  Sign- 
ing tUe  prefent  Articles  ;  and  as  for  the  Englifh 
Town,  It  (hall  remain  together  with  the  IJIand^  and 
the  free  Paffage  of  Thtmond  Bridge,  in  the  Hands  of 
tho(c  of  the  Irifh  Army  that  are  in  the  Garrilbn, 
or  that  fhall  hereafter  come  h-om  the  Counties  of 
Ccrk.^  Clare^  Ksrrjf^  Sltgo^  and  other  places  above- 
mention'd,  until  there  hie  Convenience  fbyqd  for 
their  TTanfportation. 

XXIV.  And  to  prevent  all  Di(brders  that  may 
happen  between  the  'Garriibn,   that  the  General 
will  place  in  the  H/h  Town,  which  (hall  be  deli- 
vered to  him,  and  the  Iri/h  Troops  that  (hall  remaia 
in  the  Engljfh  Town  and  Ifland,  which  they  may  do, 
until  the  Troops  to  be  Embarked  on  the  ro  Ships 
(hall  be  gone  for  France^  and  no  longer ;  tftey  (hall 
intrench  themfelves  on  both  fides^to  hinder,  the  Com- 
munication of  the  (aid  Garrifons ;  and  it  (hall  be  pro- 
hibited on  both  (ides,  to  offer  any  thirigoffen(^ve,aD4 
the  Parties  offending  (hall  be  puni(h'don  cither  (ide. 

•XXV.  That  it  (hall  be  Lawfiil  for  the  faid  Qarri- 
rifon  to  march  out  all  at  once,  or  at  difterrent  timeSi^ 
a'5  they  can  be  Enibarked,  with  Anhi,  Baggage, 
Drums  beating,  Match  lighted  at  both  ends,  baU 
Cts  in  Mouth,  Colours  flying,  fix  Braia  QuaSj  fi^ch^ 

Ev  15  as, 


yQ  The  Appendix. 

as  the  Befieged  will  chufe,  two  Mortar- pieces,  and 
balf  the  Ammunition  that  is  now  in  the  Magazines 
ofthe (aid Place.  Andforthat  purpoft,  an  Inven- 
tory of  the  Ammunition  of  the  fiid  Garrifon  fhall 
be  made  in  the  prcfence  of  any  Pcrfon  th  it  the  Ge- 
neral Ihall  appoint,  the  next  Day  after  the  Articles 
fliall  be  Sign  d. 

XXVI.  All  the  Magazines  of  Provifions  (hall 
rem.iin  in  the  Hands  of  thofc  that  are  employed  to 
take  care  of  the  (ame,  for  the  fobliftance  of  the 
Irijh  Army  that  will  pafe  into  Fmnce^  and  that  if 
there  fhull  not  be  (uflficieni  in  the  Stores  lor  the 
Support  of  the  fiiid  Troops  while  theyftay  in  this 
Kingdom,  and  are  crofCng  the  Seas;  Thir,  upon 
giving  account  of  Lhc^ir  Numbers,  the  General  will 
fumifti  them  with  fiifficient  Provifions  at  the  King's 
Rates  ;  and  that  there  (hall  be  a  free  Market  at 
Limerick^  and  other  Quartt  rs  where  the  Troops  fliall 
be,  and  in  calc  any  Provifions  fliall  remain  in  L/ww- 
ricJt  when  the  Town  fliall  be  given  up  it  fliall  be  va- 
lued,  and  the  Price  deduced  out  of  what  is  to  be 
paid  for  the  Provifions  to  be  fumiflied  to  the  Troops 
a  Ship-board 

XXVII.  That  there  fliall  be  a  Ccflation  of  Arms 
at  Land,  and  alfb  at  Sea,  with  refpeft  to  the  Ships, 
whether  £«^/j7fc,  DutcL  or  French,  defigned  for  the 
Tranlportation  of  the  (aid  Troops  untill  they  be 
returned  unto  their  rcfpeftive  Harbours ;  and  that 
on  both  fides  they  fliall  be  furniflied  fiifficientlv 
with  Pafe  Forts,  both  for  Ships  and  Men :  And  if 
any  Sea  Commander,  or  Captain  of  a  Ship,  or 
any  Officer,  Trooper,  Dragoon,  Soldier,  or  other 
Perfcn  fti'^ll  aft  contrary  to  this  Ceffation,  the  Per- 
jfons  (b  adtiiig  fliall  be  puniflied  on  either  fide,  and 
Satisriftion  fliall  be  made  for  the  wrong  done  ;  Of. 
fie  rs  fliall  be  fent  to  the  Mouth  of  the  River  of 
Limerick_^  to  give  notice  to  the  Commanders  of  the 
Englijh  and  Ftencb  Fleets  ol  the  preftnt  Conjun<Shire, 
that  they  may  obfervc  the  Ceflation  of  Arms  uc^ 
cordingiy. 

XXVill.  For  the  lecurity  of  this  prelent  Capi- 
tulation, and  of  each  Article  herein  contained,  the 

Befieged  will  give  the  following  Hojlagcs and 

the  General  will  give  — --  XXIX  If 


TIj€  Appendix.  7 1 

XXIX.  If  before  this  Capitulation  is  fully  execu- 
ted, there  happens  any  change  in  the  Government, 
Or  Command  of  the  Army,  which  is  now  Com- 
manded by  General  Glnck/e;  all  thoft  that  (hall  be 
appointed  to  command  the  fame,  (hiill  be  obliged  to 
obfcrve  and  execute'  what  is  fpecified  in  ihele  Ar- 
ticles, or  caufe  It  to  be  executed  pundlually ;  And 
fhall  not  a(5l  contrary  on  any  Account  whatfo- 
ever. 

Oclo.  3^.  1 69 1.  Baron  De  Ginckk^ 

La  Declaration  du  Due  de  Schombcrg,  aux 
Habitans  du  Dauphine ,  au  Nom  du 
Roi  dc  la  Grand*  Brciagne,  Guillautqe 
III 

^OMME  les  Violences  que  la  France  a  exerc^es 
^-^  (iir  tous  fes  Voifins  doivent  felre  craindre  a  fts  P^*^  h 
Sujets,  que  files  Allicz  entrcnt  dansfes  Etats,  ils^- ^^^ 
nVn  tirent  une  vengeance  proportipnnee  a  ce  qu'ils7?^ri*'**'» 
en  ont  (buffcrt,  Nous  croyons  les  devoir  informer^^^'j^^'"  jf 
des  intentions  du  Roy  noftre  Maiftrc.  Cburch^^ 

ToutelaTerre  fait  qu'on  la  force  i  prendre  les  #^;  Savov 
Armes  ;  S;;s  Etats  de  laBourgogne  ttoient  injufte- London 
ment  faifis ;    Sa  Principaute  d'Orange  £-toit  s'ac-  stid  then 
cagce,  &  tout  fts  Sujets  opprimez  .-  Les  Injufticesc;;&j^/#/« 
qu'on  lui  faifbit  etoient  accompagnees  de  mtniercs^*  ^''Gr#f* 
lafchesficindignes  •  &(esEnnemis  portantleurFu-^^^*^^/ 
reurjuCjues  dans  ravcnir,  trayailloientalui  6terce^^T^"** 
que  la  Naiflance  &  la  Succelllon  devoient  un  jour     *»' 
lui  donner.    Ce  nVft  done  que  pour  conferver  (on 
Bien  &  fes  Droits  qu'^il  a  cfte  contraint  de  recourir 
a  la  voye  des  Armes,  &  aulfi  ne  pretend  II  les  cm- 

Sloyer  que  poyr  conlerver  i;out  le  Monde  dans  {q% 
Jens  &  dans  (es  Droits. 

C'eft  pourquoy  s'il  me  fait  entrer  en  France,  Ion 
imention  eft  de  retablir  la  Noblefle,  les  Parlemens, 
&  le  Peuple  diins  leur  ancien  Luftrc  j  Et  les  Provin- 
ces dasis  leurs  Privileges  ;  il  (ait  que  la  Noblefle  eft 
fouUe  aux  Pieds  j  Que  les  Parlemens  font  fans  au- 

E  e  e  4  thorite, 


*  • »  • » 


j%  the  Appendix, 

thorite,  que  &  le  Pcuple  eft  sccabic  par  Ics  Impcfts 
Mais  fi  aujourd'huy  la  Noblcflc,  Icj  Parlemens,  & 
Ic  Peuple  n'abandonnent  pas  Icurs  interefts,  &  ne 
negligent  pas  une  occafion,  qu'ils  nc  retrouveronc 
peuCecrc  jamais ;  lis  verront  leurs  Eracs  Generaux  qui 
ConCrvcront  les  GentiKhomiqes  dans  les  Privileges 
de  leurNaiflance,  qui  rendront  aux  Parlemens  leur 
Eclat,  &  leur  Autorltfe,  &  qui  dclivreront  le  Peuple 
des  Taxes  qui  les  dcvorent. 

Le  Roy,  mon  Maiftre,  tf  ayant  done  pris  les  Ar- 
xnes  que  pour  maintenir  les  Droits  d'autruy  &  les 
Siens ;  Cell  (ans  fordement  que  les  Ennemis  veulenc 
faire  piflcr  cette  Guerre  pour  uneGuerre  deReligion; 
C'eft  un  Artifice  pour  allumer  le  faux  zele  des  Peuples, 
&  un  Picgc  tenclu  i  leur  credulity,  afin  qu'ils^fe  lait 
ftnt  Saicnerjuiques  i  la  demiere  Goute.  MelHeursdu 
Clerg6  K>nt  trop  habiles  pour  donner  dans  un  Piece 
li  groliier,  les  Caufes  &  les  veritables  Auteurs  de 
cette  Guerre  ne  leur  etanc  pas  inconnus :  Quoi  qu'il 
en  (bitj  Je  Declare  i  tous  les  Ecclefiaftiques,  en  guel- 
que  Dignit^  qu'ils  Ibient,  que  le  Roi,  mon  Maiftre, 
lesprend  f^ns  en  (a  Protefiion  que  leurs  Immuni- 
tez.  ieurs  PrIIeges  &  leurs  Biens  leur  (eront  exa^e- 
ment  conlirvez;  Que  Ton  chatiera  exemplaire- 
ment  ceux  qui  leur  feront  le  raolndre  outrage,  & 
quMl  ne  (era  aport6  aucui^  changepient  i  regard  de 
la  Religion  Romain^. 

Cept  ndant  les  Rois  d'Angleterre  ctant  Guarans  de 

TEdit  de  Naiires  par  la  Pai}?  de  Montpellier  &  plu- 

lleurs  autre  s  TraiteTi;  L,e  Roi,  mon  Maiftre,  croft 

itre  oblige  dc  maintenir  certe  Guarantie,  &  de  fai-r 

re  r^t^blir  TEd : t.    Tops  les  bons  Fmnpois  le  doivein 

aider,  puifque  cet  Edit  eft  Je  grand  Ouvrage  de  la  Sa- 

geffe  oe  Henry  IV.  dont  la  Mcmoire  leur  eft  (i  chc- 

re.    Les  Catholiqucs  Romaiqs  qui  ont  eu  la  genero- 

fit6  4c  voir  a^ec  compallioii  les  fouffrances  des  Re- 

formez,  verront  fans  doute  avec  plaifir  leur  R^t^- 

bliffement.    On  elbere  mefine  que   Mellieurs  du 

Clerg^,  ayatit  fait  ladefliis  de  plus  ferieufes  Reflf6H- 

ons,  ftrqnt  bicn  aifes  de  t^moigner  aujourd'huy,  p?r 

une  conduite  (age  iSc  Chr6tienne,  qu'ils  n -ont  eu  au- 

<:unc  part  ^  la  Violation  de  I'Edit,  {c  k  routes  les. 

Cruai^tez  qui  Tont  fuIWe.  ;  ^: 

0'ame^^^ 


The  AppenJix.  73 

D^aiUeurs  cmx  qui  noi|s  vicndront  jolndre  aiiront 
]es  recompenfes  &  les  marques  de  diftinfUon  que 
leurs  fervices  mcriteront,  &  que  nous  ferons  en  Etat 
de  leir donncr 

Mats  au  contraire,  ceyx  qui  bien  loin  de  nous  a!« 
der  ft  joindront  aux  Oppreueqrs  de  Icur  Patric,  doi- 
venr  s  attendre  i  toute  14  rigueur  des  Executions 
Milltaires. 

Et  nous  DeclaroQS  i  ceux  qui  voudront  vlyre  en 
repos  chez  eux,  qu'il  nc  leur  ftra  fait  aucun  ihal,  qj 
tTi  leurs  Biensj.nien  leurs  Peribnnes. 

• 

d  Atnbrun  le  29  /  4oufl  \6^%. 

The  Earl  of  M— ravcV  Speech  in  the  Upper 
Houfe  of  Parliament  upon  the  Bill  for 
Freedom  of  E/etlions,  anymore  Impartial 
proceedings  in  Par/i^ment^  1693^ 

nr  H  I S  Debate  is  of  fo  great  Confequence  that  I 
*  refolve  to  be  filent,  and  rather  to  he  advised  by 
the  Abiliry  of  others,  than  to  (hew  my  own  wane 
of  it :  befides  it  is  of  (o  ni'ce  a  Nature,  that  I  who 
fpeak  always  unpremedicately,  apprehend  extream- 
ly,  faying  any  thing  which  may  be  thought  the 
ieaft  Refle£fcing  •  tho'even  that  ought  not  to  reftraift 
a  Man  here  from  do'ng  one's  Duty  to  the  Publick,ia 
a  BuGnets  where  k  teems  to  be  fo  highty  con- 
cern'd. 

I  have  always  heard,  I  have  always  read  that  Fa- 
reign  Nations,  and  all  this  part  oi  che  World  hir/e 
admir'd  and  envied  the  Conftitution  of  this  Go- 
vernment. For  not  to  (peak  of  the  King*s  Power, 
here  is  a  Houfe  of  Lords  to  advife  him  on  all  Im- 
portant Occafions,  about  Peace  or  War ;  about  all .. 
thingsthat  may  concern  the  Nation,  the  Care  of 
which  is  very  much  inftrufted  to  your  Lordfhips.  But 
yet,  becaufe  your  Lordfhips  carinot  be  fo  Converfmc 
with  the  getierality  of  the  People,  nor  fo  conftinc- 
ly  in  the  Country  as  is  neceflkry  for  chat  purpofe, 

here 


yA  The  Appendix. 

here  is  a  Houle  of  G>ininons  alfb  chofeti  by  the 
very  People  themfelves  newly  come  from  among 
chfiHi,  or  (bould  be  fo,  to  reprefcnc  all  their  Griev. 
antes,  to  expreft  the  true  Mind  of  ijie  Nation, 
and  to  difpoje  of  their  Money,  at  lead  fo  far  as  to 
begin  all  bills  o\  that  Nature  ;  and  if  I  am  not; 
miuaken,  thje  very  Writ  for  Eleftions  tnt  down 
to  the  SheriS's  does  impower  them  to  chufe  ;  what  ? 
Their  Reprefentacives. 

Now,  my  Lords,  I  befeech  you  to  confider  the 
meaning  of  that  Word  B^fr^antAtive  \  is  it  to  do  any 
thing  contrary  to  their  Mind  ?  It  would  be  abfurd  to 
propofe  It :  And  yet  how  can  it  be  otlierwife,  U 
they,  after  being  chofen,  change  their  Dependency, 
engage  themfelves  in  Employments  plainly  incon- 
fiftenc  with  that  great  Truft  rcpos'd  in  them  ?  And 
that  I  will  ^Ake  the  Liberty  to  demonftrate  to  your 
Lordfliips  they  now  do,  at  leaft  according  to  my 
humble  Opinion. 

I  will  Inftance  firft  in  the  leaft  and  loweft  Inca- 
pacity, they  muft  be  under,  who  fo  take  Employ- 
ments. 

Your  Liordfhips  know  but  too  well  what  a  gene- 
ral Carelefocft  there  appears  every  Day,  more  and 
more  in  the  publtck  Bufine(s ;  i(  fo,  how  \%  ic 
likely  that  Men  (hould  be  as  diligent  in  their  Du- 
ty in  Parliament  as  that  Bufipefs  requires,  where 
Employments,  and  a  great  deal  of  other  Bufinefs 
Ihall  take  up  both  their  Minds  and  their  Time? 

But  then  in  fbme  Cafes  'tis  wor(e,  as  in  Com- 
mands of  the  Army,  and  other  E^mployments  of  that 
kind,  when  they  muft  have  a  divided  Duty :  For 
it  does  admirably  become  an  Officer  to  fit  Voting 
away  Money  in  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  while  his 
Soldiers  are  perhaps  taking  it  away  at  their  Quar- 
ters for  t(^antof  his  Prefence  to  reft  rain  them,  and 
of  better  Discipline  amodg  them  \  nay,  perhaps 
his  Troop  or  Regiment  n^ay  be  in  fbme  A6lIon  a- 
broad,  and  he  muft  either  have  the  fhame  of  being 
siblent  froin  them  at  fuch  a  time,  or  from  that  Hou^ 
M^here  he  is  intrufted  with  our  Libertlesf. 

To  this  I  have  heard  bjut  one  Obje^ion  by  a 
Noble  Lord,  i,hat  if  this  Aft  ibpuW  p?fs,  th^  King 

is 


The  Appendix.  7S 

is  not  allow'd  to  make  a  Giptain,  a  Colonel,  wich« 
out  difablinfl  him  to  fit  in  rarliament. 

Truely,  ifa  Captain  has  only  deferv'd  to  be  ad- 
vancM  (or  exposing  himfelf  in  Parliament)  I  think 
the  Nation  wou*d  have  no  great  lofs  in  the  King's 
letting  alone  fiich  a  Preferment. 

But,  my  Lords,  there  is  another  fort  of  Incapa- 
city yet  worle  than  this,  I  mean  that  of  Parliament 
Men's  having  fuch  Places  in  the  Exchequer,  as  the 
very  profit  or  them  depends  on  the  Money  given 
to  the  King  in  Parliament. 

Would  any  of  your  Lordfliips  (ent  and  intruft 
a  Man  to  make  a  Bargain  for  you,  whofe  very 
Intereft  {hall  be  to  make  you  give  as  much  as  ho 
can  poliibly  ?^ 

It  puts  me  in  mind  of  a  Farce,  where  an  Ador 
holds  a  Dialogue  with  himfelf,  (peaking  firft  in  ono 
Tone,  and  then  Anfwering  himlelf  in  another. 

Really,  my  Lords,  this  is  no  Farce,  for  'tis  no 
laughing  matter  to  undo  a  Nation :  But  *tis  alto- 
gether as  unnatural  for  a  Member  of  Parliament 
to  ask  firft  in  the  King's  Name  for  (uch^  a  fort  of 
Supply,  give  an  Account  from  him  how  much  is 
needful  towards  the  paying  (uch  an  Army,  or  fuch  , 
a  Fleet,  and  then  immediately  give  by  his  ready 
Vote  what  he  had  before  asK'd  by  his  Mailer's 
Order. 

,  Befides,  my  Lords,  there  is  foch  a  necefliiy  now 
for  long  Setiions  of  Parliaments,  and  the  very  Pri- 
vileges bek)nging  to  Members  are  of  (o  great  Ex- 
tent, that  it  would  be  a  little  hard  and  unequal  to 
other  Gentlemen  that  they  (hould  have  all  the  Pla- 
ces alfb. 

All  the  Obje6lions  that  have  been  made  may  be 
reduc'd  to  thefe. 

Firft,  'Tis  told  us,  that  'tis  a  difrcfpeSt  to  the 
King,  that  his  Servants  or  Officers  (hould  be  exclu- 
ded. 

To  this,  I  dcfire  it  may  be  confider'd,  that  'tis 
in  this  Cafe,  as  when  a  Tenant  fends  up  any  Bc>- 
dy  to  treat  for  him ;  Would  any  of  your  Lord. 
fliips  think  it  a  difrelpe6l,  nay,  would  the  King 
himfelf  think  it  any,  if  the  Temuit  would  njt 

wholly 


'y6  The  jlppeen^ix. 

wholly  refer  hlmftlf  to  one  of  your  own  Servant?,' 
or  the  Kinc's  Commiffi oners  in  the  Cafe  of  the 
Crown  ?  And  if  he  chufes  rather  fbme  plain  boneft 
Friend  of  his  6wn  to  fupply  his  AWence  here,  will 
any  Man  blame  (iich  a  Proceeding,  or  think  it  un- 
mannerly ? 

Befides,  your  Lordfhips  know  even  this  A£l  ad- 
mits them  to  be  chofen,  notwirhftanding  their  Em- 
ployments^ ffrovided  the  Eleftors  know  it  firft,  and 
are  not  deceived  in  their  Choice. 

All  we  would  prevent  if,  that  a  good  rich  Cor- 
poration (hould  not  chiifc  to  intruft  with  all  their 
Liberties  a  plain  honeft  Country  Neighbour,  and 
find  him  within  Six  Month  chanced  into  a  prefer- 
red cunning  Courtier ;  who  Inall  tye  them  to 
their  Choice,  tho'  he  is  no  more  the  fame  Man,^ 
than  if  he  were  turn'd  Papift,  which  by  the  Law 
as  it  (lands  already,  puts  an  Incapacity  upon  him. 

Another  Objeftion  is,  that  this  AA  may  by  ita 
Confequence  prolong  this  Parliament,  which  they 
allow  would  be  a  very  great  Grievance,  and  yet 
^ppofe  the  King  ca]>able  of  putting  it  upon  us, 
wnich  I  have  too  m'uch  RefpeA  for  him  to  ad- 
mit  of;  tho'  I  am  clad  however,  that  *ris  objeft- 
cdby  Privy-Counccllors  in  Fjvour,who  confcquenr- 
ly,  I  hope,  will  never  advife  a  thing  which  they 
now  exclaim  againft  as  fo  great  a  Grievance. 

But  prajr,  my  Lords,  what  (hould  tempt  the 
King  to  ft)  ill  a  Policy  ?  Can  he  fear  a  freedom  of 
Choice  in  the  People,  to  whoft  good  Will  he  owes 
all  his  Power,  which  theft  Lords  fiippofe  \^t  may 
Ufe  to  their  Pr-cjudice? 

And  therefore  give  me  leave  to  (ay,  as  I  muft 
not  ifufpeS  htm  of  fo  ill  a  Defign  a*?  the  perpetua- 
ting this  Parliament,  fo  he  cannot,  he  ought  not  to 
fiifpc6k  a  >IatIon  fo  entirely,  I  was  going  to  lay,  fa 
fondly  devoted  to  him. 

My  Lords,  no  Man  is  readier  than  my  ftlf  to 
allow  that  we  owe  the  Crown  ail  Subniflion  as  to  the 
time  of  calling  Parliaments  according  to  Law,  and 
appointing  al(o  where  they  fliali  nt.  But  with 
Reverence  be  it  f5x)ken,  the  King  owes  the  Nation 
entire   trecdom  in  cbufing  their  Reprel^tatives ;' 

and 


The  Appendix.  77 

and  It  IS  no  left  his  Duty  ^^  than  'tis  his  true  Intereft, 
that  (lich  a  fair  and  juil  r loceeding  (hould  be  uled 
cowards  us. 

ConGder,  my  Lords,  of  what  mighty  Confc- 
qucncc  it  may  be,  that  (b  many  Votes  mould  be 
free,  when  upon  one  fingle  one  may  depend  the 
Whole  (ecuricy  or  loft  of  this  Nation.  By  one  fin- 
gle Vote  iuch  things  may  happen,  that  I  almoft 
tremble  to  think :  By  one  (itigle  Vote  a  General 
Excife  may  begrantedy  and  then  we  are  all  loft ;  ^1 
one  fingle  Vote  the  Crown  may  be^  impower'd  to 
Name  all  the  CommiiTioners  for  raifing  the  Taxes, 
and  then  (urely  we  fliou'd  be  in  a  tair  way  to- 
wards it. 

Nay,  whatever  has  happened  may  again  be  ap.' 
prehended  \  and  I  hope  thofe  Reverend  Prelates  will 
reflc(^,  that  if  they  grow  once  obnoxious  to  a  pre* 
valent  Party,  one  fingle  Voice  may  be  as  dange- 
rous to  that  Bench,  as  a  general  diflatisfiation  a- 
mong  the  People  proved  to  be  one  in  a  late  Expe- 
periencc  /  Wnich  1  am  far  from  faying  by  Wa]^ 
of  Threatnteg,  but  only  by  way  of  Caution. 

My  Lords,  V^e  may  think  becaufe  this  concerns 
not  tne  Houfe  of  Lords,  that  we  need  not  be  (00- 
yer  careful  of  the  Matter;  but  there  are  Noblemea 
in  /r/twctf,  at  Icall  iiich  as  were  (b  before  they  were 
cnQav'd,  who  that  they  might  domineer  over  o- 
thers,  and  ferve  a  preftnt  turn  perhaps,  let  all  things 
alone  lo  long  till  the  people  were  quite  nufter*d, 
and  [he  Nobillry  thcmfclvcs  too,  to  bear  them 
Company. 

%o  that  I  never  met  a  Prencbman^  even  of  the 
created  Rank  (and  (bmc  bad  loooo  Pi  doles  a 
Year  in  Employments^  that  did  not  envv  us  here 
for  adt  freedom^  from  that  Slavery  which  they  groan 
under;  and  this  I  have  obfervM  univerfally,  ex- 
cept iuft  Monfieur  de  Louvoy^  Monfieur  Colbsrt^  or 
fiich  People,  bccaule  they  were  the  Minifters  them- 
lelveslRrho  occafionM  thefe  Complaints,  and  thrived 
by  the  OpprelLon  of  others. 

My  Lords,  This  Country  of  ours  Is  verjr  apt  to 
be  proTok'd ;  we  have  bad  a  late  Experience  o^ 
it,  and  th9^  no  Wifeman^  but  would  bear  a  great 

deal 


7  8  The  Appendix. 

deal  rather  than  make  a  Buftle  ;  yet  really  the  Peo^ 
p\t  are  otherwife  and  at  any  time  change  a  pre-* 
(ent  Uneafinefs,  for  any  other  Condition^  tho'  a 
worfe  ^  we  have  lcni>wn  it  (6  too  ofun,  and  (bmetiroed 
repented  it  too  late. 

Let  them  not  have  this  new  Provocation  in  being 
debarr'd  from  a  fecurity  in  their  Reprcfentativcs  r 
For  malicious  People  will  not  fail  to  infufc  into 
their  Minds  that  all  thole  vaft  Sums,  which  have 
been  and  ftill  muft  be  raisM  towards  this  War,  are 
not  difpos'd  away  in  (b  fair  a  manner  as  ought  to 
be^  and  I  am  afraid  they  will  &y  their  Money  is 

not  riven  but  tal^n, 

Hfowever,  whateVe  fuccefs  this  Bill  may  have, 
there  muft  needs  come  fome  good  EflFeft  of  it :  For 
If  It  paffes,  it   will  give  us  Security :    If  it  be  ob- 
•    ftru(fted,  it  will  give  us  fVaming. 

Tropofah  of  Peace  made  to  Kittg  WILLI- 
A  M  jrom  FRANCE,  through  the  Me- 
diatian  of  the  King  cfDEhl  MARK. 

London  Decern.  19th  O.  S.  16^4. 

SIR, 

T^He  Defolation  this  prefent  War  carries  into  moft 
^  Parts  of  Eurofe^^  together  with  the  Duty  in- 
cumbent on  a  Chriftian  King,  to  apply  all  the  Re- 
medies that  lie  in  his  Power  to  fb  general  a  Calami- 
ty, oblige  the  Kin§  of  Denmark^^  my  Maftcr,  to 
imparr  to  Your  Majefty,  thoft  Propofils  of  Peace 
which  tlie  moft  Chriftian  King  has  Communicated 
to  Him.  My  Mafter  might  have  realbn  to  decline 
hi?  Offices  towards  the  Peace  jof  Europe^  and  taking 
upon  him  fb  important  a  Negotiation,  fiiice  the  Ad- 
v  nces  He  has  already  made,  as  well  as  the  King  of 
Sx9?dcn,  have  not  only  provM  Ineflfeitual,  but  like* 
wife  huve  been  lb  mifconftrufted,  as  to  render  them 
iufpe6ted.  Neverthelefi  it  is  moft  evident,  that 
without  any  profpe^l  of  private  Intcrcfl:  ( the  Uni- . 

Qtt 


The  /ippcfidiXk 

on  of  the  KoYthcrn  Cro^T\%,  for  the  Security  of  the 
Trade  of  their  refpe^live  Subjefts  being  (6  well  Efta- 
blifh'd,  and  enjoying  the  Privilcdges  of  Neutrality 
that  the  continuation  of  the  War  might  very  mucfi 
cncreafe  the  Riches  of  their  Majefties  Dominions  ) 
the  publick  Welfere  of  Eurcfe^  and  the  defirc  to 
fee  a  juft  and  lafting  Peace  reftor'd,  ha\re  prevailed 
above  all  other  Conhderations.  Wherefore  the  King 
tn^  Matter,  has  repreftnted  to  the  moft  Chriftian 
King,  That  the  Propofels  which  he  has  made  hi- 
therto towards  a  General  Peace,  haVe  been  look'd 
upon  by  the  Confederates  rather  as  a  means  to  diC 
Unite  them,  andtocrufli  and  fiibdue  them  one  af- 
ter another,  than  as  a  Mark  of  his  fincere  la- 
tentions  of  fettling  the  publick  Repofe.  Bat  his 
moft  Chriftian  Majefty,  to  remove  all  manner  of 
Diftruff,  has  not  only  by  repeated  Proteftations, 
aflured  the  King,  mjr  Mifter,  of  the  Sincerity  of 
his  Sentiments  in  this  Affair,  but  has  likewife  de- 
liver'd  a  Projeft  of  General  Peace,  and  added  to 
the  Conditions  that  concern  the  Empire,  and  which 
are  already  known  to  Your  Majefty,  feme  others 
relatingtothereftof  the  Allies,  which  arecomprc* 
hended  in  the  following  Heads, 

L  That  notwithftanding  the  Advantages  his 
Arms  have  gain'd  this  Campaicn,  no  Alteration- 
fliall  be  made  in  the  Conditions  his  moft  Chriftian 
Majefty  has  already  ofFer'd  to  the  Emperor ,  the 
Princes  and  States  of  the  Empire,  and  the  Dukes  of 
Lcrrain  and  Savoy, 

II.  His  Majefty  fliall  reftore  to  the  Catholick 
King  the  Important  Plzce  oE  J(pfes,  that  of  BHvers^ 
and  whatever  has  been  Conquered  in  Capalonta  du- 
ring the  prefeiit  Wir. 

III.  Towards  the  forming  a  Barrier  in  the  Lov/- 
Countries,  which  may  remove  all  manner  of  Jea-» 
loufie  and  Uneafinefs  frort  the  Stttes  of  Holland,  his 
ttioftChriftian  Majefty  -fliall,  upon  that  Confidera- 
tion,  rcfftore  the  Places  of  Mom  and  Namur  to  the 
King  of  Sfnin^  and  cairfe  Chnrlcroy  to  beriized. 

IV.  His  (aid  Majefty  ihall  reftore  to  thdBifliop, 
of  Liege  the  Town  and  Cattle  of  Hu;^  and  recom- 

penfe 


8o  The  Appeit^ix. 

penlc  him  for  Dlwant ,  and  BouiBon^  hy  annexing 
up6n  that  Account,  to  his  Biflioprick,  luch  a  Por 
tion  of  ihc  Country  of  Luxernhfirh  as  ihall  be moft 
convenient  to  that  Bifliop,  and  judg'd  equivalent  by 
Arbitrators. 

V.  His  Majv^fty  contents  that  the  Treaty  of  Com- 
tncrce.  made  at  Nimeguen  with  the  States,  be  re- 
newed without  any  Alteration. 

VI.  His  Majelty  thinks  the  States  of  H<fHand  will 
be  glnd  to  obtain  Hich  important  Reftitutions,  and' 
to  put  an  end  to  the  War  by  a  Peace  (b  advantage*- 
ous  both  to  Spam  and  all  the  Allies,  elpecially  aiter 
th^'  profperous  Campaigns  of  France^  which  may 
ftiil  be  attended  with  others  no  leis  fticcefsful.  But 
that  neither  Holland^  nor  any  other  State  of  Eurofe 
may  have  any  Ground  of  apprehnifion,  tliat  upon 
tr  tence  of  new  Rights,  his  Majefty  will  extend 
the  Boundaries  of  his  Dominions  in  the  Low-Coun- 
tries, beyond  what  (hall  be  regulated  by  the  Trea- 
ty his  Majefty  declares.  That,  in  ca(e  the  King 
of  Spain  dies  without  Iffue,  he  conlents  that  the 
Ljw  Countries  fall  to  the  (hare  of  the  Dukeot  B*- 
var/a,  upon  Condition  that  the  Emperor  makes  the 
f.me  Declaration ;  And  his  Majefty  (hall,  as  well 
for  hirrfef  as  for  the  Dauphin  his  Son  confirm  the 
f  id  Renunciation  by  all  the  Formalities  necefl&ry 
for  that  purpuie,  in  behalf  of  his  Eledioral  High- 
nefi. 

His  moftChriftian  Majefty  hopes,  that  thislaft 
Engagement  will,more  than  any  thing  beiidesjecurc 
to  the  Confederates  the  firmn^  is  oi  the  Peace  they 
{ball  make  Nvith  him  ;  And  he  thinks,  that  after /$ 
advantageous  Proposals,  the  World  will  fbon  know 
whether  £«'o/|e  may  hope  tolcethe  publick  Tran- 
quility reftor'd ,  or  whether  che  Preparations  of  War 
are  to  be  renew  d. 

This  Sir,  is  what  the  moft  Chriftian  King  has 
Communicated  to  the  King,  my  Mafter,  and  whidx 
his  M^jtrfty  has  commanded  me  to  impart  to  You. 
He  does  in  no  manner  pretend  to  preicribe  Rules 
to  Your  MajellyJ  lince  Your  Prudence  will  beft 
judge  what  is  xnaft  for  Your  Glory  and  Intereft  ; 

but 


The   Appendix.  %\ 

but  however  He  thinks  thtle  Propofils  defeVe  % 
fcrious  ConGdcration.  Ahd  becaufe  there  is  nd 
mention  made  of  England,  the  King,  my  Mafter* 
has  made  it  already  his  Bufmefi  to  encline  the  itioA- 
(llhriftian  King  not  to  infift  upon  that  which  ihight 
put  a  flop  to  the  General  Peace.  In  the  mean  time 
the  King,  my  Mafter,  thinks  it  heceffary,  that  in 
order  to  advance  a  Work  fb  Profitable  and  Beneficial 
to  all  Europe^  a  Negotiation  be  (et  on  Foot ;  And 
his  Majefty  is  the  more  connfirm^d  in  this  Opinion, 
by  reaibn  the  Winter  will  fbon  be  over,  and  tha; 
*us  to  be  feaif'd,  left  by  delaying  till  the  nextCam«> 
palgn,  an  opportunity  be  given  to  France  either  oT 
enlarging  her  Conquefts,  or  by  a  powerhil  Irruption 
into  Germany^  and  the  Superiority  of  her  Forces  to 
divide  the  Confederacy  ;  which  would  give  a  juft 

Eretence  to  that  Crown  of  recalling  the  Ofiers  flie 
as  already  made,  and  render  a  Peace  very  difficult, 
if  not  altogether  impollible.  The  King,  mv  Ma- 
fter, does  not  only  offer  lo  become  Guarantee  with 
all  the  Princes  and  Potentates  that  will  concur  with 
him,  but  likewife  to  unite  hlmfelf  in  particular  with 
Your  Majefty  by  a  moft  ftridk  and  indiflbluble  Al- 
liance. 

Upon  the  whole  Matter  the  King,  my  Mafter,  Js 
perfwafled,  that  no  body  has  more  Reafba  to  con- 
tribute to  this  Peace  than  Your  Majefty,  fince  It 
will  confirm  to  You  the  Glory  and  Advantages  You 
have  gain'd  during  the  War;  and  will,  befides, 
make  Europe  to  be  eternally  beholden  to  Your  Ma- 
jefty for  the  Peace  flie  groans  after.  If  Your  Ma- 
jefty thinks  that  there  is  any  thing  defcilive,  in  re* 
lation  to  the  (ecurlty  of  the  Peace,  or  that  wants  to 
te  either  alterM  or  explained,  the  King,  my  Matter, 
engages  to  procure  to  Your  Majefty  all  the  Sa* 
tis&(^ion  imaginable  •  and  if  You  are  pleased  to 
confide  in  his  Mediation,  He  will  manage  it  to 
Your'  Majefty's  entire  Satisfaftion^  .LalUy,  the 
King,  my  Mafter,  had  commanded  me  to '  af- 
lure  Your  Majefty,  that  being,  upon  Several 
Accounts,  concerned  in  the  Prosperity  of  Your 
Royal  Family,  He  will  to  the   urraoft  of  his 

F  f  f  Power, 


$i  The  Appendix. 

Power,  promote  its  Intereft  and  Advantage,  and 
defircs  Your  Majcfty  to  be  pcriwadcd,  that  all  the 
Advances  He  has  made  in  this  Afiair  have  no  o- 
cher  Aim,  and  are  grounded  upon  no  other  Prin- 
dple. 

Jjmdim,  Decemler  the  19  th. 

Old  Stile,  i6^y 

Note,  This  is  the  true  date  thongh  it  is  (h 
^bcrwifefet  down  in  Page  78. 


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CONTENTS 


A  fiufcs,  ecmmittfJ  lytbe  Soldiers^  p,  i^ 
•^*'  A&,  of  ParlUmont  faft^p.  19,  2.7,  jtf,  ijl, 
i6y,  166,  167,  176,  X4i,x43,a4/,  1^94,  318, 

Ad  <2f  Settlement  repealed  in  Ireland,  p<^4 

Addrefs  <^^iw  Commons  to  the  Kjng^  p.  14.    Qftbi 

City  of  London  to  the  Lords^  p.  1 7.  Of  the  PariU^ 

ment  to  the  Ki^g^  p.  ^9.    O/^A^  Commons  to  IJ.  W* 

p.  77.  Of  the  Lords  to  Ki  W.  »37.  if«J  ro  /Ae  jjf^^m, 

p.  Z38.    0/  r£^  Comtnons  to  the   Kjng^    p.  z)^* 

'  And  to  the  S^een^  p.  239.     0/  /Ae  S^^f  to  the 

Rlfeeny  p.  3x7,    Of  the  Commons  to  the  King^  p« 

349.     And  po  the  {lueen^  p  3  jo« 

Alexander  VIII.  eleded  Pofe^  p.  14^.    Hir  diesy  p« 

Amderdam^Wi^fifc^/  ri&n-^  made  ttp^p.  169 

Anne  {Princefs   of  Dei^mark)  Debate  about  her  l^f- 

venue^  p.  16/ 
Aflxon,  trfdAnd  execut^d^  p.  a/3 
Atkins  {Sir  Roben)  made   Speaker  to  the^^  Houfe  tf' 

Lords^  P-  ^44 
Athlone  vainly  attimftedy  p.  2.03 .  Bejie£d  and  tal^enf 

p.iif7yiif9 
Atrainder  in  Ireland,  p.  77.    Attainders  reversed  in 

B^igland,  p.  9a 
Bill  for  Att^niitigjevetal  Perfonsy  p.  lax,  13,8 

B- 
Batik  of  England  efiablip^d,  p.  3^7 


The  CONTENTS, 

fiattlc  dt  thf  Boyne,  p.  1 84.  Of  Saluflcs,  p.  zi^4 
Of  PlcTus,  p.  lay.  0/ Aghrim,  p.  xtfi.  Of 
Stcenkirk  p.  334.  OfLandcn,  p.  jtffi.O/Mar- 
faglia,  p.  J  72 

Blfhop  of  Liegc'i  Deathj  and  Choice  of  snotbetj  p* 

B^iriops  difaffcded^  P-lS,  aoo 

BifbopricKs  of  Ireland  beJiow%  p.  247.    And  fome 

in  England,  p  aj/ 
Blafphcmous  Pamphlet  ccnfur^dj  p.  3  8 1 
Bonne  fi(i^,  P-  14L 

Boyle  fAir.)  flf/V/ ;  his  CharaBcr^  P*  344 
Bred,  unfortunate  Attempt  upon  that  Harbour^  p.  388 
Burnet  (Dr.)  made  Bi/hop  o/Sarum,  p.  3.    Mis  Pajto- 
ral  Letter  J    p.  90.     Is    ordered  to  be  burnt ,    p. 

iff 
Burton,  l^^ort  about  him  and  Graham,  p.  87 

C 

Campaign   in  Flanders,  p.  aaf,  273,  571,  3^2, 

391.     /;!  Catalonia,  p.  27^,  39J.    On  //>tf  Rhine, 

p.  284,  339,  370,  396.    In  Piedmont,  p..  37a, 

396 
Carmagnole  tak?n  by  the  French,  p.  277.    Hetal^en 

by  the  Allies^  p,  283 
Carrickltrgus  tal^en^  P-  '34 
Catalonia,  Infurredion  there -^   the    French  prevail 

there  J  p.  233 
CharlcmontyirrffiirfrrJ,  P*  '79 
Charleroy  tal(en  by  the  French,  p.  370 
Commiiiioners  for  the  Treafury^  Admiralty^  and  the 

Great  Seal^  p.  3.     For  the  Privy-Seal^  p.  168;  For 

theTreafury^  p.  169,  247 
Congrcfi  of  the  Allies  at  tlx  Hague,  p.  169,  248 
Com  befie£dy    277.     The  Siege  raisd^  p.  280 
Coningsby  (Lordjaccus^d^  p,  374.     And  acquitted,  p. 

371'.     He  is  impeach^   p.  381:     And  clear^d^  p. 

382 
Confpiracy  in  the  Englifh  Army  in  Ireland,  p.  1 3^ 
Convention  changed  into  a  Parliament,  p.  9. 
Convpntion  of  Scotland,  their  Letter  to  Kjng  Wil- 

liam,  p.  42 

Goo- 


The  CONTENTS. 

Convocation,  their  Proceedings^  P-  1/4-    Their  Adr 

drefs  to  the  Kjnft^  p.  ifj.     Adjourned,  p.  I  j8 
Cork  bejie£d^  p.  zi6.     And  furrendr*d^  P-  2.17 
Cbuncil  ^rivy)  ^hfcn  b;  Kjng  Williaij),  p.  } 

D. 

Dauphin,  he  fails  in  his  Attempt^  P-  }7i 
Dauphinefiqir France  <//a,  p.  agi    . 
Debate  about  the  Bill  to  turn  the  Convention  into  a 
Parliament^  p.  /.  About  the  Princejs  hxivCs  ^enue^ 

p.  itff 
Defeftion  in  the  Army,  p.  17 
Devonfliire  (Earl  of)  made'  Steward  of  His  Majejif4 

Houjhold^  p.  2.     His  Cafe  reportedj  p,  92 
Diep  bombarded^  p.  290 
Difcontents  in  England,  p.  89. 
DifzSeGtionoffeveral  Peers^  p.  1 8  I 

Diflenters :  Bills  in  their  favour  ^  p.  1 1,  ap,  ar.    TA<7 

re»^(rr  their  Vnion  with  the  Church  of  £nglahd  dtf- 

ferate^  P-  1/8 
Dixmuyde  takptby  the  Engllfh,  p.  539 
Dorftt  {Earl  of)  made  Kjtight  of  the  Garter^  P-  ja^l 
Drogheday«rrc«Jrtfi,  p.  2.01 
Duncannon7»rmfi/rfi,  p.  2.0/ 
Dundee,  his  I{ebcllion^  p.  4 1  •  ^^  "  V^^'"*  P-  // 
Dutch  Footy  IVonders  done  bj  them  af  FJerus,  p.  aaS 

Earthquake,  p.  344 

Eaft-India  Company ^  their  Affairsyp.  2899x90^2919 

^cleiizmcsLl  Promotions^  p.  142, 2/^ 
ElngliO)  Neet  ffi  ^ibe  Medtterraneaii,  p.  39; 
Envoys  font  abroad^  p.  t?l 
EiTex  rj$4r/  ()/)  ibii  i>M^i»  inquired  into^  p,  I  ( 

R 

FaU;land  (Lord)  coai^mitted  tf  the  Tower/or  Briber]^ 

fire  ^1  >yhltcm,  p.  xj^    Ai  Kenfmgton,  p J2q 


The  CONTENTS. 

Forfeited  EftA$es  in  England  ^nd  Ireland :  B!$  ^taut 

them,  p.a40Y  )i6 
France  (kf^g  of)  hefie^es  MoBf ,  p.  x$o.  And  l^aojur, 

p.  }  Jl.     Gre^t  Stareity  in  his  Kingdom^  p.  374. 

He  makes  Profofals  of  Pe4ce^  p.  574 
French  Proteftants  encoisraged  to  come  over^  p.  78. 
Tie;  Petition  the  Houfe  of  Commons^  P-  3 « 7-  Thejfet  uf 

a  Luftring  Company^  P-  347 
French  beat  she  Confederates  dt  Sea^  p.  19J,     frevail 

in  Catalonia,  p.  aj  j.     And  in  Piedmont,  p.  xyj^ 

a76,  277.     Are  beaten  at  ^ea,  p.  jxg.     Thejf  tJ(e 

hiuYj  p:  }<}.    -/^m/Charleroy,  57a    And  Roies, 
ibid.    TAtf/r  Prwtf/}  iwCatalonta,  p.  399.     TA«r 
fleet  confind  /o  Thbulon,  p.  J95' 
Fuller  (WiUiam)yfri  up  for  an  Evidence  i  iV  declarU 
an  Impoftm^  and  Pillory d^  p.  jij 

Furnes  takp^h  ^he  Englifli,  p.  3J9 

Q. 

'<!talloway  yiwTtfii^tf J,  p.  %6t 

Germain  (Mr.)projecutedfor  Adultery ^p.  384 

Germany,  Affairs  there,  p.  ajo,  ajx. 

Ginckle  m^^j  Athlooe,  p.  2^9.  Bm«  /i^  Irifli  /r^  A- 

ghrim,  p.  z66.  Is  thanked  by  the  Commons ;    bis 
'  grateful  Anfwer,  p.  317.    Made  E^rl  (?/ Athlone, 

P-   32'! 

Glocefter  (Du^e  ef)  bom,  p.  1 1 8. 
Grafton  (Dul^e  of)  is  (iXtd,  p.  aiy 
Graham,  Report  about  him  and  Burton,  p.  87 
Granvale,  defigns  to  murder  l^ng  William,  p.  zSf. 

He  is  executed,  p.  j;?. 
Griffin  (Lord)  Proceedings  againji  him,  p.  I  y z 
Gwin  (^i>  Rowland^  turned  out  of  bis  Place,  p.  jaj 

Halllfax  {M^rquifs  of)  is  made  Lord  Privj'Saal,  p  %. 
His  CbaraBer^p.  144 

Hamden  (Mr.)  his  Services,  p,  161,  His  Speeqb  4. 

g({^nfi  the  Minifiry,  p.  \6\ 
iHanndvcf,  endeavours  to  bring  that  Houfi  in{a  tbk 
fijll  for  fettling  tbf  ^(icccj/i^^  p   t\7 


The  CONTENTS. 

Havre-dc  Grace  bombarded^  P-  J9<^ . 

Hearth- Money  remitted  ly  I^ni  Williaoi,  P« '} 

llciitAxxg  taken  And  defiroyed^^.VJ^ 

Herbert  (Admiral)  made  Earl  of  TorringtOD,  p.  8  J 

Huy  taken  by  the  French,  p.  3^}.  ijf^4^«»  &  ^A^ 
Allies,  p.  59J 

I. 

Jacobite  Plot,  p.  lyi,  197,  ?a;       .  .        , 

James  {King)  his  Letter  to  the  Scotch  Conpention,  p. 
39,  Hw  5^«cA  fa  /Ae  Irife  Parliamentj  p.  70; 
//li  Declaration  to  the  Englifh,  p.  72.  His  Letters 
intercepted,  1 21.  Leaves  DyibYm,  iSo.  His  S feeds 
to  the  Magiftrates  a/Dublip,  p.  191.^  He  retiref 
to  France,  19!.  His  Letter  to  the  Irilh,  p.  %y%: 
His  Letter  to  his  late  Council,  p.  jzf .  His  Decls- 
ration,  ibid.  His  Letter  to  the  K^^g  a/ France,  p; 
230 

Indemnity  intended  h  ilj/»g  William,  H)  9^)  ^^^» 
160, 176 

InniskilUng-Mm,  their  Feats,  p.  69, 1 37. 

Innocent  XI.  (Pofe)  dies,  141 

Innocent  Xll.  chofen  Pope,  p.  i8z 

iohnfon,  bis  Cafe,  94 
reland,  ifjf^riVx  of  that  Kingdom,  $6,  I3^i»17>»77> 

z6o.     tieduc^d  p.  272,  288,  34^. 
IriQiraii/^i,  p.  178,  261 
Italy,  Affairs  there,  219,^75',  34^ 
Judges  ca«/?iWtfi/,  p.  79 

Kevfcriwaert  ta^en,  141 
Kicfnapping  difeotmtenanc^d,  p.  ^J'y 
Kinfale  befieged,  p.  ai  7.    And  takfn,  p.  2I 8, 
KncUer  (Godfrey;  Knighted,  p.  322, 

I.. 

Limerlck,y6y?S/4Xf  a/#i4^  PldOi,  p.  ao8.  A.^M  P* 
21 4.    ftyfejf^frf  42 ^/n,  *68.  ^d  takfin,  p.  27 1 

liondondenry  befof^ed,  p.  60.    I^e/,*wrf,  p.  ^J^^^^ 


The  CONTENTS, 

Lorrain  (Dukf  of)  Declares  PVitr  agaipft  Frwce  pi 

Lottery  (MiSion)  p.  j8z 

fjjdUpvf  (Colonel)  comes  over  into  England,  p,  ij-q. 

Proclamation  agaivfi  him  j  bis  CharaStr,  p.  if  1 
Luxemburg  at taikj  the  Confederates^  V^^lf 

M. 

St.  Malo  bombarded^  P*  3^4 

I^ary  (  U^een  )  is  Crov^d^  p»  x8.    Her  frudent  md* 

nagement  of  Affairs^  194.     She  fets  up  a  Lis$nem 
.    J^ttiifaaure,    %f^.    Her  Vigilance ^  p.  52.6;     Her 

policy,  p.  317.     Ifcr  Charity  to  the  Vaudois,   p. 

|4;.5A^  Diss^  p.  400.  Her  Chara&er^  p.  401»&c. 
Marlhorougk  (Bar I  of)  befieges  Cork,  ai  j.    His  DiA 

ffUe  with  the  Prince  of  Wikmtbcrg^  p.  Zi6.     flo 

returns  viHorious  to  Engjand^  p.  9*19 
MentTi  takpi^  p.  H^ 

Mjftarrkges  ©/  Ireland,  p.  129, 1x6,  1/9,  3/^ 
Mlfcarriages  of  the  Fleets  p.  jyo,  jyf 
Mohun  (/.orfi[)  /r«W,  <p?i  acduittedj  p,  360 

Mons  i<?/7(fgffi  bj  the  JKjng^  of  France,  p.  z jo.    4if4 
/4i^e;i,  p.  ajx 

.  •    .  H    •• 

Namur  befieged,  p.  3  ^i .    ^«rf  ^i^^w,  P-  3  3 ^1  3  34 
Ukcinvefted.p.  37/.  Afj^dtak^  P*?^ 
Non-jurors  vindicated^  p.  200 
hfoitingham  (£4r/  (?/)  Aw  Capacity^  p.  1^.  J/  wa </^  Jtf - 
crff^4?:y  (>/  State^  p.  3. 

O, 

Oates  fTiws)  his  endeavours  /»  ««^  ^^6^  Jn^menn 
given  agaivjl  hi{  Tefiimonjf  revets%  p.  94,  9j,  &C, 
to  117 
Oziht of  ASegiance  and Sujpremaey^  P'^9^i^ 
Orphans  oftbeCitjofU>ndon^p.  3I3,  &ۥ 


The  CONTENTS. 


Papifts,  orders Mgasnit ibem^  P«i^9  xXjixOyizx 

Parliament  Jiffohed  y  p.  167  Meets^  P-  i?'  U 
Adjourtidj  p,  177.  Prorogued  p.  xjff  Adj^wmCd^ 
p.  %^6  Meets^  a86'  Prorogued^  5x8  Meets ^  347 
Prorogued^^f^  Meets,  ^y6  Prorogued^^i^  Meets^^^j 

Peace,  t;4/»  Attempts  towards  it^  p.  2.34,  374 

Peers,  £//f  to  regulate  their  Trials^  p.   I  o. 

Pembroke  (  Earl  of )  fene  Ambajfador  to  Holland^ 
p.  88  Made  a  Privy  Coufwellor^  &C.  p.  i6x 

Places  diffos'dof,  p.  a,  3a,  360,  384,  38^ 

Plot,  p.  192, 197,  ajz,  z8/,  338 

fi^tfin  Plot,  p.^45' 

Porter  (  Sir  Cnarles  )  accus^  p.  374  He  is  imfeacVd 
p.  381     And  clear* dy  382. 

Presbyterians,  See  Diffenters. 

Prefton  (  Lord)  Proceedings  againji  him^  p*  I  J3«afZ 

^ince  Lewis  of  Baden  comes  over  into  England^ 
p.  38/. 

Proclamations,  p,  i94f  5«9>344i  346>  37 J- 


Queen  of  Spain,  is  eonduHed  thither  under  an  Eng- 

lilh  c^wer,  168. 
Q)}eeA  Dowager /tfin^^i  England,  p.  32,0* 

R 

Report  4&^«^  Burton  4;ii  Graham,  p.*  87  Abmt  Porn 

feituresy  andExcife^  P-  9'- 

Reprefcntatiojii  of  the  Commons  to  sl>e  fOng^  379 

Revenue  of  the  Crown  fettled ,  p.  1 7 f 

Rhincfeld  hefie^d  astd  relievd^  p.  340 

Rplesid^,  p.  370 

Ruffel  (Admiral)  bums  the  Fijcnch  Flcit^  p.   3^9     1/ 

'  thani^d  by  the<lommmSy  p.  350    Is  clear%  p.  3 yt 

If  laid  sfide^  p.  2/9    Xi  made  Admiral  again^  P-37/ 

Hff  fails  for  Spam,  p.  }88   ^  ^ 

S/.  Ruth,  his  Sfcech  to  the  Irifc,  p.-  z6i    Is  kflPd^ 

f  *^-        ■    ■  ■  Sancrofi 


The  CONTENTS. 

s 

gantfroFt,  (  DcBcr )  Archbijkop  of  Canterbury  rf/e/, 

HisChdratler,  p.  gBj- 
Savoy,  (  Dul^e  of)  enters  into  the  Grand  Alliance^  p. 

ail .    Defperate  Condition  of  his  Affairs^    p.  278; 

He  invddcs  the  Dauphini,  p.    J41     He  falls  Siclu 

p.  ?4l, 
St,  Sauyeur,  his  brave  Aciion  at  Sligo,  p.  i }? 
Saacony,  77?^  B'eBor  of  that  name  dies,  p.  28/.       The 

new  EfeBor  made  l^iight  of  the  Garter^  P-  32-I 
Schomberg,  (  Duke  of  J  receives  a  great  Frefent  from 

tlje  Commons 'y  and  goes  to  Ireland,  p.  IJJ    Ptevos 

the  A' m;^  p.   154     Encamps  4r  Duodalk,  p.  ijy 

His  Death  and  Char atier^  p.  189 
Schomberg,  (  new  Du^e  of)  arrives  at  Turm>  p.  277 

His  good  Advice  to  tlje  Duks  ^f  Savpy,  p.  278     His 

t><'cl/trationy  p.  341 
Scotland,  Affairs  of  that  Kjngdom^  p.  jtf,  to  yy,  145, 

169,  272,  341,  J46 
Sea- Fight  4/  Bantry  Ba/^  p.  82    Between  the  Confeda^ 

rate  and  French  Fleets^  p.  19},  jiS 
Shrewsbuiy  (  Earl  of)  made  Secretary  of  State^  p.  2. 
Sidley    C  ^^^  Charles )   his  Speech  againR  exorbitant 

Penjions  and  Salaries^  p.  1 74 
Sidfiey  (  Lord  Vifcoupt )  made  Secretary  of  Sute^  p. 

247     Then  Lord  Lieutenant    of  Ireland,  p.  322 

T/^»  Majier  of  the  Ordinance^  p.  374 
Smyrna  Fleet  deftroy*d,  p.  jSi 
Sommers  (5/rJohn)  is  preferrU^  p.  522     His  Ch4- 

rwflfr,  p.  5 2. J     Is  made  Lord  l^efery  p.  ^60 
Spain,  See  Queen: 
Srates  General  :*  KJn^  William'^  Lener  to  them,  p.  5 

Bill  for  their  Paymeiit,  p.  1 29 
Succeilion,  BiHto  regulate  it^  p.  162, 
Supply  granted ^0  the  Kjng^  P- H^j  244,288^  316, 

Suza  taken  by  tlje  French,  p.  223 


TcnnifoQ  (Dr.)  fnade  Bi/hof  of  Uacolo,^.  J2i 


The  CONTENTS- 

Tillotfoq  (Dr.)  Arch^ijhof  of  Cfoitcrhyay  di«i 

HisChardSer^  p:  JpJ 
Titles  conferred  ufon  Jtvcrd  Perfons^  p.  27,  177,  aStf 
La  Tour  ( Qouni  of)  his  Sfeegh  to  Ki^g  WUBam, 

p.  ±2.3 
Trprithard  (Sit  John)  made   Secretary    of  State^ 

p.  3^6. 
Tfcvor  (  Sir  John  )  ci&^»  Sfe^kfr  of  the  Commons^ 

Trials  of  High  Dreafon :  BiB  to  regulate  the  fame^  p; 

294,  &c  ^0314,  3/0 
Tjrconnel  made  a  D^^  p.  f^    He  dies^  p.  z63 

W. 

Walcourt,  SA^ci^L  there^  p.  1 40 

Waldeck  (Prince)  dies^  p.   344 

War  declared  againft  France,  p.  80 

Watcrford  Surrendredy  p.  20f ' 

Weavers  petition  the  Lords  in  a  tumultuous  manner^ 
p.  127 

Wei  wood  (Dr:)  his  Paper  cenfur%  p.  293 

Wharton  (  Mrs. )  carried  awaj  h  Captain  Campbel, 
p.  241 

Wheeler  (  Sir  Francis  )  Part  of  his  Fleet  dejiro/d^ 
p.  386 

Whitehall  hurnt^  p.  2/4 

WILLIAM  (  l^ifig )  Summom  4  PrixoL  Counci/^ 
Page  I .  Bis  Letter  to  the  States^  p.  3  His  Speech 
tcthe  Parliament y  p.  4  His  Anfvter  to  the  Com* 
monsAddrefsy  p.  1/  His  Speech  to  bothHoufes^  p. 
19  He  is  Crown^dj  p.  28  His  Letter  to  the 
Scotch  Convent ion^  p  38  Hetal^es  the  Oath  for 
the  J^ingdom  of  Scotland,  p.  r 3  He  foes  to  PortC 
mouth,  p.  83  HepurchafesKcnGngCon-Houfe^  pi 
84  His  Speech  to  the  Parliament^  p.  1 24  He  goes 
ra^New^Market^p.  142.  He  vainlj  endeavours  to 
reconcile  the  Chureh-Men  and  Presbyterians^  p.  142 
His  Sfeeeh  to  the  Parliament^  1 44  He  dines  with 
theLcrd  Majf^r^  p^  148  Is  made  free  of  Grocers 
H^llj  p'  149  His  Letter  te  the  Qonvocatiem^  p, 
j<{  His  Speech  te  the  Parliament^  p.  167^  171 
> /4iMEr  in  frelal^i,  p.  179    He  vie^t  the  Armsif 

p,  189 


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The  CONTEJJfTS. 

p.  I  So  Is  Wounded^  iSz  H(t  eaters  Dublin,  p. 
zoz  His  ftriking  a  Soldier  difcommended^  p.  %o± 
He  leaves  the  Arn^^  oo /  He  fulli/hes  a  Declaration^ 
p.  xo6  He  retufns  to  the  Amvf^  p.  tto7  He  re- 
tums  to  Englaod,  214    His  Speech  to  the  Parli^i^ 

^"^^  P'  ^ifj  M^'j  HT  ^f  fi^J  out  fir  Holland^ 
p.  047  Arrives  at  the  Hague,  p.  448  ,  His  Speech 
to  the  Cottgrefs  there^  p.  249  Returns  to  England, 
-p.  %s%  And  then  to  Holland,  p.  %ff  Leaves  the 
Arm;^  p.  5^74  Arrives  at  KenCngton,  p,  2S$ 
His  Speech  to  the  Parliament^  p.  287  He  lands  in 
Holland,  p.  jx*  Returns  to  England,  p.  346 
Dines  at  Guildhall,  Ibid.  H//  Speech  to  the  Par^ 
iiamenty  3^7  He  goes  to  Porcfinouth,  p.  35^0 
Lands  in  Holland,  p.  361  Hfturm  to  Englamf, 
p.  37/.  His  Speech  to  the  Parliament^  376  His 
Ai^ioereo  the  Commons  ^eprefentation^  p.  380  He 
goes  to  Holland,  p.  387  tie  return^  to  Engt^yyf 
p.  397    Hi^  Speech  to  the  Parliametfty  Ibid. 


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The  CONTENTS  of  the 

APPENDIX 

J^DDI{ES  S  of  the  City  o/London  to  the  Com- 
•*-^  mens  p,  I 

Report  about  the  Charges  of  the  Dutch  towards   Kjng 

WillianlV  Expedition  p.  % 

Account  relatinz^o  the  Charge  of  the  l^enue^  p.  f 
Treaty  ^^npf^n  England  and  Holland,  p.  9 

Addrefs  of  the  Commons  relating  to  the  Bill  of  Indem^ 

nitjy  ^  p.  1 1 

Kfejfaze  in  Favour  to  the  Irifll,  p.  iz 

A*-.  Hamdcn's  Addrefs  againft  the  French  i&»^» 

p.  14 

Report  about  the  Prifoners  in  the  Tower,  P»  ^9 

Air.  Johnfon"*s  Cafe  reported^  V-  i^ 

I(eport  relating  to  the  Cufloms  and  Excifcy  P-  3  ? 

Heport  touching  the  Mifcarriages  in  Ireland,         p.  jS 
Papers  found  about  Mr.  AQlton,  and  produced  againfi 
him^  and  the  Lord  Prefton  at  their  refpe^ive  Trials^ 

P-4* 
Articles  of  Limerick,  p.  60 

The  Duke  o/SchombergV  Declarationyin  Kjng  Wil- 
liamV  Name^  P-  71 

The  Earl  of  Mulgrave'i  Speech  upon  the  Bill  for  tlje 
freedom  ofEleRions^  and  more  impartial  Proceedings 
in  Parliament  P-  7? 

Propofals  of  Peace  made  to  I{jng  WilHam,/**(w«  France^ 
by  the  Mediation  of  the  Kiing  ofDenmztk^      P-  78 

FINIS,